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87 Cards in this Set
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congregation |
a gathering greg flock, herd "aggregate" |
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gregarious |
sociable greg |
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gregarine |
various parasitic protozoans in the digestive tracts of invertebrates |
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gynecology |
branch of medicine dealing with woman's health gyn woman |
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gynarchy |
government by women gyn woman |
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gynophobia |
fear of woman gyn woman |
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gynecoid |
characteristics of a woman gyn |
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heliocentric |
having the sun as a center helio |
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heliolatry |
sun worship helio |
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heliotaxis |
an organism's movement in response to the Sun's light helio |
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heliotrope |
kind of plant that turns toward the Sun helio |
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heliotherapy |
therapy based on exposure to sunlight helio |
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hemorrhage |
heavy bleeding hemo |
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hemoglobin |
respiratory pigment in red blood cells hemo |
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hemophilia |
blood coagulation disorder hemo |
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hemoptysis |
the expectoration of blood hemo |
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hemophobia |
fear of blood hemo |
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herbicide |
chemicals that destroys plants or weeds herb vegetation |
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herbaceous |
characteristic of an herb herb |
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herbalism |
herbal medicine herb |
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heterodox |
unorthodox, not widely accepted hetero different, mixed, unlike |
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heterogeneous |
composed of unlike parts, different, diverse hetero |
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heterodyne |
of or relating to the production of a lower frequency from the combination of two almost equal high frequencies, as used in radio transmission. hetero |
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heterochromatic |
characterized by different colors hetero |
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homologous |
similar in value or function homo same, alike |
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homonym |
word identical in pronunciation and sometimes spelling to one or more other words but different in meaning homo
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homogeneous |
composed of identical parts; uniform in composition homo |
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homocentric |
having the same center homo |
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homogenize |
make uniform in consistency homo
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humane |
characterized by kindness or compassion hom/homo/human man,humanity |
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humanism |
system of thought focusing on humans, their values and capacities hom/homo/human |
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humanitarian |
relating to the promotion of human welfare human/homo/hom |
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hominoid |
belonging to the family hominidae, which includes apes and man |
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hydroponics |
science of growing plants in water reinforced with nutrients hydro/hydra/hydr |
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hydrant |
large pipe for drawing water hydr |
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dehydrate |
remove water from hydr |
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hydrophyte |
a water plant hydr |
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hyperventilate |
to breath abnormally fast hyper |
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hypothermia |
abnormally low body temperatures hypo beneath, lower, under |
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hypoglycemia |
abnormally low glucose level in the blood hypo |
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hypochondria |
unfounded belief that one is likely to become ill hypo |
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hypoplasia |
arrested development of an organ hypo |
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ignominious |
disgraceful and dishonorable ig/il/im/in/ir not |
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impecunious |
poor, having no money ig/il/im/in/ir |
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impoverish |
make poor or bankrupt im/il/ig/in/ir |
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intractable |
not easily managed im/il/ig/in/ir |
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incite |
arouse to action in in, on, upon, not
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indigenous |
native, occurring naturally in an area in in, on, upon, not |
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incongruity |
state of not fitting in |
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interpose |
insert, intervene inter |
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interregnum |
interval between reigns
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intersperse |
distribute among, mix with inter
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internecine |
deadly to both sides inter |
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intraocular |
occurring within the eyeball intra/intro into, inward, within |
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intravenous |
within a vein intra/intro |
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intramural |
within an institution intra/intro |
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trajectory |
path taken by a projectile jac/jact/ject throw, fling |
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interject |
interpose; insert jac/jact/ject |
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judicious |
wise; sound in judgment jur/jus/jud swear,law, judge, just "justice" "jury" "judge" |
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perjure |
tell a lie under oath jur/jus/jud |
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jurisdiction |
power to interpret and apply law; control jur/jus/jud |
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jurisprudence |
philosophy of law jur/jus/jud |
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lector |
someone who reads scriptural passages in a church service lect/leg/lig read, choose |
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predilection |
preference, liking lect/leg/lig |
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legalese |
abstruse vocab of the legal profession leg law "legal" |
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levity |
light manner or attitude lev light
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levitate |
rise in the air or cause to rise lev |
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lever |
a means of accomplishing sth. lev |
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alleviate |
relieve, improve partially lev
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leverage |
power to act effectively lev |
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lexicon |
dictionary; list of words lex word |
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lexicography |
process of compiling a dictionary lex |
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lexis |
vocab; set of words in a language lex word |
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lexical |
relating to the words of a language lex word |
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lexeme |
basic unit of the lexicon of language |
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libertarian |
one who believes in unrestricted freedom liber free |
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illiberal |
bigoted; narrow-minded liber free |
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librarianship |
specialization in library work libra/libr book |
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libretto |
text of a dramatic musical work libr/libar |
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librettist |
author of a libretto libr/libar |
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literati |
scholarly or learned person liter letter "literature" |
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literation |
the representation of sounds of words by letters liter
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loquacious |
talkative loc/log/loqu word, speak, talk |
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colloquial |
typical of informal speech loc/log/loqu word, speak,talk |
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soliloquy |
literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to others loqu/log/loc word, speak, talk |
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circumlocution |
indirect way of saying sth. loc/log/loqu
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epilogue |
short speech at the end of a play log/loc/loqu |
