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Word Power Session 12 Flashcards

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Nomos

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Areangement, law, or order

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Astron

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Star

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Astronomer
Science: Astronomy
Adjective: Astronomical

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Someone who is interested in the arrangement of stars and other celestial bodies

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Astrology

Practitioner: Astrologer

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Assesses the influence of plants and stars on human events.

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Astronaut

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A sailor among the stars

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Nautes

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Sailor

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Cosmonaut

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Like a astronaut but termed with less exaggeration

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Kosmos

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Universe

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Nautical

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Relating to sailors, sailing, ships, or navigation

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Naus

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Ship

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Nausea

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Ship-sickness or seasickness

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Aster

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A star shaped flower

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Asterisk

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A star-shaped symbol

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Astrophysics

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Branch of physics dealing with heavenly bodies

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Disaster and disastrous

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Believed that the stars ruled human destiny

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Astron

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Star

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Autonomy

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Self-law and self-government

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Autos

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Self

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Autonomous

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Not self-governed

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Metronome

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Keeps the beat in music

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Geologist

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Someone who studies the earth

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Geology

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Study of the earth

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Geometry

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Math dealing with shapes

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Geometrician

Adjective: Geometric

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Mathematician who studies geometry

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Geography

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Writing or mapping of the earth

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Geographer

Adjective: Geographic

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Someone who studies geography

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Geo

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Earth

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Biology

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Science or study of life

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Biography

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Writing about someone’s life

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Autobiography

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Story of ones’s life written by oneself

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Biopsy

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Medical examination

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Autopsy

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A medical examination of a corpse in order to discover the cause of death

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Botany

Adjective: Botanical

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The field of studying plants

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Zodiac

Adjective: Zodiacal

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A diagram used in astrology, of the paths of the sun, moon, and planets

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