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26 Cards in this Set
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decimate
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Decim means ten, or tenth. The definition of decimate means to "destroy a large part of". They used it to mean kill one of every ten men.
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senate
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This word originated during the Roman Empire. The word senate includes the latin base SEN meaning old. The senate is named this because it originally was a "council of elders".
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cereal
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It comes from the name of the Roman goddess of the harvest, Ceres. The latin base CER means grain.
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sactimonious
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sanct
sacred, holy |
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convocation
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voc
voice, to call |
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octave
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oct
eight |
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accord
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cord
heart |
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transgression
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gress
to stop, to go |
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sanctuary
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sanct
sacred, holy |
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secede
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ced
to go, to yield |
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allude
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lud
to play, to mock |
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stringent
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string
to draw tight |
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triumvirate
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tri
three vi way |
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suffuse(d)
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fus
to pour, to melt |
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alleviate
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lev
to lift, light (in weight) |
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malediction
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mal
bad dict to say |
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vociferous
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voc
voice, to call fer to bear, to carry |
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duplicate
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du
two plic to fold, to tangle |
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soliloquy
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sol
alone logu to speak |
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sacrosanct
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sacr
sacred, holy sanct sacred, holy |
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centennial
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cent
hundred enni year |
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maliferous
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mal
bad fer to bear, to carry |
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universal
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uni
one vers to turn |
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unanimous
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un
one anim mind, feeling, heart, life |
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anniversary
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anni
year vers to turn |
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omnipotent
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omni
all pot power |
