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39 Cards in this Set
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astral (adj)
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relating to the stars
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astrum
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fecund (adj)
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fertile, fruitful
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fecundus
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cosmic (adj)
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relating to the universe
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celestial (adj)
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relating to the sky
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celum
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desiccated (adj)
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completely dried out
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paucity (adj)
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lack, scarcity
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paucus
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surfeit (n)
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an excessive amount
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sur- + facere
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copious (adj)
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abundant
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copia
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capacious (adj)
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having lots of room
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capax
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replete (adj)
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completely filled
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re- + plere
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dearth (n)
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a lack, scarcity
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rife (adj)
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plentiful
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despondant (adj)
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lacking hope
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de- + sperare
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anemic (adj)
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feeble; characterized by oxygen deficiency in the blood
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a- + emia
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dirge (n)
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a funeral song
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blight (n)
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a diseased condition
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affliction (n)
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a disorder causing suffering
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ad- + fligere
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elegy (n)
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a poem or song relating to death
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epitaph (n)
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an inscription found on a gravestone
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epi- + taphos
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doldrums (n)
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the blues, persistent unhappiness
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dolus
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adversity (n)
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hardship
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etymology (n)
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the study of the origin of words
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semantics (n)
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the study of the meanings of words and symbols
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sema
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entomology (n)
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the study of insects
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entomon + logia
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genealogy (n)
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the study of ancestry
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genea + logia
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recluse (n)
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one who likes to live alone
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re- + claudere
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pariah (n)
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an individual who has been exluded from a group
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relegate (v)
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to banish, to demote in rank
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re + legare
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disseminate (v)
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to spread information
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dis + seminare
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distend (v)
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to swell; to increase in size
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dis + tendere
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propagate (v)
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to cause to multiply; to publicize; to travel through a medium.
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pro
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inundate (v)
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to flood
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in + undare
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rampant (adj)
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growing out of control
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ramper
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addendum (n)
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somethign added; a supplement to a book
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ad-
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append (v)
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to affix (attatch) something; to add on
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ad- + pendere
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adjunct (adj)
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added in a subordinate capacity
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ad- + jungere
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affix (v)
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to attach
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ad- + figere
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appropriate (v)
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to take another's work or possessions as one's own
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ad- + proprius
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supplement (v)
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to add something to complete or strengthen a whole
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supplere
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