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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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23
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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

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A person who designs buildings

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Architecture

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Art or science or building

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Art

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Display or application of skill

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Artificial

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Made by man; not occurring naturally

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Artillery

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Large, caliber guns used in the military

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Which one of the following is personal:

Techne or ars/artis

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Which one of the following tends to be more professional:

Ars/artis or techne

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Artist

A

one who acts or creates with skill

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Artistic

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Pertaining to skillful creation

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Allure

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To entice with something desirable; to tempt

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Biology

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Study of life

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Biography

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Written life story

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Microbe

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Tiny form of life

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Amphibian

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Creature who can live both on land and in water

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Bionic

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Biotic

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Pertaining to life

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Antibiotic

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Against living forms which invade the body

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Vivid

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Lively,animated, spirited

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Revive

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Come back to life (re-back, again)

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Survive

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To live over or beyond a threat of death

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Vivacity

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Liveliness, vigor

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Convivial

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Friendly, lively, and enjoyable

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Victual

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Food to support life

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Victim (original meaning)

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Religious sacrifice of live animals or person

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Victim (contemporary meaning)

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A person harmed, injured, or killed

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What kind of people does one usually see bringing home victuals “vittles” or “vitls”??

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A hillbilly

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Microphone

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Device for transmitting a small sound over distance

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Microbe

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Tiny form of life

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Microcosm

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A tiny world ( cosmos:world)

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Micron

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Unit of length 1/1000 of 1 millimeter

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Microwave

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Tiny electromagnetic wave between 1 and 100 centimeters long

59
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What lives in a microcosm??

60
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What were the previous names for microwaves?

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How much were microwaves when they first came out?

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2,000-3,000

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What year where microwaves first out??

63
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What year did they make they make microwaves for the house hold use?

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Megaphone

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Handheld device for making sound larger

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Megalomania

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Crazy person with delusions of grandeur or greatness (mania:craze)

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Megalophonous

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Having a big or loud sound or voice

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Magnify

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Make larger

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Magnitude

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Greatness, measure of the Richter scale

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Magnificent

A

great in deed or character; lavish; excellence

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Magnanimous

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Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself (animus-mind, spirit)

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