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Unit 5 Flashcards

1
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Mal

A

Bad.

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Cata

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Down.

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Prot/Proto

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First in time, first formed.

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Ante

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Before or in front of.

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Ortho

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Straight, right, or true.

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Rect

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Straight or right.

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Eu

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Well, good, or true.

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Dys

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Bad or difficult.

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Mal- bad
E
Vol- wish
Ent- adjective

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Def: Having or showing intense ill will or hatred.

The malevolent atmosphere brought forth anger all around.

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Mal- Bad
Ici
Ous- adjective

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Def:Desiring to cause pain, injury, or distress to another.

Johnny suddenly became malicious after having one drink too many.

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Mal- Bad

Ign- adjective

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Def: To make harsh and often false or misleading statements about.
Washington Post maligned several events in Missouri.

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Mal- Bad
Nour
Ished- adjective

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Def: Badly or poorly treated.

Many children all over the world are malnourished.

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Cata- Down

Clysm- noun

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Def: Violent and massive change in earth’s surface; momentous event that results in great upheaval and often destruction.
In the movie 2012, a massive cataclysm occurred.

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Cata- Down

Comb- noun

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Def: Underground cemetery of connecting passageways.

The catacombs are not a place for a child to be.

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Cata- Down

Lyst- adjective

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Def:A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction; someone or something that brings about or speeds significant change/action.
The sodium was a catalyst for the explosion.

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Cata- Down

Tonic- adjetive

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Def: Relating to or suffering from schizophrenia; showing an unusual lack of movement, actuality, or expression.
He has gone catatonic!

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Prot- first in time or first formed
Ago
NIst- noun

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Def: The main character in a literary work.

Vanagoral was the protagonist of Judich.

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Proto- first in time or first formed

Col- adjetive

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Def: A code of diplomatic or military rules of behavior; a set of rules for the formatting of data in an electronic communications system.
We must follow the protocol.

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Proto- first in time or first formed

Plasm- adjetive

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Def: The substance that makes up the living parts of cells.

Protoplasm is full of nutrients.

20
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Proto- first in time or first formed

Type- noun

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Def: An original model on which something is patterned; a first, full-scale, usually working version of a new type or design.
The prototype was responsible for ripping apart the bodies of a family, causing many law suits.

21
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Ante- before or in front of

Chamber- noun

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Def: An outer room that leads to another and is often used as a waiting room.
Fifth and Third’s ante chamber had several guards.

22
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Ante- before or in front of

Date- adjective

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Def: To date something with a date earlier than that of actual writing; to precede in time.
The check was antedated on the first.

23
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Ante- before or in front of
Ced
Ent- adjective

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Def: A word or phrase that is referred to by a pronoun that follows it; an event or cause coming before something.
Do not forget correctly use antecedents.

24
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Ante- before or in front of
Eri
Or- adjective

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Def: Located before or toward the front or head; coming before in time or development.
Trees are anterior to a house.

25
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Ortho= straight, right, or true
Dont- teeth
Ics- noun

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Def: A branch of dentistry that deals with the treatment and correction of crooked teeth and other irregularities.
I think I’m becoming interested in the field of orthodontics.

26
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Ortho- straight, right, or true

Dox- noun

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Def: Holding established beliefs, especially in religion; conforming to established rules or traditions; conventional.
Do not be so orthodox.

27
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Ortho- straight, right, or true
Ped- foot
Ics- noun

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Def: The correction or prevention of deformities of the skeleton.
Orthopedics is very important for our profession.

28
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Ortho- straight, right or true.
Graph- write
Y- noun

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Def: THe spelling of words, especially spelling according to standard usage.
How well versed are you in orthography?

29
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Rect- straight or right
I
Tude- adjective

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Def: Moral intregrity.

Have some more rectitude.

30
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Rect- straight or right.

Ify- verb

A

Def: To set right; remedy

I need to rectify this mistake.

31
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Rect- straight or right.
Ilin
Ear- adjective

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Def: Moving in or forming a straight line; having many straight lines.

The graph was rectilinear.

32
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Di- apart
Rect- straight or true
Ive- adjective

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Def: Something that guides or directs; especially, a general instruction form a high-level body or official.
Directives was very important.

33
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Eu- well, good, or true
Gen- relating to genes
Ic- adjective

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Def: Relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring through controlled breeding.
Are these cows eugenic?

34
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Eu- good, well, or true.
Phem
Ism- noun

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Def: An agreeable or inoffensive word or expression that is substituted for one that may offend or disgust.

The words were merely euphemisms.

35
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Eu- good, well, or true
Phor-
Ia- noun

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Def: A strong feeling of well-being or happiness.

Drugs mostly offer euphoria.

36
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Eu- good, well, or true

Logy- noun

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Def: A formal speech or writing especially in honor of a dead person; high praise.

Ronin Williams has many eulogies.

37
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Dys- bad or difficult.
Top
La- noun

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Def: An imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives.

You don’t want to go to dystopla.

38
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Dys- bad or difficult
Lex- confuse
Ia- noun

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Def: A disturbance or interference with the ability to read or to use language.

I heat having dyslexia.

39
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Dys- Bad or difficult
Pept
Ic- adjective

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Def: Relating to or suffering form indigestion; having irritable temperament; ill-humored.

Stop being so dysplastic.

40
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Dys- bad or difficult
Plas
La- noun

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Def: Abnormal development of cells or organs, or an abnormal structure resulting form such growth.

You’ve been diagnosed with dysplasla.

41
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A fortiori

A

All the more certainty.

42
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A posteriori

A

Relating to or derived by reasoning from known or observed facts.

43
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A priori

A

Relating to or derived by reasoning from self evident propositions.

44
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Bona fide

A

Made in good faith, without deceit; authentic or genuine.

45
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Carpe diem

A

Enjoy the pleasures or opportunities of the moment without concern about the future.

46
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Corpus Delicti

A

The substantial and basic fact or facts necessary to prove that a crime has been committed; the material substance, such as the murdered body, on which a crime has been committed.

47
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Curriculum vitae

A

Def: A short summary of one’s career and qualifications, typically prepared by an applicant for position; résumé.

Etymology Aiken Period 2 (22 decks)

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