Unit 8 Flashcards
(85 cards)
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Morpheme
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Minimal unit of meaning
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{morph/morpho}
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Form, shape
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French suffix {eme}
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Irreducible unit
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Morphology
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Study of the smallest pieces of words that convey meaning.
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{log}
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Study of
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{anthropo}
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Man
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{bio}
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Life
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{entomo}
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Notched animal, insect
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{ethno}
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A race or nation of people
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{etymo}
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Basic meaning of a word
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{geo}
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Land, earth
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{horo}
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Hour, time
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{neuro}
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Nerve
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{patho}
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Suffering, disease, feeling
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{psycho}
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Soul, mind
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Horology
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Science of measuring time, and art of manufacturing clocks.
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Horoscope
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Based on the position of the planets and stars at a persons hour of birth, looks into the person’s future.
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Greek {ichthyo}
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Fish
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Greek {Sapro}
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Rotten
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Greek {rhizo/rhiz}
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Root
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Greek {iatr/iatro}
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Doctor or treatment
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Greek {hipp}
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Horse
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Greek {pus/pod}
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Foot
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Greek {ger}
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Old
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Greek {carcin/carcino}
Cancer
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Greek {partheno}
Virgin
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Iatrogenic
Disease caused by medical treatment.
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{carni}
Meat or flesh
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{cide}
Kill
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{febri}
Fever
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{frugi/fructi}
Fruit
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{fuge}
Drive away, flee
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{fy}
Make
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{herbi}
Grass
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{insecti}
Insect
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{magni}
Big
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{omni}
All
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{pater/patri}
Father
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{pesti}
Troublesome animal, plant, etc
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{pisci}
Fish
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{rani}
Frog
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{sui}
Self
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{vermi}
Worm
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{vor/vore}
Eating
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{ag/act}
Do, as in agent and reaction
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{frang/fract}
Break, as in frangible and fracture
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{grav}
Heavy, serious, pregnant, S in gravity and gravid
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{host}
Enemy, as in hostile and hostility
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{neglig/neglect}
Disregard, as in negligence and neglect
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{sap/sip}
Taste, as in insipid and sapid
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{brevi}
Short, as in brevity and abbreviation
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{joc}
Jest, fun, as in jacose and jocularity
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{nebul}
Cloud, as in nebula and nebulous
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{rect}
Right, as in correct and rectitude
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{simil/simili}
Like, as in similar and similitude
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{squal}
Rough, dirty, as in squalor and squalid
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Latin {radic}
Root
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Allusion
Latin base: {lud/lus} = mock, make a fool of.
Allusion means a reference to something or someone in an indirect or casual way.
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Illusion
Latin base: {lud/lus} = mock, make a fool of.
Illusion means a belief not in accord with the facts.
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alteration
Latin morpheme {alter} = other, another
Alteration means change from one thing to another.
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Altercation
Latin morpheme {alter} = other, another
A quarrel with another person.
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Violation
Latin {violat} = force of violence
Breaking of law
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Volition
Latin base {vel/vol} = wish, desire
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Alter ego
Second self
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Cum Grano Salis
Wholeheartedly
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In extremis
At the point of death
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Tempus Fugit
Time flies
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Ex Libris
From the library of (so and so)
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{ag, act}
Do
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{sap/sip}
Taste
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Nomenclature
Name calling
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Horizon
French
Etymologically: boundary circle, boundary, limit
Modern: line where land and sky meet
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Vodka
Russian
Etymologically: little water
Modern: colorless alcohol distilled from wheat or rye
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Whiskey
Gaelic
Etymologically: water of life
Modern: alcohol made from a mash of grain
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Sardonic
French
Etymologically: bitter, scornful; flower/plant = laughter and can cause death lol
Modern: disdainfully or bitterly sheering ironical sarcastic
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Ok
Boston, NY
Etymologically: democratic club name after van Buren, old kinder hook
Modern: All right, correct
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Eidos
Visual image
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Genus
Larger grouping that unite species with common features.
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Differentiae
Differences that separate a species from the other members of its genus.
Notion of definition is the basis of linnaeus’s system of nomenclature.
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Equinox
Equal night
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Solstice
Sun stop
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Tropics
Turning circle
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What was composed of quintessence?
The celestial bodies. Which mean heavenly bodies.
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Pole
Originates from Greek “polos” for axis
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Arctic
From Greek “arctos” meaning bear, it was named the arctic because two major constellations Ursa Major and minor (bears) were seen there.
