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Unit 20 Flashcards

1
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Nom

A

Name

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Pater/Patr

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Father

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Lega

A

To appoint, to send as a deputy

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Greg

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Herd or flock

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Flu

A

To flow

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6
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Prehend/Prehens

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To seize

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Temper

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To moderate or keep within limits or to mix

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Purg

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To clean or cleanse

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Mill

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Thousand or thousandth

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10
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Hemi/Semi

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Half

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Nom- name
In
Al- adjective

A

Existing in name or form only and not in reality; so small as to be unimportant, insignificant.
Alleged

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Nom- name
En
Clat
Ure- noun

A

A name or designation, or the act of naming; a system of terms or symbols used in biology, where New Latin names are given to kinds and groups of animals and plants.
Classification

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Ig
Nom- name
Ini- good reputation
Ous- adjective

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Marked with shame or disgrace, dishonorable; humiliating or degrading.
Inglorious

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Mis- ill
Nom- name
Er- noun

A

A wrong name, or the use of a wrong name.

Alias

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Patr- father
Ic
Ian- adjective

A

A person of high birth or of good breeding and cultivation; an aristocrat.
Noble

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Patr- father
I
Arch- ruler, leader
Y- noun

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A family, group, or government controlled by a man or a group of men; a social system in which members are related to each other through their fathers.
Patriarchal

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Ex- out of, away from
Patr- father
I
Ate- noun

A

A person who has moved to a foreign land.

Immigrant

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Pater- father
Nalist
Ic- adjective

A

Tending to supply the needs of or regulate the activities of those under one’s control.
Condescending

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Leg- to appoint or to send as a deputy

Ate- noun

A

An official representative, such as an ambassador.

Deputy

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20
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Leg- to appoint or to send as a deputy

Acy- noun

A

Something left to a person in a will; something handed down by an ancestor or predecessor or received from the past.
Estate

21
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De
Leg- to appoint or to send as a deputy
At
Ion- noun

A

A group or people chosen to represent the interests or opinions of others.
Appointment

22
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Re- again
Leg- to appoint or to send as a deputy
Ate- verb

A

To remove or assign to a less important place; to refer or hand over for decision or for carrying out.
Consign

23
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Ag- toward
Greg- herd or flock
Ate- adjective

A

A collection or sum of units or pairs.

Combined

24
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Con- together
Greg- herd or flock
At
Ion- noun

A

A gathering of people, especially for worship or religious instruction; the membership of a church or temple.
Audience.

25
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E- out of
Greg- herd or flock
Ious- adjective

A

Standing out, especially in a bad way; flagrant.

Atrocious

26
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Se- apart
Greg- herd or flock
Ate- verb

A

To separate from others or from the general mass, isolate; to separate along racial lines.
Divide

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Af- toward
Flu- to flow
Ence- noun

A

An abundance of wealth.

Abundance

28
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Ef
Flu- to flow
Ent- noun

A

Polluting waste material discharged into the environment.

Beginning

29
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Mel- honey
Li
Flu- to flow
Ous- adjective

A

Flowing like honey; sweetened as if with honey.

Agreeable

30
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Prehens- to seize

Ile- adjective

A

Adapted for grasping, especially by wrapping around.

Rapacious

31
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Ap- toward

Prehend- to seize (verb)

A

Arrest, seize; understand.

Capture

32
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Com- with, together

Prehend- to seize (verb)

A

To grasp the meaning of, understand; to take in or include.

Interpret

33
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Re- again, back
Prehens- to seize
Ible- adjective

A

Deserving stern criticism or blame.

Culpable

34
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Temper- To moderate or keep within limits or to mix (noun)

A

To dilute, qualify, or soften by adding something more agreeable; to moderate.
Attitude

35
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Temper- To moderate or keep within limits or to mix

Ance- noun

A

Moderation in satisfying appetites or passions; the drinking of little or no alcohol.
Abstinent

36
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In- not
Temper- To moderate or keep within limits or to mix
Ate- adjective

A

Not moderate or mild; excessive, extreme.

Alcoholic

37
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Dis- apart

Temper- To moderate or keep within limits or to mix (noun)

A

A highly contagious viral disease, especially of dogs; a highly contagious and usually fatal viral disease, especially of cats, marked by the destruction of white blood cells.
Disease

38
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Purg- to clean or cleanse

E- verb

A

To clear of guilt or sin; to free of something unwanted or considered impure.
Purify

39
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Ex- out/away from
Purg- to clean or cleanse
Ate- verb

A

To cleanse of something morally harmful or offensive; to remove objectionable parts from.
Bleep

40
Q

Purg- to clean or cleanse
At
Ive- noun

A

Cleansing or purifying, especially from sin; causing significant looseness of the bowels.
Lax

41
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Purg- to clean or cleanse
At
Ory- noun

A

According to Roman Catholic doctrine, the place where the souls of those who have died in God’s grace must pay for their sins through suffering before ascending to heaven; a place or state of temporary suffering or misery.
Limbo

42
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Mill- a thousand or thousandth

Fleur- leaf (noun)

A

Having a pattern of small flowers and plants all over.

Floral

43
Q

Mill- a thousand or thousandth
Enarian
Ism- noun

A

Belief in the 1,000 year old era of holiness foretold in the Book of Revelation; belief in an ideal society to come, especially one brought about by revolution.
Utopian-ism

44
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Mill- a thousand or thousandth
I
Ped- foot
E- noun

A 
Any of a class of many-footed arthropods that have cylindrical, segmented body with two pairs of legs on each segment, and, unlike centipedes, no poison fangs. 
Athropod
45
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Mill- a thousand or thousandth
I
Second- “second” (noun)

A

One thousandth of a second.

Fast

46
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Semi- half

Tone- “tone” (noun)

A

The tone at half step.

Middle key

47
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Semi- half

Colon- noun

A

The punctuation mark ;, used chiefly to separate major sentence elements such as independent clauses.
Punctuation mark

48
Q

Hemi- half
Pleg
Ia- noun

A

Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain.
Paralysis

49
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Semi- half
Con
Duct- to lead
Or- noun

A

A solid that conducts electricity like a metal at high temperatures and insulates like a nonmetal at low temperature.
Metal

Etymology Aiken Period 2 (22 decks)

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