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Week 1-8 Flashcards

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A/ab

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Def: apart, away

Ex., ataxia, absent

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Ambi

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Def: both

Ex., ambidextrous, ambiguous

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Ante

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Def: before

Ex., ante bellum, ante mortem

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Auto

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Def: self

Ex., automatic, autonomy, autocrat, autotroph

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Bene

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Def: good, well

Ex., beneficial, benevolent, benefactor, benign, benison

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Bi

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Def: two

Ex., bicycle, bivalve, biped, bigamy, bisexual

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Brev

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Def: short

Ex., brevity, brief, abbreviate

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Circum

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Def: around

Ex., circumnavigate, circle, circular, circumference

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Con

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Def: together, with

Ex., conjoined, congress, convene, converge, continent

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Contra

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Against

Contradict, contrary

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De

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Down, away
Decapitate, destroy

Capit-head

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Deci/ deka

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10

Decagon, decameter

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13
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Deci

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Tenth

Decimal

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Deutero

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Second

Deuteronomy

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Du

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Double, two

Duet, duel

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Dys

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Bad

Dyslexia

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Ennea

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Nine

Enneagram

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Epi

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Upon

Epilepsy,epidural

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Ex

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Out, away

Exit

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Hect/ Hecato

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Hundred

Hectogram

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Hemi

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Half

Hemisphere

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Hetero

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Various,unlike

Heterozygous, heterosexual

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Hepta

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Seven

Septathlon

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Hexa

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Six

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Hiero

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Sacred

Hierarchy

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Holo

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Whole

Holistic

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Homo

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Same

Homosexuality

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Hyper

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More than normal

Hyperactive

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29
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Idio

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One’s own

Ideology

30
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In

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In

Internal

31
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In

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Not

Inability

32
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Intra

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Within

Intramuscular

33
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Juxta

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Near

Juxtapose

34
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Kilo

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Thousand

Kilogram

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Macro

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Large

Macroscopic

36
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Magn

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Great, large

Magnificent

37
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Mal

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Bad

Malnutrition, malicious

38
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Meso

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Middle

Mesophere

39
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Micro

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Small

Microorganism

40
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Mono

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One

Monotheism

41
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Multi

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Many

Multiply

42
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Myriad

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Ten thousand

43
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Neo

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New

Neolithic

44
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Non

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Not

Nonexistent

45
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Novem

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9

November

46
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Ob

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Against

Object

47
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Oct

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8

Octagon

48
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Olig

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Few

Oligotrophy

49
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Omni

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All

Omniscient

50
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Ortho

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Correct, straight

Orthopedic, orthodox

51
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Paleo

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Ancient

Paleontologist, paleontology

52
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Pan

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All

Panorama

53
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Penta

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5

Pentagon

54
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Poly

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Many

Polygon, polytheistic

55
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Post

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After

Postulate, postpone

56
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Pre

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Before

Pretest

57
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Prim

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First

Primate, primary

58
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Pro

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Before, on behalf of

Program

59
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Proto

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First

Prototype, protocol

60
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Pseudo

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False (fake)

Pseudopod

61
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Quad/ quat

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Four

Quadruple

62
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Quart

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Fourth

Quarter, quart

63
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Quinqu

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Five

Quinquennial

64
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Re

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Again, back

Reinvent, redo, reject, require, resent

65
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Sept/ septem

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7

September, septangular

66
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Sex

A

6

Sextathlon

67
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Sub

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Under

Submarine, subject

68
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Super

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Above, over

Superhuman, supernatural, superintendent

69
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Tert

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Third

Tertiary consumer

70
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Tetra

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Four

Tetralogy

71
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Trans

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Across

Transplant, transgress, transgender, transmit

72
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Tri

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Three

Triple, trigonometry, triceratops

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