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Vocabulary Weeks 7 & 8 Flashcards

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paternatlistic [puh-tur-nl-is-tic]

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fatherly

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pater [pay-ter]

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father

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nov [n-oh-v]

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new

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innovation

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new creation

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punct

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point

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punctual

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on time, on point

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ject

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throw

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conjecture

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throw out a wild guess without knowing

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tion

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act or state [makes a noun]

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transition

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act or state of changing/moving

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loco

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place

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localize

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limit to one place

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morph

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shape

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mesomorph

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muscular body type

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vest

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clothes

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devest

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strip or deprive ( take away or remove )of property or rights

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bene

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good

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benevolent [been-EV-oh-lent]

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does good for others

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pond

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weight

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imponderable

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not able to be understood

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corp

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corporeal

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has body to it; can touch it

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dorm

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dormitory

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place to sleep

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dox

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paradox

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a statement that seems to contradict itself, but actually makes sense.

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amphi [AM-fi]

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amphitheater [AM-fi-theater]

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seating on both sides

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magn

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magnate

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a person who is great in his/her field

Specializes whatever they are good at

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eu

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euphemism [you-fa-mizm]

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nice/good way of saying something bad

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endo

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endothermic

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heats from within/creates own body heat

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phobia [FO-bee-uh]

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xenophobia [zen-o-fo-bee-uh]

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fear of foreigners/those that are different

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ortho

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orthodontist

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specialist in straightening teeth

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put

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putative

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widely thought to be true

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ver

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veracity

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truthfulness

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matri

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matriarch

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female leader

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mega

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megalomania

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a condition marked by delusions of greatness [think you’re great!]

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pop

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populist

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appealing to the interest of ordinary people

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sangui

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sanguine

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happy, jolly

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