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V: Unit 8 vocabulary
roots and words
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English
11th Grade
10/03/2013

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"port"
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"to carry"
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importune
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v. to urge or beg without end
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importunate
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adj. extremely demanding; insistent
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rapport
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n. a positive relationship
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"fer"
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"bear, carry" (Latin)
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insufferable
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adj. impossible to bear; intolerable
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preferential
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adj. giving or showing an advantage to one over another
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conferment
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n. the act of bestowing; a formal offer
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"pher, phor"
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"to carry, to bring" (Greek)
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periphery
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n. the outmost part or boundary
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euphoria
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n. a feeling of great happiness or well-being
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"gest"
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"to bear, carry" (Latin)
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congested
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adj. overcrowded; too tightly packed
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gestate
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v. to conceive and develop in the mind or body
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gesticulate
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v. to make gestures for emphasis
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