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Vocab Words- mal, hyper, and hypo
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Language - English
9th Grade
02/22/2010

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MAL
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bad
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malady
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(noun)  any disorder or disease of the body, esp. one the is chronic
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malodorous
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(adj)  having an unpleasant or offensive odor
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malapropism
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(noun)  an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound
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malicious
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(adj)  full of, characterized by, or showing malice; malevolent; spiteful
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malingerer
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(verb)  to pretend illness, especially in order to shrink one's duty, avoid work, etc.
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HYPER
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over
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hyperbole
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(noun)  obvious and intentional exageration
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hyperbola
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(noun) in geometry, a curve having a single bend, with lines going infinitely far from the bend
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hyperkenesis
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(noun)  an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action/ spasm
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hyperventilate
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(verb) to cause to breather more rapidly and deeply than normal
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HYPO
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low/ under
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hypoglycemic
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(adj) an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood
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hypothermia
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(noun)  subnormal body temperature
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hypocrisy
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(noun)  a pretense of having of having virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc, that one does not really possess
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