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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body
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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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sleep
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dormitory
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place to sleep
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dox
opinion
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paradox
a statement that seems to contradict itself, but actually makes sense.
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amphi [AM-fi]
both
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amphitheater [AM-fi-theater]
seating on both sides
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magn
great
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magnate
a person who is great in his/her field
| Specializes whatever they are good at
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eu
good
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euphemism [you-fa-mizm]
nice/good way of saying something bad
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endo
within
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endothermic
heats from within/creates own body heat
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phobia [FO-bee-uh]
fear
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xenophobia [zen-o-fo-bee-uh]
fear of foreigners/those that are different
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ortho
straight
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orthodontist
specialist in straightening teeth
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put
think
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putative
widely thought to be true
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ver
true
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veracity
truthfulness
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matri
mother
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matriarch
female leader
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mega
large
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megalomania
a condition marked by delusions of greatness [think you're great!]
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pop
people
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populist
appealing to the interest of ordinary people
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sangui
blood
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sanguine
happy, jolly
