Word Power Session 10 Flashcards

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Calligraphy

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A penmanship as an artistic expression

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Graphology

Adjective: Graphological

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The specialty of analyzing handwriting

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Calligrapher

Adjective: Calligraphic

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Design and write announcements

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Cacography

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Having bad handwriting

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Kakos

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Bad, harsh

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Cardiograph

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Etymologically a “heart writer”

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Photograph

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Etymologically, “written by light”

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Phonograph

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Etymologically, a “sound writer”

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Telegraph

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Etymologically a “distance writer”

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Biography

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Etymologically “life writing”

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Photos

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Light

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Phone

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Sound

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Bios

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Life

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Callipygian

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Adjective describing a shapely or attractive rear end

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Pyge

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Buttocks

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Gerontology

Adjective: Gerontological

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Specialty of caring for the elderly

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Senex

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Old

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Senile

Noun: senility

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Showing signs of physical and/or mental deterioration that generally marks very old age

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Senescent

Noun: Senescence

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Aging, growing old

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Senior

Noun: Seniority

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Older

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Senate

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Originally a council of older, and presumably wiser, citizens