Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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A- / AN-

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Not

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Agnostic

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adj. believing that the knowledge of God is unknowable n. an agnostic person

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3
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Anomaly

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n. Something unusual odd or unexpected; An inconsistency or incongruity

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4
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-OR / -ER

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One who does

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5
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Instigator

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n. A person who initiates a course of action

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6
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Purveyor

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n. 1. A person who supplies food & provisions 2. a person who repeats or spreads information

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7
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INTER-

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Between

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8
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Intermittent

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adj. Alternately stopping and starting again

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9
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Intervene

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v. To come between disputing people to mediate

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10
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MAL- / MALE-

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Bad or Evil

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11
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Maladroit

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adj. Unskillful or clumsy

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12
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Malnutrition

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n. Lack of proper nutrition

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13
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-NOV-

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New

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14
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Novelty

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n. 1. Newness
n. 2. A new occurrence
n. 3. Something whose value is decorative and short-lived

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15
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Novice

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n. A beginner

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16
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-LOGY

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The Study Of

17
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Ideology

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n. The main ideas of a class group or movement

18
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Psychology

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n. The study of the mind

19
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RE-

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Again

20
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Recrimination

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n. The act of accusing your accuser

21
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Rehash

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v. To rework or reuse old material

22
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PRE-

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Before

23
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Precursor

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n. 1. A person or thing that came before, a predecessor
n. 2. Something that foreshadows the approach of something else

24
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Presumption

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n. A logical assumption that something is true