Chapter 19/20 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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Bio-
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Life
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Bio/psy
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The removal and examination of tissues or cells from a living body. (noun)
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Bio/nic
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Made stronger by electronic or mechanical devices. (adj)
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Bio/de/grad/able
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Able to be broken down by microorganisms (adj)
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Sym/bio/sis
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A cooperative relationship between two people or in a group (noun)
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Gen-
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Birth
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Gen/esis
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Origin or beginning
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Gen/erator
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A machine by which mechanical energy is charged into electric energy (noun)
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Gen/re
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Kind, sort (noun)
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Carcino/gen/ic
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Producing or causing cancer (adj)
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Funct-
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To perform or carry out
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Funct/ion/ary
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Someone who performs a specific function (noun)
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Mal/funct/ion
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To fail to operate (noun)
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De/funct
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No longer living, existing, or functioning (de: opposite of) (verb)
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Dys/funct/ion/al
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Being unable to function in a normal way (adj)
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Mut-
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to change
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Im/mut/able
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Not able or liable to change (adj)
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Com/mut/e
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To exchange or substitute; to travel back and forth regularly (verb)
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Per/mut/ation
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A change in the order of a set of objects (noun)
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Trans/mut/e
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To change in shape, appearance, or nature (verb)
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Fract-
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To break or shatter (verb)
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Fract/ious
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string up quarrels; irritable (adj)
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Fract/al
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An irregular shape that is duplicated on a different scale within the same object. (noun)
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In/fract/ion
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To break the law (verb)
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Re/fract/ion
The change of direction of a ray of light or wave of energy as it passes at an angle from one substance into another in which its speed is different. (noun)
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Tele-
Distance
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Tele/gen/ic
Well suited to appear on TV (adj)
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Tele/o/log/ical
Showing or relating to design or purpose especially in nature. (adj)
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Tele/metry
Distance measure (noun)
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Tele/com/mut/e
Working at home using an electronic deice. (noun)
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Phil-
Love
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Oneo/phil/e
A person who is exceptionally knowledgeable about wine (noun)
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Phil/atelist
A person who collects or studies stamps. (noun)
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Anglo/phil/e
One who loves all things British (noun)
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Phil/anthrop/y
A charitable act or gift; an organization that is supported by or distributes charitable contributions (noun)
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Neg-
Denial or refusal
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Neg/lig/ent
Falling to take proper care (adj)
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Ab/neg/ation
Self denial (noun)
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Re/neg/e
To go back on a promise (verb)
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Neg/lig/ible
So small as to be disregarded (adj)
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Dec-
Ten
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Dec/a/logue
If capitalized, the Ten Commandments; any basic set of rules that must be obeyed (noun)
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Dec/i/bet
A unit based on scale, 0-130, to measure loudness of sound. (noun)
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Dec/i/mate
To reduce drastically; destroy (verb)
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Dec/athlon
An athletic contest, 10 parts (noun)
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Cent-
One hundred
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Cent/ennary
A 100th anniversary or celebration (noun)
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Cent/I/meter
A length measuring 1/100th of a meter (o.39) (noun)
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Cent/union
The officer in command of a Roman century, originally a troop of 100 soldiers. (noun)
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Cent/i/grad/e
Relating to temperature scale where 0 is freezing, 100 is boiling (noun)
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Nom-
Name
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Nom/in/al
Insignificant; existing in name only- not really in reality (adj)
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Nom/en/clat/ure
the act of naming (noun)
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Mis/nom/er
A wrong name or the use of a wrong name (noun)
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Ig/nom/in/ious
Humiliating or degrading (synonym= mortified) IG= negative connotation (adj)
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Pater/Patr-
Father
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Patr/i/ci/an
An aristocrat; someone of high birth or good breeding (noun)
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Patr/i/arch/y
A family, group, or government controlled by man or men (noun)
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Ex/part/i/ate
A person who has moved from their fatherland to an foreign land (noun)
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Pater/nal/ist/ic
Tending to supply needs or regulate the activities of those under one's control (adj)
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Lega-
To appoint or send as a deputy
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Lega/te
An official representative or ambassador (noun)
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Lega/cy
Something that is handed down by an ancestor or predecessor (noun)
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De/lega/tion
A group of people chosen to represent the interests of others (de=of, from) (noun)
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Re/lega/te
To remove or assign to a less important place (verb)
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Greg-
Herd or flock
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Ag/greg/ate
A collection; sum of parts (verb)
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Con/greg/a/tion
A gathering of people, especially for worship(noun)
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E/greg/ious
Standing out in a bad way; flagrant (adj)
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Se/greg/ate
To separate from others (verb)
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Flu-
To flow
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Af/flu/ence
An abundance of wealth (noun)
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Ef/flu/ent
Pollution; waste material (adj)
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Con/flu/ence
A coming or flowing together at one point (noun)
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Mel/li/flu/ous
Flowing like honey; sweetened (adj)
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Prehend/Prehence-
to seize
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Prehens/ile
Adapted for grasping (adj)
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Ap/prehend
To arrest, seize (verb)
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Com/prehend
To grasp the meaning of; understand (verb)
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Re/prehens/ible
Deserving stern criticism or blame (adj)
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Temper-
To moderate; keep within limits; mix
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Temper
To dilute or soften by adding something more agreeable; to moderate (verb)
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Temper/ance
Moderation in appetites or passions; drnking little or no alcohol (noun)
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In/temper/ate
Not moderate or mild- excessive, extreme (adj)
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Dis/temper
Highly contagious viral disease, especially in dogs, marked by destruction of white blood cells (noun)
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Purg-
to clean or cleanse
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Purg/e
Clear of guilt; free of something unwanted (noun)
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Ex/purg/ate:
To cleanse of something morally harmful of offensive (verb)
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Purg/a/tive
Cleansing or purifying, especially from sin; causing loose bowels (adj)
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Purg/atory
Temporary place or state of suffering; place between Heaven and Hell (noun)
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Mill-
A thousand, a thousandth
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Mill/e/fleur
A pattern of small flowers and plants all over (noun)
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Mill/enarianism
Belief in the 1000 year era of holiness; belief an ideal society to come through revolution (noun)
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Mill/i/pede
Many footed arthropods (noun)
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Mill/I/second
one thousandth of a second (noun)
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Hemi/Semi
Half
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Semi/tone
The tone at a half step (noun)
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Semi/colon
Punctuation mark to separate independent classes (noun)
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Hemi/plegia
Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body (noun)
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Semi/conductor
Solid that conducts electricity like a metal at a high temperatures and insulates nonmetal at low temperatures (noun)
