Words From Unit 5

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1st Persian War

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490 BCE

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Marathon

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Site of great Athenian/Plataean victory against the invading Persians

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Thermopylae

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Where Spartans and other Greeks resisted the Persians

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2nd Persian War

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480/479 BCE

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Peloponnesian War

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431-404 BCE

Sparta vs. Athens

Spartans defeat Athens

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Laconic

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Brief, pithy, concise

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Spartan

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Rigorously self-disciplined, austere, frugal

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Draconian

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Extremely severe, named after lawgiver Draco

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Academy

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A school or learned society from Plato's academy

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Democracy

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Demokratia: demos (people) + kratia (power)

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Republic

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Res publica, public business, the people's business

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Empire

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Imperium, dominion, sovereignty

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Rich as Croesus

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Wealthy king of Lydia

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Sword of Damocles

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4th century BCE tyrant of Sicily

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Synonymous

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Having the same meaning

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Antonyms

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Opposites

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Eponymous

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Something being named after someone

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Anonymous

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No identity

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Sympathy

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Sharing feelings with someone else

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Antipathy

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Feelings against another person

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Apathy

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Showing no emotion at all

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Anabatic

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Going up

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Catabatic

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Going down

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Anadromous

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Going upstream

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Catadromous

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Going downstream

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Diameter

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Measurement of the distance through a circle

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Perimeter

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Distance around the circle

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Periscope

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A device which can be used to look around

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Diathermy

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Heat going through body tissue

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Metabolism

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Changes that take place in the body

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Anabolism

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When metabolic changes are constructive and build up the body

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Catabolism

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Metabolic changes that tear down the body

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Diadromous

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Fish that migrate between fresh and salt water

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Hyperacidity

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Having too much acid

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Hypoacidity

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Not having enough acid

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Hypothermia

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Not having enough heat

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Hyperthermia

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Having too much heat

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Entopic

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Something in it's proper place, like an organ

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Ectopic

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Something not in it's proper place, like an organ

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Enhydrous

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Something containing water

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Anhydrous

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Something containing no water

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Exodus

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Journey of the Jews from Egypt

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Hyperesthesia

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High level of sensitivity/sensation

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Hypoesthesia

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Not a lot of sensitivity/sensation

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Aesthetes

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People who are sensitive to artistic matters

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Aesthetics

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Study of beauty

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Anemia

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Deficiency in hemoglobin

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Analysis

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Breaking something down into smaller pieces for examination

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Chronometer

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Measures time

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Synchronic

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Studying language in a way that only pays attention to how it exists at a given time, without regard for the historical development

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Diachronic

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Studying language down through the years, noting the changes that have taken place

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Synchronize

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To time together

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Kinesics

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Study of the movements of the body

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Hyperkinesia

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Abnormally increased body movements

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Hypokinesia

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Abnormally decreased body movements

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Anabiosis

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A occurrence of going into suspended animation and then coming back to life

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Epidermis

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The outer layer of skin

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Hypogene

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Formed under the surface

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Epigene

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Formed on the surface

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Antibiotic

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Destroys bacteria

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Periodontist

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A doctor that specializes in the area surrounding the teeth (bone and tissue)

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Parallel

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Two lines that extend in the same direction and are always the same distance apart, but never meet

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Metachromatism

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Changing color as the temperature changes

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Palingenesis

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Act of being born again

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Metamorphosis

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A change in form

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Prognosis

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Prediction or forecast

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Parapsychology

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Study of abnormal phenomena, like mental telepathy

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Palindrome

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Word, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backwards as forwards

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Paramedic

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Someone who performs medical tasks under the direction of qualified medical doctors

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Metonymy

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Using one word to take the place of another

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Palinode

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Short emotional speeches or poems

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Prophylactic

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Measures were taken before damage

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Apogee

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Moon is farthest away from the earth

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Perigee

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Moon is close to the Earth as it ever gets

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Aphelion

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A planet is the farthest away from the sun as it ever gets

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Perihelion

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A planet is as close to the sun as it ever gets

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Exobiology

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Science that investigates the possibility of life outside the earth

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Exoskeleton

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Skeleton that is outside the body

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Apanthropia

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Condition of wishing to live apart from mankind

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Amphibious

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Animals that can live in two different environments

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Amphitheater

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Oval building that looks as it two theaters had been joined together

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Nahuatl

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Language spoken by people of Tenochtitlan

-ahuacatl-avocado, testicle

-cacahuatl- cocoa, cacao

-chocolatl- chocolate

-coyotl- coyote

-xacalli/jacal- shack

-ocelotl- ocelot

-tule/tullin- reed, bullrush

-tomatl- tomato

-tlacomitzl- cacomistle

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Samhain Festival

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Liminal- threshold

Apotropaic- turning away, ward off evil

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Bowdlerizing

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Making simple in a bad way

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Boycott

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A type of protest that prevents relations with certain places

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Macadam

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Broken stone of even size

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Maverick

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An unorthodox or independent minded person

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Guillotine

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A machine that executes people more humanely

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Pyrrhic

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A victory that is not worthy

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Valentine

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A card someone sends to someone they love

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Sideburns

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Hair at the side of the head

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Nicot-nicotine

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Toxic liquid from tobacco

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Bobbies

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Police officer

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Perimeter

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Area around something

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Parameter

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Boundary, limit, framework, or condition

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Stanza

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A group of four or more verses

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Verse

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One line

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Statue

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A form of a person or animal made from stone

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Statute

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Rule or regulation made by legislative body

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Terra firma

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Firm land

Today= joy of getting on land after being on rough seas or flight

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Rara avis

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Rare bird

Today= a rare or unique person or thing

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Anno domini

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In the year of the Lord

Today= C.E.

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Vade mecum

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Come with me

Today= a guide book

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Sui generis

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Of one's own kind

Today= unique, only example of its kind