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Unit 9 Flashcards

0
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Fug

A

To flee or escape

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Her

A

To stick

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Cosm

A

Order

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Sci

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To understand, to know.

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Junct

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To join

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Part

A

Part

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Mis

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To send

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Pel

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To move or drive

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Arachnid (noun)

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A member of the class Arachnida, which principally includes animals with four pairs of legs and no antennae, such as spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks.

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Calliope (noun)

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A musical instrument similar to an organ in which it whistles are sounded by steam or compressed air.

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Dryad (noun)

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A wood nymph.

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Fauna (noun)

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Animal life, especially the animals that live naturally in a given area or environment.

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Flora (noun)

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Plant life, especially the flowering plants that live naturally in a specific area or environment.

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Pandora’s Box (noun)

A

A source of many troubles.

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Scylla and Charybdis (noun)

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Two equally dangerous alternatives.

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Ad- toward
Her- to stick
Ent- noun

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Someone who follows a leader, a party, or a profession; one who believes in a particular philosophy or religion.
Disciple.

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Co- together
Her- to stick
E- verb

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To hold together together firmly as parts of the same mass.

Glue.

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In- not
Co- together
Her- to stick
Ent- adjective

A

Unclear or difficult to understand; loosely organized or inconsistent.
Choppy.

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In- not
Her- to stick
Ent- adjective

A

Part of something by nature or habit.

Ingrained.

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Centr- central
I
Fug- to flee or escape
Al- adjective

A

Moving outward from a center or central focus.

Efferent.

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Re- again
Fug- to flee or escape
E- noun

A

Shelter or protection from danger or distress, or a place that provides shelter or protection.
Protection.

22
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Fug- to flee or escape

Ue- noun

A

A musical form in which a theme is echoed and imitated by voices or instruments that enter one after another and interweave as the piece proceeds.
Opera.

23
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Sub- under, or below
Ter
Fug- to flee or escape
E- noun

A

A trick designed to help conceal, escape, or evade; a deceptive trick.
Artifice.

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Cosm- Order

Os- noun

A

The universe, especially when it is viewed as orderly and systematic; any orderly system that is complete in itself.
Nature.

25
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Cosm- order
O
Log- word, speech, reason
Y- noun

A

A theory that describes the nature of the universe; a branch of astronomy that deals with the origin and structure of the universe.
Nature.

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Mirco- very small

Cosm- order (noun)

A

Something (such as a place or an event) that is seen as a small version of something much larger.
Pawn.

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Cosm- order
O
Polit- citizen
An- adjective

A

Having international sophistication and experience; made up of persons, elements, or influences from many different parts of the world.
Modern.

28
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Con- together
Sci- to know and understand
Enti
Ous- adjective

A

Governed by morality; resulting from painstaking or exact attention.
Just.

29
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Ne- new
Sci- to know and understand
Ence- noun

A

Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.

Uneducated.

30
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Pre- before
Sci- to know and understand
Ent- adjective

A

Having or showing advance knowledge of what is going to happen.
Wise.

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Un- not
Con- together
Sci- to know and understand 
On
Able-adjective
A

Not guided by any moral sense; shockingly excessive, unreasonable, or unfair.
Crude.

32
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Junct- to join

Ure- noun

A

An important point in a process or activity; a place where things join; junction.
Contingency.

33
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Ad- toward

Junct- to join (adj/n.)

A

Something joined or added to another thing of which it is not a part.
Prosthetic.

34
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Dis- apart
Junct- to join
Ion- noun

A

A break, separation, or sharp difference between two things.

Juxtaposition.

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Con- together

Junct- to join (adjective)

A

Bound together; joined, united.

Collaborative.

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Bi- both
Part- part
Ite- adjective

A

Being in two parts; shared by two.

Dual.

37
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Im- not
Part- part
Ial- adjective

A

Fair and not biased; treating or affecting all equally.

Moral.

38
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Part- part
Ici
Ple- noun

A

A word that is formed from a verb but used like an adjective.
Infinitive.

39
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Part- part
Is
An- noun

A

A person who is strongly devoted to a particular cause or group; a guerrilla fighter.
Patriot.

40
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Mis- to send
S
Ion- noun

A

A task that someone is given to do, especially a military task; a task that someone considers an important duty.
Goal.

41
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Mis- to send
S
Ion- noun
Ary- noun

A

A person undertaking a mission, and especially a religious missionary.
Crusader.

42
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E- out
Mis- to send
S
Ary- noun

A

Someone sent out to represent another; an agent.

Senator.

43
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Trans- through
Mis- to send
S
Ion- noun

A

The act or process of sending something from one point to another, especially sending electrical signals to a radio, television, computer, etc; the gears by which the power is passed from the engine to the axle in a motor vehicle.
Communicable.

44
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Com- together

Pel- to move or drive (verb)

A 
To force (someone) to do something; to make (something) happen.
Initiate.
45
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Ex- out of

Pel- to move or drive (verb)

A

To drive or force out; to force to leave, usually by official action.
Eviction.

46
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Im- towards

Pel- to move or drive (verb)

A

To urge or drive forward by strong moral force.

Right.

47
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Re- back

Pel- to move or drive (verb)

A 
To keep (something) out or away; to drive back. 
Yield.

Etymology Aiken Period 2 (22 decks)

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