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14 Cards in this Set
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ab-, a-, abs-, (example used: abnormal) (Latin) "All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name" Ugo Betti |
Definition: away from |
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ac-, (example used: acupuncture) (Latin) "I'm afraid of needles, except acupuncture needles" Catherine O'Hara |
Definition: sharp or pointed |
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acerb-, (example used: exacerbate) (Latin) "Violent statements and threats cannot provide a solution to the problem. They can only exacerbate feeling and make a clash of forces inevitable" Stafford Cripps |
Definition: sharp, bitter, sour |
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acid-, (example used: acidosis) (Latin) "extracellular acidosis is toxic to most normal cells" H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute |
Definition: sour or acid |
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acr-, (example used: acrobatics) (Greek) "One does not just jump, one lifts into the air, one rises...The acrobat is lost in a web of muscles" Agnes de Mille |
Definition: height, summit, tip |
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acr-, (example used: acrid) (Latin) "He brings a gust of acrid provincial air to the ancient office. He is an angry young prophet rather than a smooth courtier. His verse is angular, savage, robust and very good.” Phillip Howard |
Definition: bitter, pungent, sharp, sour |
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acu-, (example used: acute) (Latin) "He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed” |
Definition: sharp |
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adip-, (example used: adipose) (Latin) “Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.” Chinua Achebe |
Definition: fat |
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aer-, (example used: aerosol) (Greek) "These are clouds seeded by jets dumping aerosols into the upper atmosphere" Jasper Kirkby |
Definition: air, atmosphere |
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aesthet-, (example used: aesthetics) (Greek) "Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern." Alfred North Whitehead |
Definition: feeling, sensation |
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agr-, (example used: agronomy) (Greek) "Agronomy is the scientific management of land to practice effective soil conservation and to maximize crop production." |
Definition: field |
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agri-, egri-, (example used: agriculture) (Latin) "Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters." Allan Savory |
Definition: field |
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alb-, (example used: albino) (Latin) “Her albino hair illuminated my dreams, shining brighter than moonlight.” Anna Kavan |
Definition: dull white |
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am-, amat-, amor-, (example amorous) (Latin) "You've made my life so glamorous, you can't blame me for feeling amorous. 'S wonderful, 's marvellous That you should care for me" Ira Gershwin |
Definition: love, loved |
