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30 Cards in this Set
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Latin: Insula |
island |
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Root: INSUL |
island |
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Insular |
limited in knowledge or perspective |
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Cal's ___ ideas about politics came from his sheltered upbringing and lack of travel outside his hometown. |
insular |
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Insulate |
to protect from outside influence |
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The mayor believed that his status in the community would ____ him against the negative attention other politicians had been given. |
insulate |
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Greek: Idios |
single, peculiar, personal |
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Root: IDIO |
single, peculiar, personal |
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Idiosyncrasy |
a peculiar quality; a quirk |
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The general's only ____ was his insistence that all his soldiers wear blue uniforms. |
idiosyncrasy |
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Idiom |
speech or phrase specific to a particular language or group of people |
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Because I was unfamiliar with the ___ that my Spanish visitor used, I could not follow the rest of what he said. |
idiom |
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Latin: Numerare, Numeratum |
to count |
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Root: NUM |
to count |
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Enumerate |
to list separately; to count off |
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Joanna was asked by her doctor to ___ the symptoms that had been bothering her. |
enumerate |
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Innumerable |
so plentiful as to be uncountable |
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When viewing the ___ stars that dot the midnight sky, I find it impossible not to wonder how big the universe really is. |
innumerable |
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Latin: Plus, Pluris |
many |
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Root: PLUS, PLUR |
many |
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Nonplussed |
baffled, confused |
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amount beyond what is necessary |
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Plurality |
Greater part; majority |
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Noting that a candidate needed a ____ of votes to win the election, the announcer prepared to read the results. |
plurality |
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Latin: Singulus |
single |
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Root: SING |
single |
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Single |
to isolate; to choose |
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Donna did not want to be ____ out by the harsh critic for her performance in the play. |
singled |
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Singular |
separated from others; unique |
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Bo was known around town for his rather ___ habit of walking to school on his hands. |
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