Units 18 & 20 Flashcards
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root: flor
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“flower”
1
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root: sem
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“seed”
“to sow”
2
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root: rad
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“root”
3
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root: germ
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“to sprout, to grow”
4
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root: mun
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“payment, gift, resource, public work”
“common”
5
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root: prec, prais
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“price”
“price, appraise, value”
6
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root: merit, mere
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“to earn, to deserve”
7
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word: disseminate
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verb:
to scatter; to spread
syn = circulate
ant = withhold
8
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word: seminal
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adjective:
fundamentally influential; important
ant = inconsequential
9
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word: florid
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adjective:
overly decorated; showy
syn = flowery, ornate
ant = plain
10
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word: flourish
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verb:
to thrive; to prosper
11
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word: deracinate
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verb:
to uproot; to remove from one’s homeland
12
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word: irradicable
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adjective:
impossible to destroy
syn = deep-rooted
13
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word: eradicate
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verb:
to destroy; get rid of
syn = abolish, eliminate
14
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word: germinate
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verb:
to cause to grow
