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Bios

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Life

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Ars/artis

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Art,skill

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Vivo/victum

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Live

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Mikros

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Small

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Megas

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Great, large, big

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What word is combined with -ars in artillery?

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-artiler which is French

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Magnus

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Big, large, great

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Aftermath

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Events following some occurrence; a consequence of

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Artfull

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Clever or skillful in a crafty way; full of, or characterized by skill

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Aggrandize

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To increase in size; enlarge, to cause, to appear greater in power, influence

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Aloof

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Distant, reserved in manner; uninvolved

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Artless

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Without skill, natural, simple and sincere

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Techne

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Art, skill

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Ajar

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Partially open

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Alienate

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To make hostile; to cause to feel unwelcome or estranged

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Alleviate

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To make less severe; to relieve, to lessen

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Also-ran

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One who is defeated in a race, election, or other competition; loser

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Altercation

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A heated quarrel

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Alternative

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The choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities, a situation presenting such a choice

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Which is the correct word:

Anyway or anyways

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Anyway

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Technology

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Study of how to do things

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Technical

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Pertaining to the skill involved in work, science, sport, business, art, ect.

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Technique

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Expert skill in accomplishing something

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Technician

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A person whose job relates to the practical use of machines or science industry, medicine, ect.

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Architect
A person who designs buildings
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Architecture
Art or science or building
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Art
Display or application of skill
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Artificial
Made by man; not occurring naturally
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Artillery
Large, caliber guns used in the military
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Which one of the following is personal: | Techne or ars/artis
Ars/artis
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Which one of the following tends to be more professional: | Ars/artis or techne
Techne
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Artist
one who acts or creates with skill
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Artistic
Pertaining to skillful creation
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Allure
To entice with something desirable; to tempt
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Biology
Study of life
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Biography
Written life story
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Microbe
Tiny form of life
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Amphibian
Creature who can live both on land and in water
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Bionic
Life-like
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Biotic
Pertaining to life
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Antibiotic
Against living forms which invade the body
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Vivid
Lively,animated, spirited
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Revive
Come back to life (re-back, again)
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Survive
To live over or beyond a threat of death
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Vivacity
Liveliness, vigor
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Convivial
Friendly, lively, and enjoyable
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Victual
Food to support life
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Victim (original meaning)
Religious sacrifice of live animals or person
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Victim (contemporary meaning)
A person harmed, injured, or killed
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What kind of people does one usually see bringing home victuals "vittles" or "vitls"??
A hillbilly
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Microphone
Device for transmitting a small sound over distance
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Microbe
Tiny form of life
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Microcosm
A tiny world ( cosmos:world)
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Micron
Unit of length 1/1000 of 1 millimeter
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Microwave
Tiny electromagnetic wave between 1 and 100 centimeters long
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What lives in a microcosm??
Microbe
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What were the previous names for microwaves?
Radarange
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How much were microwaves when they first came out?
2,000-3,000
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What year where microwaves first out??
1947
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What year did they make they make microwaves for the house hold use?
1967
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Megaphone
Handheld device for making sound larger
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Megalomania
Crazy person with delusions of grandeur or greatness (mania:craze)
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Megalophonous
Having a big or loud sound or voice
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Magnify
Make larger
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Magnitude
Greatness, measure of the Richter scale
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Magnificent
great in deed or character; lavish; excellence
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Magnanimous
Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself (animus-mind, spirit)

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