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Title: Vocabulary Set 11


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Vocabulary Set 11
  • English 2

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Cad/Cas/Cid
  • Comes from the Latin verb, cadere, meaning to
    fall, fall down, drop, or from the related noun
    casus, fall or chance.

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Cadaver
  • Definition A dead body, especially one that is
    to be dissected a corpse.
  • Sentence In science classes, it is known that
    many students get to dissect a feline cadaver.

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Casualty
  • Definition A person, especially a military
    person, or a thing that is injured, lost, or
    destroyed a victim.
  • Sentence During World War II, America suffered
    many casualties at the hands of the Nazis.

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Decadent
  • Definition (1) Self-indulgent. (2) Decaying or
    declining.
  • Sentence The French Empire may have been at its
    most decadent just before the French Revolution.

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Recidivism
  • Definition A tendency to fall back into earlier
    habits or modes of behaving, especially criminal
    habits.
  • Sentence Recidivism among smokers who try to
    quit is very high.

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ROOT Cis
  • Comes from the Latin verb meaning to cut, cut
    down, or slay.

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Concise
  • Definition Brief and condensed, especially in
    expression or statement.
  • Sentence It is important when writing larger
    essays to keep the information as concise as
    possible.

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Excise
  • Definition To cut out, especially surgically.
  • Sentence The ancient Minoans from the island of
    Crete apparently excised the hearts of their
    human sacrifices.

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Incisive
  • Definition Impressively direct and decisive.
  • Sentence A few incisive questions were all that
    was needed to expose the weaknesses in the
    prosecutors case.

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Precision
  • Definition (1) Exactness of definition or
    statement. (2) Accuracy of performance or
    measurement.
  • Sentence The batter hit the ball with such
    precision that it was definite that he would make
    it to the major league.

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ROOT Hom/Homo
  • Comes from homos, the Greek word for same.

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Homonym
  • Definition One of two or more words pronounced
    and/or spelled alike but have different meanings.
  • Sentence The pool of a pool of water and the
    pool of a game of pool are homonyms.

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Homogeneous
  • Definition (1) Of the same or a similar kind.
    (2) Of uniform structure or composition
    throughout.
  • Sentence Though she was raised in a small town,
    she liked living in the city because the
    population there wasnt so homogeneous.

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Homologous
  • Definition Developing from the same or a similar
    part of a remote ancestor.
  • Sentence Arms and wings are homologous
    structures that reveal our ancient relationship
    to the bird.

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Homophone
  • Definition One of two or more words pronounced
    alike but different in meaning or derivation or
    spelling.
  • Sentence The words wood and would are familiar
    homophones.
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