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Bio/nic

Adj

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Made stronger by electric or mechanical devices

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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

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Bio/de/grad/able

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Able to be known down by microorganisms

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Sym/bio/sis

Noun

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A cooperative relationship between two people or a group

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Gen

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Birth

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Gen/e/sis

Noun

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Origin, beginning

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Gen/erator

Noun

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A machine by which mechanical energy is changed into electrical energy

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Gen/re

Noun

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Kind, sort

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Carcino/genic
*cancer

Adj

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Producing or causing cancer

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Funct

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To perform, carry out

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Funct/ion/ary

Adj

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Someone who performs a certain function

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Mal/funct/ion

Verb

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To fail to operate

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De/funct

Adj

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No longer living, existing, or functioning

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Dys/funct/ion/al

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Being unable to function in a normal way

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Mut

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To change

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Com/mut/e

Noun

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To exchange or substitute

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Im/mut/able

Adj

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Not able or liable to change

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Per/mut/ation

Adj

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A change in the order of a set of objects; rearrangement, variation

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Trans/mut/e

Adj

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To change in shape, appearance, or nature

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Fract

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To break or shatter

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Fract/ious

Adj

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Stirring up quarrels

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Fract/al

Adj

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An irregular shape that looks much the same at any scale on which it is examined

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In/fract/ion

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The breaking of the law or a violation of another’s rights

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Re/fract/ion Adj
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
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Tele
Distant, at a distance
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Tele/gen/ic Adj
Well suited to appear on TV
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Tele/o/log/ical Adj
Showing or relating to design or purpose
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Tele/metry Adj
Distance
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Tele/com/mut/e Adj
To work at home using an electronic link with a central office
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Phil
Love
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Oeno/phil/e Adj
A person who is exceptionally knowledgeable about wine
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Phil/atelist Adj
A person who collects or studies stamps
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Anglo/Phil/e Adj
One who loves all things British
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Phil/anthrop/y Noun
A charitable act or gift
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Neg
Denial or refusal
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Neg/ligent Adj
Failing to take proper care
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Ab/neg/ation Adj
Self denial
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Neg/lig/ible Adj
Minuscule
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Re/neg/e Adj
To go back on a promise
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Dec
Ten
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Decalogue
Any basic set of rules that must be obeyed
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Decathlon
An athletic contest, 10 parts
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Decibel
A unit based on a scale of 0-130, to measure loudness of sound
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Decimate
To reduce drastically; destroy
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Cent
One hundred
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Centenary
A 100th anniversary or celebration of it
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Centigrade
Relating to temperature scale where 0 is freezing and 100 is boiling
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Centimeter
A length measuring 1/100th of a meter
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Centurion
The officer in command of a Roman cebtury
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Nom
Name
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Nom/in/al Adj
Existing in name or form only and not in reality
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Nom/en/clatur/e Noun
A name or designation, or the act of naming
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Ig/nom/in/ious Adj
Marked with shame or disgrace
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Mis/nom/er Noun
A wrong name or the use of a wrong name
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Pater/patr
Father
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Patr/i/ci/an Noun
An aristocrat, someone of high birth or good breeding
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Patr/i/arch/y Noun
A family, group or government controlled by a man or men
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Lega
To appoint or send as a deputy
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Pater/nal/ist/ic Adj
Tending to supply the needs of or regulate the activities of those under one's control
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Lega/ate Verb
An official representative or ambassador
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Lega/cy Noun
Something handed down by an ancestor or predecessor
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De/lega/tion Noun
A group of people chosen to represent the interests of others
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Re/lega/te Verb
To remove or assign to a less important place
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Greg
Herd or flock
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Ag/greg/ate Verb
A collection; sum or parts
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Con/greg/a/tion Noun
A gathering of people especially fr worship
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E/greg/ious Adj
Standing out in a bad way
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Se/greg/ate Verb
To separate from others
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Flu
To flow
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Af/flu/ence Noun
An abundance of wealth
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Ef/flu/ent Adj
Pollution/waste material
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Con/flu/ence Adj
A coming or flowing together at one point
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Mel/li/flu/ous Adj
Flowing like honey;sweetened
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Prehend/prehens
To seize
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Prehens/ile Adj
Adapted for grasping
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Ap/prehend Adj
Arrest, seize
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Com/prehend Adj
To grasp the meaning of
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Re/prehens/ible Adj
Deserving stern criticism or blame
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Temper
To moderate or keep within limits or to mix
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Temper Verb
To dilute or soften by adding something more agreeable
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Temper/ance Adj
Moderation in appetites or passions; drinking little or no alcohol
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In/temper/ate Verb
Not moderate or mild
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Dis/temper Adj
Highly contagious viral disease
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Purg
To clean or cleanse
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Purg/e Adj
Clear of guilt
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Ex/purg/ate Verb
To cleanse of something morally harmful or offensive
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Purg/a/tive Adj
Cleansing or purifying
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Purg/atory Noun
Temporary place or state of suffering
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Mill
A thousand or a thousandth
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Millefleur
Having a pattern of small flowers and plants all over
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Millenarianism
Belief in the 1000 year era of holiness foretold in the Book of Revolution
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Millipede
Any of a class of many footed anthropods that have a cyndrical segmented body with two pairs of legs on each segment with no poison fangs
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Millisecond
One thousandth of a second
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Hemi/semi
Half
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Semitone
The tone at a half step
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Semicolon
The punctuation mark
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Hemiplegia
Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain
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Semiconductor
A solid that conducts electricity like a metal at high temperature and insulates like a nonmetal at low temperatures
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Ex/patr/i/ate Verb
A person who has moved to a foreign land

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