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Master vocab flashcards units V and VI
All vocab words + roots for Mrs. Dean's vocab units 5 and 6
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8th Grade
09/30/2013
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Term
lega
 Definition
Latin for "to appoint, to send on a mission, to charge with"
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legacy
 Definition
body of ideas, achievements, and morals; example
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delegate
 Definition
to divide up, espescially responsibilities
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act/ag
 Definition
Latin for "to do, act"
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agenda
 Definition
plan of action; purpose
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proactive
 Definition
seeking to solve a problem before it occurs
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exacting
 Definition
demanding perfection; strict
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puls/pel
 Definition
Latin for "to push"
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repulsion
 Definition
desire to avoid; disgust
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dispel
 Definition
to scatter about; break up
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propel
 Definition
to cause to move towards; push
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lat
 Definition
Latin for "bought, carried"
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relative
 Definition
dependent upon
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superlative
 Definition
excellent; above all others
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dilate
 Definition
to widen
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cant/chant
 Definition
Latin for "to sing, to call"
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recant
 Definition
to formally withdraw
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incantation
 Definition
ritual chant; spell
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disenchanted
 Definition
losing fondness for; unhappy with
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aud
 Definition
Latin for "to hear"
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inaudible
 Definition
so quiet as to be impossible to hear
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auditory
 Definition
having to do with the sense of hearing
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audit
 Definition
a thourough reveiw
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son
 Definition
Latin for "to sound
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dissonance
 Definition
unpleasant or unharmonious sound
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assonance
 Definition
similarity of word sounds
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resonant
 Definition
having an effect, powerful
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log
 Definition
Greek for "to speak, to reason"
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analogous
 Definition
comparable to; like
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dialogue
 Definition
communication between two or more people
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prologue
 Definition
a speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event
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