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109 Cards in this Set

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ped
foot
man, manu
hand
spec
see, look
dict
speak
ject
throw
sect
cut, separate
port
carry
scrib, script
write
graph
writing
miss, mit
send
a creature with two feet (ped)
biped
a creature with 100 feet (ped)
centipede
something that stands in one's way; an obstacle (ped)
impediment
a creature with 1,000 feet (ped)
millipede
a lever that is moved with one's foot (ped)
pedal
a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product (ped)
peddlar
a person who walks across the street on foot (ped0
pedestrian
a foot treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails (ped)
pedicure
a four-footed creature (ped)
quadraped
a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera (ped/pod)
tripod
to speak against; to say the opposite (dict)
contradict
what is written down as someone says it (dict)
dictation
a leader who speaks and rules with total power (dict)
dictator
the manner in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken) (dict)
diction
a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined (dict)
dictionary
a judge's ruling or statement (dict)
dictum
public words issued by an official that explain a law or command (dict)
edict
formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime (dict)
indictment
to say what will happen before it occurs (dict)
predict
the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury (dict)
verdict
writing about a person's life written by that person (graph)
autobiography
the writing of one's own name (graph)
autograph
the written list of all the books used in a report or book (graph)
bibliography
a book written about a person's life (graph)
biography
mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts (graph)
cartography
a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (e.g., bow—hair and bow—ship) (graph)
homograph
a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence (graph)
paragraph
record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound (graph)
phonograph
the use of light to record an image using a camera (graph)
photography
a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth (graph)
seismograph
to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit (ject)
dejected
to throw out (ject)
eject
a shot; the "throwing" of medicine into the body by a needle (ject)
injection
a word thrown into a sentence or conversation (ject)
interjection
to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane (ject)
jettison
an object thrown into the air with great force (ject)
projectile
a machine that throws an image onto a wall (ject)
projector
to throw something out because it's defective and can't be used again (ject)
reject
to throw oneself under someone else's rule (ject)
subject
the curved path of an object thrown into space (ject)
trajectory
to set free; to lend a hand in freeing someone; to release from someone’s hands (man, manu)
emancipate
handcuffs (man, manu)
manacles
a person who has the upper hand; a person who is in charge of someone or something (man, manu)
manager
an order or command placed in one's hands (man, manu)
mandate
to handily or skillfully go around something (man, manu)
maneuver
a treatment for the hands and nails (man, manu)
manicure
to skillfully operate by hand (man, manu)
manipulate
a handbook; a book of directions (man, manu)
manual
to make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product (man, manu)
manufacture
a handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book (man, manu)
manuscript
to send someone in; to allow someone to enter (miss, mit)
admit
to send someone out; to let someone leave (miss, mit)
dismiss
to send out or give off (such as an odor) (miss, mit)
emit
a break between acts of a play or performance during which people are sent out for snacks or stretch breaks (miss, mit)
intermission
a weapon designed to be sent in the direction of a target (miss, mit)
missile
a special duty or function which a person or group is sent out to do (miss, mit)
mission
to leave out; to not send (miss, mit)
omit
to send back (usually related to paying bills) (miss, mit)
remit
to "send" yourself under someone else's control; to give in to
someone else's power (miss, mit)
submit
to send something across places; to pass along (miss, mit)
transmit
to carry or send away from a country; to banish (port)
deport
to carry out of the country (port)
export
to carry into the country (port)
import
capable of being easily carried (port)
portable
the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from one lake or river to another (port)
portage
an attendant who carries travelers' luggage for them (port)
porter
a case for carrying loose papers (port)
portfolio
a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again with someone new (port)
report
to carry the weight of something (port)
support
to carry something from one place to another (port)
transport
to say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing (scrib, script)
describe
a short dedication written in a book or engraved on something, such as a coin or monument (scrib, script)
inscription
a piece of writing; a book (scrib, script)
manuscript
P.S.; a short bit of writing added after a letter is finished (scrib, script)
postscript
a piece of paper written by a doctor that lets you get medicine at the pharmacy (scrib, script)
prescription
sloppy writing that is hard to read (scrib, script)
scribble
a person who writes things down (scrib, script)
scribe
a set of papers with writing that will be read and acted out (scrib, script)
script
a written agreement to buy and read a magazine or newspaper for a set period of time (scrib, script)
subscription
to write down or record; to translate (scrib, script)
transcribe
to cut into two pieces (sect)
bisect
to cut apart for the purpose of investigation (sect)
dissect
a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen (sect)
insect
the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other (sect)
intersection
a separate part of something (sect)
section
a couch that is made up of separate pieces (sect)
sectional
a separate part of a society, group, or area (sect)
sector
to cut across something (sect)
transect
to cut into three separate pieces (sect)
trisect
careful to look at all possibilities before acting; cautious; aware of consequences (spec)
circumspect
to look at carefully in search of flaws (spec)
inspect
the act of looking into one's own thoughts and feelings (spec)
introspective
one way of looking at things (spec)
perspective
to look up to someone; to show honor (spec)
respect
looking back at past things (spec)
retrospective
something displayed for the public to see (spec)
spectacle
glasses that help someone see better (spec)
spectacles
a person who watches something, such as a sporting event (spec)
spectator
to look at and think about something from different points of view (spec)
speculate