unit 1 Flashcards
(31 cards)
1
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phot/phos
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light
2
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phototropic
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tending to grow towards the light
3
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phosphorescent
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giving off light without heat
4
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photogenic
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attractive in pictures
5
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luc
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light, clear
6
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lucid
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easy to understand, clear
7
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elucidate
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to make clear by explaining
8
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translucent
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allowing light to pass through
9
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spect/spec
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to look at
10
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prospect
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that which is expected
11
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specter
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a ghost or a phantom
12
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vid/vis
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to see
13
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invidious
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hateful or spiteful
14
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providential
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happening by good fortune
15
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improvise
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to create without any preperation
16
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nunc/nounc
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to announce
17
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enunciate
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to pronounce or articulate
18
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renounce
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to reject by declaration
19
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pronouncment
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a declaration of opinion, judgement
20
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voc/ vok
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to call
21
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invoke
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to call on for support
22
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provocative
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causing disturbance or excitement
23
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revoke
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to make invalid, deactivate
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fa
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to speak
25
ineffable
indescribable
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infantile
childish, immature
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affable
easy to converse with, friendly
28
dic/dict
to say, to tell
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edict
an official order
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indict
to charge with a crime
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dictum
a formal or authoritative statement
