Unit 3 Flashcards

Question

SEMI

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Half, Partly semiterrestrial: partially living on land semiannual: occurring twice a year semitaur: in mythology, a creature that is half-man and half-bull semester: half of a school year

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Nothing | annul: to make or declare void or invalid

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Sleep somnolent: sleepy somniferous: inducing sleep insomnia: chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep

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Pain, Punishment penitent: feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins penance: punishment undergone in token of penitent for sins

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Cut, Section dermatome: instrument used to cut slices of the skin in skin grafts microtome: instrument that cuts specimens into slices for examination with microscopes gastrotomy: surgical incision into the stomach

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Not impartial: not partial or biased indolence: avoid exertion, slothful

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Letter literati: scholarly or learned persons literature: a body of written works illiterate: unable to read and write literal: limited to the most obvious meaning of a word

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Bring Forth, Create create: bring into being recreate: give fresh life to; refresh mentally or physically procreation: the conceiving of offspring: producing or creating

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Place, Region topography: the configuration of a land surface topology: regional anatomy toponym: the name of a place topophobia: fear of certain place

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Burn, heat | caustic: capable of burning, corroding

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``` Way, Road via: by way of via media: middle way or course viaduct: series of spans that carry a road over another road or a valley viaticum: traveling provisions ```

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Perceive concern: regard for or interest in discern: perceive, detect discerning: showing good judgment; perceptive indiscernible: difficult to perceive

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Birth native: belonging to one by nature, inborn nascent: starting to develop nationality: state of belonging to a particular nation by birth or by naturalization

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Point, Prick punctilious: strictly attentive to small details of form in conduct punctilio: a fine point of etiquette puncture: a hole made by a sharp object punctuate: like a point; ending in a point

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To, toward adept: good at, skillful advent: arrival or coming

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One, Single monologue: speech performed by one actor monocline: in geology, a single upward fold monolithic: constituting a single, unified whole monochromatic: having one color

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Foot pediform: shaped like a foot pedestrian: commonplace podiatry: diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the foot

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Learn, Know cognition: mental process by which knowledge is acquired diagnosis: process of determining the nature and cause of a disease prognosticate: predict on the basis of present conditions

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Save salve: an analgesic or medicinal ointment salvage: act of saving

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Art artisan: craftsperson artifact: object made by human craft artificial: made by human action artifice: artful expedient

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Beautiful | embellish: to make beautiful by ornamentation

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Call Out, Shout exclaim: cry out suddenly; utter vehemently exclamation: an abrupt forceful utterance; an outcry clamor: a loud outcry acclamation: shout of enthusiastic approval

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Joke | jocular: given to joking

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Move | remote: located far away

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Other alter: change; modify; become different alternate: proceed by turns alternative: one of two mutually exclusive possibilities altercate: argue vehemently

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Birth, Class, Kin congenital: existing or as such from birth genesis: beginning; origin gentry: people of standing; class of people just below nobility genre: type, class; distinct literary or artistic category

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Wisdom, Skillful, Shrewd sophist: one who is skilled in deceptive argumentation sophisticate: making more worldly; refine sophomoric: showing lack of judgment and immaturity sophistry: plausible but fallacious argumentation

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Short, Small abbreviate: to make shorter abridge: to reduce the length of a text

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Burn, Shine | conflagration: large destructive fire

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Flow fluctuate: vary irregularly; rise and fall in waves flux: flowing; a continuous moving reflux: a flowing back; an ebbing

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Enough | saturate: to imbue or impregnate thoroughly

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Ten decalogue: the Ten Commandments decade: a period of ten years decahedron: a polyhedron with ten faces decapod: a crustacean having ten legs

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Power, Energy dynamite: a class of powerful explosives dynamo: a generator that produces current; an energetic person dynasty: succession of rulers from the same time dynamic: marked by intensity and vigor heterodyne: having alternating currents with two different frequencies

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Middle | mediocre: not extraordinary

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The People populate: supply with inhabitants populace: the masses population: all the people who inhabit an area populous: containing many inhabitants

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Same homocentric: having the same center homogenize: make uniform in consistency homogenous: uniform structure of composition throughout

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Mother maternal: relating to or characteristic of a mother matrix: the womb matriarchy: a family or community governed by women

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Look, See speculate: take something as true based on insufficient evidence retrospective: review of the past perspective: mental view of facts and their interrelationships specter: an apparition perspicacious: keen mental perception, shrewd, astute

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Step regress: move backward; revert to an earlier state progressive: going step-by-step; favoring progress egress: an exit ingress: an entrance graduate: advance to a new level of skill or achievement

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Government, Rule, Strength aristocracy: hereditary ruling class bureaucracy: administration of a government or a large complex plutocracy: society ruled by the wealthy theocracy: government by priests

