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copious
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plentiful,abundant
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copia - supply, plenty,abundance
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repatriation
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a returning or being allowed to return to one's own country
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patria - the fatherland
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materialism
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1). the belief that there is no spiritual component to man; 2). a tendency to care too much for the things of this world
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materia - the matter; timber
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despair
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(v) to lose hope (n). loss of hope
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spero - to hope; despero - to have no hope
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terrestrial
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(n) an in habitant of the earth;
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terra - the earth, land
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elaborate
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(v)to work out with care; to add details to (adj) worked out in great detail or with much ornamentation
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laboro - to work, labor; to suffer
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alliteration
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the repetition of the same sound, usually a consonant, in close succession
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littera - a letter of the alphabet
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habitat
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the place where a plant or animal naturally grows
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habito - to live dwell
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provoke
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1). to incite to some action; 2). to excite to some feeling, often anger
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voco - to call; provoco - to rouse
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conservative
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tending to keep things as they are, to oppose change
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servo - to save; to guard
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insulate
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to set apart, detach from the rest
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insula - an island
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inundate
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to flood
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unda - a wave; inundo - to overflow
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