Unit 15/16 Flashcards

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Topical

Adj

Top

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Designed for local application to or treatment of bodily parts; referring to the topics of the day

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Top

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Place

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Ectopic

Adj

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Occurring or originating in abnormal place

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Utopian

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Relating to an imaginary place in which the government laws and social conditions are perfect

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Topography

Noun

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The art of showing the natural and man made features of a region on a map chart; the features of a surface including both natural and man made features

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Centr/ center

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Sharp point or center point of circle

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Eccentric

Adj

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Not following an established or usual style or conduct straying from a circular path, off center

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Epicenter

Noun

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The location on the earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake the center or focus of activity

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Egocentric

Adj

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Overly concerned with oneself; self centered

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Ethnocentric

Adj

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Marked by or based on the attitude that ones own group is superior to others

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Dom

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House; master

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Dominion

Noun

Master

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An area over which one rules; domain supreme authority

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Predominant

Adj

Master

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Greater in importance strength influence or authority

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Domineering

Verb

Master

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Tending to control the behavior of others in a bossy manners

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Domination

Noun

Master

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Supremacy or power over another the exercise of governing or controlling influence

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Omni

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All

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Omnivore

Noun

All

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An animal that eats both plants and other animals

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Omnipotent

Adj

All

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Having complete or unlimited power; all powerful

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Omnibus

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All

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Of or including many things

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Omniscient

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All

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Knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge

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Hol/holo

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Whole

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Holistic

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Whole

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Relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of treatment of or dissection into parts

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Hologram

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A three dimensional image reproduced from a pattern of interference produced by a beam of radiation such as a laser

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Holocene

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Of relating to, or being the present geological epoch

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Holocaust Noun All
The mass slaughter of European citizens and especially Jews by the nazis; a thorough destruction involving
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Retro
Back backward behind
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Retroactive Adj Back
Intended to apply or take effect at a date in the past
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Retrofit Verb Back
To furnish something new or modified parts or equipment that was optional or unavailable at the time of manufacturer
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Retrogress Verb Back
To return to an earlier and usually worse or more primitive state
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Retrospective Adj Back
A generally comprehensive exhibition or performance usually covering an artists output date
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Tempor
Time
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Temporal Adj Time
Having to do with time as distinguished from space
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Contemporary Noun Time
Occurring or existing during the same period of time; having to do with the present period; modern or current
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Extemporaneous Adj Time
Composed performed spoken or done in the spur of the moment
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Temporize Verb Time
To act in a way that fits the time or occasion to give way to current opinion to
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Chron
Time
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Chronic Adj Time
Lasting a long time or recurring frequently always present constantly annoying
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Chronology Noun Time
A sequence of events in the order the occurred a table list or account that presents events in order
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Anachronism Noun Time
The retro of placing a person or thing in the wrong time period
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Synchronous Adj Time
Happening or existing at exactly the same time
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Tri
Three
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Trident
Pitchfork
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Trinity
Father son Holy Spirit
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Term/termin
To limit bound set limits to
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Terminal Adj To limit
Forming or relating to an end or limit Ending
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Indeterminate Adj To limit
Not precisely determined; vague Indefinite
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Interminable Adj To limit
Seeming to have no end Nonstop
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Terminus Noun To limit
The end of a travel route; an extreme point
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Geo
Earth
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Geocentric Adj Earth
Having or relating to the earth as the center Theory
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Geophysics Noun Earth
"Earth science" Geography
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Geothermal Adj Earth
Of relating to or using the natural heat produced inside the earth Core
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Spher
Ball
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Spherical Adj Ball
Relating to a sphere; shaped like a sphere or one of its segments Round
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Stratosphere Noun Ball
The part of earths atmosphere that extends from about seven to about thirty miles above the surface Sky
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Biosphere Noun Ball
Living things and their environment Biology
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Hemisphere Noun Ball
Half a sphere especially half the global sphere as divided by the equator or meridian
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Vert
To turn
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Divert Verb To turn
To turn from one purpose or course to another Change
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Converter Noun To turn
A device that changes something from one form to another Frequencies
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Avert Verb To turn
To turn away or aside Look away
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Revert Verb To turn
To go back or return Payback
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Morph
Shape
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Amorphous Adj Shape
Without a definite shape or form Shapeless