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38 Cards in this Set
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eugenics |
science dealing with improving the heredity qualities of the human race |
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euphemism |
substitution of a "good" expression for an unpleasant one |
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cacophonous |
harsh-sounding |
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EU |
"good" "well" "advantageous" |
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MACRO |
"large" "long" |
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MIRCO |
"small" |
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microcosm |
little word |
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macroscopic |
large enough to be invisible to the naked eye |
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microscopic |
invisible to the naked eye |
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microbe |
very minute organism; a microorganism |
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A (AN) |
"not" "without" |
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amoral |
without sense of moral responsibility |
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amorphous |
without (having no) definate form or shape |
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anemia |
lack of a normal number of red blood cells |
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anesthesia |
loss of feeling or sensation resulting from either, chloroform, novocaine, etc. |
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anhydrous |
destitute of (without) water |
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anomaly |
deprivation from the common rule |
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anoxia |
deprivation of (state of being without) oxygen |
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atheism |
godlessness |
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atrohpy |
lack of growth from disuse or want or nourishment |
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atypical |
unlike the typical |
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MONO (MON) |
"one" "single" "alone" |
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POLY |
"many" |
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monarchy |
rule by a single person |
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monochromatic |
of one color |
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polychromatic |
showing a variety of colors |
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monogamy |
marriage with but one mate at a time |
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monosyllabis |
having but one syllable |
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monotheism |
belief that there is but one God |
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polytheism |
belief that there is a plurality of gods |
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monocle |
eyeglass for one eye |
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monogram |
two or more letters interwoven to represent a name |
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monolith |
single stone of large size |
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monolgue |
long speech by one person in a group |
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polygot |
speaking several languages |
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polygon |
closed plane figure having, literally, "many angles" (and, therefore, many sides) |
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polyphonic |
having many sounds or voices |
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pologamy |
marriage to several mates at a time |