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Skill, Ability inept: not suitable; having a lack of judgment or reason apt: exactly suitable adapt: make suitable to a specific situation aptitude: inherent ability; a talent

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Mild, Kind, Merciful clemency: disposition to show mercy; merciful act; mildness clement: inclined to be merciful; mild inclement: stormy; showing no mercy

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Sleep dormitory: room providing sleeping quarters for a number of persons dormant: inactive; asleep dormitive: causing sleep

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Backward retrospect: review or contemplation of the past retrograde: having a backward motion or direction retroject: throw back retroactive: influencing or applying to a period prior to enactment

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Laugh deride: mock ridicule: words that evoke contemptuous laughter at a person ridiculous: deserving ridicule; absurd ridibund: easily moved to laughter

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Old | senescent: aging

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Bad, Wrong Hate, Hatred, Improper misconstrue: misunderstand misapprehension: a misunderstanding misogynist: hater of women misanthrope: one who hates or mistrusts mankind

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Ask, Seek query: a question inquest: an investigation; court or legal proceeding inquisition: an investigation; act of inquiring inquirer: one who asks a question

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Pleasing gratify: please gratitude: thankfulness gratuitous: free; voluntary

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Call vociferous: loud, vocal and noisy evoke: to produce a reaction advocate: to support by argument invoke: call on a deity

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Center concentric: having a common center centrifugal: moving or directed away from a center centripetal: moving or directed toward a center concentrate: direct toward a center centric: situated near or at the center of something

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Build destruction: act of destroying structure: something built construct: build indestructible: impossible to destroy

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Double, Two duplicity: double-dealing; being twofold; deceptiveness duplex: twofold; double duplicate: identically copied from an original

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Burn | ardor: fiery intensity of feeling

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Perceive, Taste presage: an indication or warning of a future occurrence insipid: lacking flavor or zest

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Time contemporary: belonging to the same time period temporal: related to time temporize: act evasively to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision extemporaneous: unrehearsed

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Health, Heal salutary: effecting or designed to effect an improvement sanatory: producing health

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Perform, Discharge function: assigned duty or activity defunct: no longer existing perfunctory: performed really as a duty; superficial malfunction: failure to work

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Brother fraternity: a social organization of men students confraternity: an association of persons united in a common purpose fraternize: mingle on friendly terms fratricide: the killing of one's brother or sister

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Sacred, Holy sanctify: set apart as holy; consecrate sacrosanct: extremely sacred; beyond criticism sanctimonious: pretending to be pious or righteous sacred: devoted or dedicated to a deity

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Stranger, Foreigner xenophobe: person who is afraid of strangers or foreigners xenophile: one who is attracted to foreigners xenogenesis: production of children that are very different from either parent

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Half | hemisphere: half of a sphere

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Poison | intoxicate: to stupefy or excite with a chemical substance

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Lie Down succumb: to give away to superior force, yield recumbent: lying down, reclining

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Move, Send transmit: send from one place to another remittance: something sent as payment missive: a letter dismiss: put away from consideration; reject

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Life, Alive, Lively, Animated vitality: physical or intellectual vigor survive: remain alive vivacious: lively conviviality: sociable; merry

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Master, Lord dominate: control by authority or power dominion: control; sovereignty predominant: having greatest authority, influence, or force indomitable: unconquerable; not able to be subdued

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No negate: nullify, cancel out renege: go back on one's word negligent: careless; inattentive negligible: not worth considering

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Nerve neurology: study of the nerves and brain neurosis: disorder of the nervous system neuroid: nerve like

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All, Every panacea: cure-all pantheon: all the gods of a people panoply: impressive array pandemic: spread over a whole area

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Together, With synchronous: occurring at the same time; moving at the same rate synthesis: blend, combination system: group of interrelated elements that form a whole symbiosis: a relationship of mutual benefit or dependence

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With, Together compatible: capable of existing together in harmony conciliate: to placate, win over coherent: understandable; sticking together collaborate: work together conformity: harmony; agreement

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New novice: apprentice, beginner novel: new or original innovative: something newly introduced neologism: new word or expression

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Yearly annuity: yearly income payment biennial: happening every two years perennial: lasting throughout the year or for several years

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Think, Calculate putative: supposed repute: consider; suppose reputation: state of being held in high esteem compute: determine an amount or number

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Do, Make beneficent: performing acts of kindness manufacture: make or process confection: act of making a sweet preparation facile: done with little effort; easy

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Small diminution: lessening; reduction diminutive: small minutia: petty details minuscule: very small

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Drag, Pull attract: cause to draw near tractor: vehicle for pulling machinery intractable: not easily managed protract: draw out; prolong

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Inside, Within, Into, Inward intramural: within an institution such as a school introvert: someone given to self-analysis introspective: contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings intravenous: within or administered into a vein

Unit 3 Flashcards

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