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10th Grade
06/10/2013

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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
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upper air
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caust, caut
Definition
burn
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schiz, schis
Definition
split; cleave
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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
Dictionary.com's definition: a line on a weather map or chart connecting points which have an equal temperature.
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Pyromaniac
Definition
Dictionary.com's definition: A person with an uncontrollable impulse to set things on fire.
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Exodus
Definition
Dictionary.com's definition: a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people.
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hydrophobia
Definition
Dictionary.com's definition: an abnormal or unnatural dread of water
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aeronautics
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Dictionary.com's definition: the science or art of flight
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pseudonym
Definition
Dictionary.com's definition: a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; penname.
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hygrometer
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Dictionary.com's definition: any instrument for measuring the water-vapor content of the atmosphere.
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ethereal
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Dictionary.com's definition: light, airy, or tenuous; heavenly or celestial.
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pyrotechnical
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Dictionary.com's definition: pertaining to, resembling, or suggesting fireworks.
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isobar
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Dictionary.com's 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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caustic
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Dictionary.com's definition: capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue; severely critical or sarcastic.
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photograph
Definition
Dictionary.com's definition: a picture produced by the process or art of producing images of objects on sensitized surfaces by the chemical action of light or of other forms of radiant energy, as x-rays, gamma rays, or cosmic rays.
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phosphorus
Definition
Dictionary.com's 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.
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schism
Definition
Dictionary.com's definition: division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
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holocaust
Definition
Dictionary.com's definition: a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
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od
Definition
way; path
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