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Word Power Sessions 14-17 Flashcards

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1
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notorious lier

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infamous for lying, tendency to lie is well known

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notorious

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widely but unfavorably known

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notus

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known

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noted industrialists

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business executives

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notorious exploiters

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enemies

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childlike

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unworldliness (positive)

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childish

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unworldliness (negative)

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consummate lier

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lies with great skill

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summit

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top of a mountain

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summus

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highest

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11
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sum

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addition

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consummate artist

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one who has achieved the highest point of perfection

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to consummate

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to bring to the highest point, to bring to the highest completion

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14
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incorrigible lier

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lying is beyond correction

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incorrigible

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unable to reform or correct

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corrigo

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to connect, set straight

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17
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in

A

negative prefix /// intensifying prefix /// in

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18
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inveterate lier

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lying is an unbreakable habit

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vetus

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old (v)

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senex

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old (s)

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21
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veteran

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an hold hand at the game, skillful

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22
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congenital lier

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been lying since birth

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23
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genesis

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birth or origin

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24
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genetics

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the science that treats of the transmission of hereditary characteristics from parents to offspring

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25
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gene

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the particle in the chromosome of the germ cell containing hereditary characteristics

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26
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genealogy

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the study of family trees or ancestral origins

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27
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logos

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science, study of

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28
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genital

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sexual organs

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29
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con

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with or together

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30
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congenital defect

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occurs the 9 month birth process

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31
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hereditary characteristics

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acquired at the moment of conception, determined by genes

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32
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thalidomide

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baby resulting from the use of a drug by a pregnant woman

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33
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pathological lier

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feels like they have to lie for no good reason, lying is like a disease

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34
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chronos

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time

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35
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anachronism

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something out of date, belonging to a different era

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36
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unconscionable lier

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does not regret lying

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incongruity

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something or state of being out of place

38
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gruous

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to agree or correspond

39
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chronological

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in correct time or order

40
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chronology

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a calendar of events in order of occurrence

41
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chronologist

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expert in the field of chronology

42
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chronometer

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a highly accurate timepiece used on ships

43
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metron

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measurement

44
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chronometry

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the measurement of time

45
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syn

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together

46
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synchronize

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to time together

47
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glib lier

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lies smoothly, fluently

48
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pathological

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diseased

49
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pathology

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the science or study of disease

50
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pathologist

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expert who examines tissue

51
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pathos

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disease, suffering, feeling

52
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sympathetic

A

suffering or feeling with someone

53
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anti

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against

54
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antipathy

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feeling of strong dislike or hostility

55
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apathetic

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indifference, lack of interest or emotion

56
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empathy

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when you are so sensitive that you experience other people’s feelings

57
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en

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in

58
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pathetic

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one who arouses sympathy or pity

59
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telepathy

A

reading ones mind

60
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tele

A

distance

61
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telepathic

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feeling each other’s thoughts from a distance

62
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ana

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negative

63
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psychopaths

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people who commit antisocial acts, but are not troubled by guilt

64
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scio

A

to know

65
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sciens

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knowing

66
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conscience

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knowledge of your moral sense of right and wrong

67
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unconscionable

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your conscience is not working

68
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conscious

A

knowledge of ones emotions

69
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science

A

knowledge

70
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omnis

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all

71
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omniscient

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all knowing

72
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prescient

A

knowing of events before they occur

73
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nescient

A

not knowing, ignorant

74
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chronic lier

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lies over and over again

75
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glib

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slippery

76
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egregious lier

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says horrible and vicious lies

77
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grex, gregis

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herd, flock

78
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e

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out

79
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egregious

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something so vicious that it stands out from the flock

80
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gregarious

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likes being surrounded by people

81
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congregate

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to put together a group

82
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segregate

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to take apart a group

83
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se

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apart

84
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aggregate

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to come together towards the group

85
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as-, ag

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to, toward

86
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congregation

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a religious group

87
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pre-

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before

88
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se-

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apart

89
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e-, ex-

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out

90
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mentron

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measurement

91
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sympathy

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a sharing or understanding of another’s feelings

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