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20 Cards in this Set
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agonize
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root: agon means struggle.contest
(verb) to suffer intense pain, to struggle over something |
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audible
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root: aud means hear
(adj.) able to be heard |
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belligerent
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root: bell means war
(adj.) warlike,hostile |
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chronic
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root:chron means time
(adj.) constant, habitual |
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demographic
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root:dem means people
(noun) statistical characteristics of human population, such as age or income |
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fidelity
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root:fid means faith
(noun) faithfulness |
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fluctuate
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root:flux,flu means to flow
(verb) to move up and down, constantly changing |
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genocide
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root: gen means race or kind
(noun) the deliberate extermination of an entire group of people |
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incognito
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root: cog, gno means to know
(noun) disguised,unrecognizeable |
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inducement
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root:duc means lead
(noun) motive, lead to an action, incentive |
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interrogate
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root: rog means to ask
(verb) to question |
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locquacious
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root: loq means speak
(adj.) talkative |
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nominal
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root: nom means name
(adj.) in name only, small amount |
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pathos
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root: path means feelings
(noun) suffering, feeling sympathy or pity |
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protracted
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root: tract means draw;pull
(adj) drawn out in time, prolonged |
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rejected
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root:ject means to throw or send
(verb) sent back,refused,discarded |
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sophisticated
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root: soph means wisdom
(adj.) knowledgeable; refined, experineced, aware |
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tenacious
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root: ten means hold
(adj.) unwilling to let go |
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verify
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root:ver means truth
(verb) to establish as truth, confirm |
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vivacious
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root: viv means life
(adj.) lively in manner |
