Honors Language Arts Vocabulary

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antebellum

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of the period before a war

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bellicose

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favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars

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belligerent

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inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness

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pacifist

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stronly and actively opposed to conflict and especially war

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pact

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an international treaty or agreement

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appease

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to bring to a state of peace or quiet

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hospice

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a place of care and support for the terminally ill

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hostel

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an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for travelers

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inhospitable

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providing no shelter or sustenance

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amicable

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friendly and peaceable

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inimical

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unfavorable to something

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paramour

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a lover, especially one in an adulterous relationship

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allay

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to lessen or relieve

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assimilate

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to compare, to resemble

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capitulate

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to surrender unconditionally

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debase

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to reduce in quality or value

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emulate

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to try to equal or excel

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exacerbate

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to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of

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extol

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to praise highly

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efface

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to rub out, erase, or obliterate

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fetter

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to confine, to restrain

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glut

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to feed or fill excessively

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guild

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an orgainzation of persons with related interests, goals, etc.

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implore

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to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy

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disparage

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to speak of in a belittling way

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decriminalize

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to eliminate criminal penalties for or remove legal restrictions against

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incriminate

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to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault

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recrimination

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to bring a countercharge against an accuser

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approbation

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official approval or sanction

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probity

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intergrity and honesty

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reprobate

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to disapprove, condemn, or censure

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gravid

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pregnant

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gravitas

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seriouesness or sobriety

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gravitate

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to move or tend to move under the influence or gravitational force

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alleviate

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to make easier to endure

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leavening

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to cause to rise

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levity

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lightness or mind, character, or behavior

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allegory

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a symbolic narrative

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avarice

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greed or desire for wealth

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cacophony

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a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds

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catharsis

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relieveing of emotional tensisons

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charlatan

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a person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses

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dogma

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a system of principles or tenets

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edifice

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a large complex or building

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enigma

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puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

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epitome

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a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class

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frivolity

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the quality or state of being frivilous; carefree or lighthearted

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hiatus

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break or interruption in the continuity of work

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homage

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respect or reverence paid or rendered

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innuendo

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an indirect intimation about a person or thing

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agitate

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to upset or disturb

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prodigal

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wastefully extravagent

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synagouge

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building or place to meet for worship

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advent

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coming or arrival or something

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provenance

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place or source of origin

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venturesome

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involving risk or danger

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incipient

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beginning to exist or appear

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perceptible

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capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind

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susceptible

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easily influenced, affected, or persuaded

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affinity

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a natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship

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definitive

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precisely defined or explicit

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finite

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having bounds or limits; measureable

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a-, an-

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not, without

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agro/o, agri

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field, crop production

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ante

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before

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bar/o

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pressure, weight

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bene

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good, well

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bi, bin

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two, twice

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-cide

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kill

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circum

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around

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cracy, crat

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government, rule, power

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dec, dec, deka

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ten

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dem/o, dem

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people

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dic, dict

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speech, to speak, word

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adjacent

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lying near, close, or contiguous

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conjecture

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the formation or expression of an opinion without evidence or proof

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dejected

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depressed in spirits, disheartened

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detract

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to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation

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retraction

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withdrawal of a promise, statement, or opinion

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intractable

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not easily controlled or directed

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conductive

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having the proerty or capability of transmitting

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deduction

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the act or process of taking away

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induce

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to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind

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consequential

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following as an effect, result, or outcome

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execute

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to carry out; accomplish

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obsequious

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to show the trait of respect excessively

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allusive

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having reference to something implied or inferred

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elusive

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hard to express or define

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ambivalent

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uncertainty or fluctuation

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amiable

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showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities

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benevolent

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desiring to help others; charitable

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capricious

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impulsive and unpredictable

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chimerical

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unreal, imaginary, or highly improbable

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craven

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cowardly, contemptably timid

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dubious

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doubtful or uncertain

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garrulous

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excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner

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garish

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crudely or tastelessly colorful, gaudy

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glib

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easy or unconstrained

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ambiguous

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having several possible interpretations or uncertainty of meaning

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ambient

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of the surrounding area or environment

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ambivalent

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uncertainty or fluctuation

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ephemeral

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lasting a very short time; short lived

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epithet

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any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality

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hypochondriac

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one who is concerned about their health

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hypocrisy

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falsely pretending to be virtuous

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thermal

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pertaining to , or caused by heat or temperature

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thermocline

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a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below

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thermonuclear

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pertaining to, or invloving a thermonuclear reaction

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hypothetical

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supposed but not necessarily true

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equ, equi

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equal

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graph, graphy

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writting, written

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intra-, intro-

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within, inward

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ject

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thrown

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junet

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to join

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magn, magna, magni

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large

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man, mani, manu

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hand

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matr, matri, mater

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mother

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meter, metr, metry

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measure

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mano-, man-

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one, single, alone

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-ology, -logy

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study of, science