Word Roots #3 Flashcards

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Heterosexuality

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Sexual feeling towards one of another gender than their own.

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(H)ETERO

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Different

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(H)OM

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Same

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HOMOnym

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A word that sounds the same but has different meanings

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HYPER

A

Over, excessive

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HYPERactive

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Unusually or abnormally active

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HYPO

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Under, beneath, less than

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HYPOchondriac

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Someone with an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one’s health.

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IM/IN

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(not, without)

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INactive

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Not active

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INFRA

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Beneath

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INFRAstructure

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The basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.

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INTER

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Between, among

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INTERim

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An intervening time

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INTRA

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Within

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INTRAmural

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Involving only students at the same school or college

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JUR

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To swear

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JURy

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A body of people sworn to give verdict on a case.

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LOC/LOG/LOQU

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Word, speech

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eLOQUent

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Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.

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LUC/LUM/LUS

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Light

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LUMinous

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Full of or shedding light

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MAG/MAJ/MAX

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Big

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MAL/MALE

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Bad, ill, evil, wrong

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MATER/MATR

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Woman, mother

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MATRimony

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The act or state of being married

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MIN

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Small

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MINute

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Small

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MORPH

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Shape

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metaMORPHosis

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A profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism.

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MORT

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Death

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MUT

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Change

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comMUTe

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To change to something less severe

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NOM/NYM/NOUN/NOW/N

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Name

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anoNYMous

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Without any name acknowledged.

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NOV/NEO/NOU

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New

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NOVice

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A person who is new to circumstances

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OMNI

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All

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OMNIpresent

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Present everywhere at the same time.