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50 Cards in this Set
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Benifit |
A good or helpful result or effect |
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benevolent |
kind and generous;organized to do good things for other people |
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benign |
not causing harm or damage;mild, gentle, or pleasant |
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bona fide |
real or genuine;done in a honest or sincere way |
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mailce |
a desire to cause harm to another person |
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malign |
to say bad things about someone or something publicly; to criticize harsly or unfairly |
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malacontent |
a person who is always or often unhappy or angry about something |
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malfunction |
to fail to function or work properly |
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dysfunction |
the condidition of having poor or unhealthy behaviors and attitudes within a group of people; the state of being unable to function in a normal way |
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dysentery |
a serious disease that causes severe diarrhea amd a losss of blood |
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pater/patri |
father |
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mater/matri |
mother |
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gen |
birth/race |
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mal |
bad/wrethced |
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dys |
ill/badly |
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maternal |
of or relating to motherly |
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patriarchal |
a character of a system of goverment controlled by men |
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matriarchy |
a family,group,or goverment controlled by a woman or a group of women or females |
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congenial |
pleasant, enjoyable or friendly |
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generate |
to produce something or cause something to be produced |
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maritime |
on or near the sea |
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aquifer |
an underground layer of rock that water continually moves through ` |
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hydroelectric |
related to electricity that is made from the energy of falling water |
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marina |
a small harbor where small boats can dock |
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Geo |
Earth |
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aer |
air, atmosphere |
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pyr |
heat, fire |
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geograpghy |
an area of study that deals with the locations of countries |
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aerobic |
strengthening the heart and lungs by making them work hard for several minutes or more |
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geode |
a rock containing a covity lined with crystals |
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aerial |
performed in the air; by an airplane |
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geothermal |
using the natural heat produced inside the Earth |
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pyrotechnics |
a bright display of fireworks |
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aerate |
to put air or gas into something |
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aerodynamic |
having a shape that reduces drag from air moving past |
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pyromania |
a mental disorder that makes people have a strong desire to set fires |
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pyroclastic |
fragments of rock erupted by a volcano |
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viv/vit |
life |
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mort |
death |
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nat |
born, birth |
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vivacious |
happy and lively in a way that is attractive, especially of women |
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revive |
to make someone or something strong again, or active again |
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vital |
extremely important; very energetic |
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mortal |
subject to enventual death |
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mortify |
to cause someone to feel extremely embarrassed or foolish |
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mortuary |
a funeral home or morgue where the deceased are prepared for funerals |
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mortality |
the quality or state of being a person or thing that is alive and therefore certian to die; the number of deaths that occur in a particular time or place |
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innate |
exsting from the time a person or animal is born |
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nationality |
fact or status of being a member or citizen of a particular nation |
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native |
born in a particular place; belonging to a person since birth or childhood; produced, living, or exsisting naturally in a certian region |
