Unit 5 Flashcards
(88 cards)
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{meta/met}
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after, among, changing
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{palin/pali}
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back, again
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{para/par}
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side by side, abnormal, subordinate
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{pro}
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in front of, before
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{amphi}
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around, both
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{apo/ap/aph}
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away from, without
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{exo}
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outside
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{chromat}
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color
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{phylac}
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guard, protect
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{helion, elion}
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sun
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{ge/gee}
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earth
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{athlet}
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contest, athlete
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suffix {-ous}
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makes adjectives
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suffix {-ia}
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makes nouns
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suffix {-y}
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makes nouns
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suffix {-sis}
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makes nouns
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suffix {-ist/-st}
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makes nouns
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suffix {-ic}
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makes adjectives
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suffix {ics}
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makes nouns
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terra firma
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firm land/earth
refers to dry ground or land
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rara avis
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strange/rare bird; unique, odd, eccentric
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Anno Domini (AD)
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year of lord, common era calendar
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vade mecum
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come with me; guidebook or handbook
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sui generis
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unique, “of its own kind”
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{homo}
same
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{log}
word, plan, structure
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{plas}
form, shape
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{homeo}
similar
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{sta}
stand, position
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{prot(o)}
first
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{zo}
animal
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{on}
thing
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{meta}
transformed or more highly developed
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{an}
not (variant of {a}
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{aer(o)}
air
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{be}
live, life (variant of {bi})
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{mit(o)}
thread
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{chondr(o)}
granule; cartilage
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{ion}
little thing
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{meio}
less
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{-sis}
process
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{mi(o)}
less
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{cene}
new
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{hol(o)}
whole
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{path}
feeling, emotion
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{cata/cat/cath}
down
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{dia/di}
through, between
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{peri}
around, near
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{ba}
go
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{drom}
run, swim
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{meter}
measure
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{scope}
look, see
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{therm}
heat
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{ec/ex}
out
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{en/em}
in, within
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{hyper}
above, excessive, too much
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{hypo/hyp/hyph}
under, too little
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{top}
place
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{hydr}
water
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{esthes/aesthet}
feeling, sensation, study of beauty
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{derm}
skin
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{hema/ema/em}
blood
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{ly}
break; break up
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{the}
put
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{chron/chrono}
time
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{kine/cine}
move
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{odont}
tooth
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bobbies
British police force whose primary goal was the prevention of crime.
Sir Robert Peel (1788-1836) reorganized the police force in Great Britain.
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bowdlerizing
Amending a book by removing passages and words deemed obscene or objectionable.
Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825) edited a heavily censored version of shakespeare.
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boycott
A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies.
Captain CC Boycott was on the other side of the question of land reform from his neighbors in Ireland in 1880. They refused to have any dealings with him.
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guillotine
A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.
J. I. Guillotin (1738-1814) was a French physician who lived during the French Revolution; proposed the use of a machine that would execute prisoners more "humanely.."
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macadam
A paving material made of layers of small stones that are packed together with asphalt or tar.
John McAdam (1756-1836) was a Scots engineer who invented a type of road surface where small stones are bound together with something like tar.
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maverick
An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party. Someone who might act odd.
Samuel Maverick (1756-1836) was a Texas rancher who did not bother to brand his cattle.
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nicotine
A stimulating and highly addictive psychoactive drug in tobacco.
Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal in 1560, imported a drug from the New World.
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sideburns
The growth of hair located anterior of the ears.
Ambrose Burnside was a general for the Union in the War between the States.
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Pyrrhic
Achieved at too great a cost.
Pyrrhus (died 272 BC) was King of Epirus in Greece. He invaded Italy and fought two successive battles against the Romans but suffered heavy losses.
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Valentine
a gift or card sent to a friend, relative, or loved one on Valentine's day.
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Parameter
Characteristic or constant factor. (Only used for scientific work/jargon). Boundary, limit, framework, or condition.
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Perimeter
Distance around a figure
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Stanza
Group of verses in a poem.
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Verse
single line in a poem
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statue
three-dimensional work of art; something you can look at
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statute
written law passed by a legislative body
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terra firma
solid, firm land, ground
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rara avis
rare strange bird; rarity or oddity
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anno domini (AD)
in the year of the lord
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vade mecum
come with me; a guidebook or handbook
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sui generis
of his or her or its own kind; unique
