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Language - English
10th Grade
08/20/2013

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Term
therm
Definition
heat
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hydr
Definition
water
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hygr
Definition
moisture
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bar
Definition
weight; pressure
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phot, phos
Definition
light
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pyr
Definition
fire
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aer
Definition
lower air
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ether
Definition
upper air
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caust, caut
Definition
burn
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schiz, schis
Definition
cleave
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od
Definition
way; path
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pseudo-
Definition
false; counterfeit
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-phoria, -phery
Definition
a bearing; a carrying; production
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-phor, -pher
Definition
that which bears
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-phore, -phorus
Definition
carries, produces
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-phoric, -phorous
Definition
bearing; producing
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isotherm
Definition
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature
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hydrophobia
Definition
rabies, an abnormal dread of water
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hygrometer
Definition
any instrument for measuring the water-vapor content of the atmosphere
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isobar
Definition
a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
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phosphorus
Definition
a solid, nonmetallic element existing in at least three allotropic forms, one that is yellow,poisonous, flammable, and luminous in the dark, one that is red, less poisonous, and less flammable,and another that is black, insoluble in most solvents, and the least flammable. The element is used informing smoke screens, its compounds are used in matches and phosphate fertilizers, and it is anecessary constituent of plant and animal life in bones, nerves, and embryos
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pyromaniac
Definition
a compulsion to set things on fire
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aeronautics
Definition
the science or art of flight
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ethereal
Definition
light, airy, or tenuous: an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination
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caustic
Definition
capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue
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schism
Definition
division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties
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exodus
Definition
a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people
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pseudonym
Definition
a fictious name used by an author to hide his or her identity
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pyrotechnical
Definition
pertaining to, resembling, or suggesting fireworks
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photograph
Definition
a picture produced by photography
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holocaust
Definition
a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire
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