Spelling Sort 24

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Spelling Sort 24

• Greek and Latin Elements

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Greek and Latin Elements

• Micro, Mega, and Hyper come from the Greek
  language and Super comes from Latin.
• All four meanings relate to size or degree.
• Micro means small, Mega means great, Hyper means
  over or beyond, and Super means over or above.

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Microscope

• an optical instrument having a magnifying lens or
  a combination of lenses for inspecting objects
  too small to be seen or too small to be seen
  distinctly and in detail by the unaided eye
• We use a microscope to see bacteria.

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Microfilm

• a film bearing a miniature photographic copy of
  printed or other graphic matter
• Can you put old newspaper articles on microfilm?

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Microsurgery

• any of various surgical procedures performed
  under magnification and with small specialized
  instruments
• Replacing blood vessels in his leg required
  microsurgery.

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Microwave

• an electromagnetic wave of extremely high
  frequency
• I like to use a microwave because it cooks faster.

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Microchip

• a tiny slice of semiconducting material,
  generally in the shape of a square a few
  millimeters long
• The animal shelter places a microchip in adopted
  dogs so they can be found if they get lost.

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Micrometer

• any of various devices for measuring minute
  distances
• They use a micrometer to measure the length of
  the eraser.

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Microbiology

• the branch of biology dealing with the structure,
  function, uses, and modes of existence of
  microscopic organisms
• In microbiology they have to look at bacteria
  with special equipment.

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Megahertz

• a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles
  per second
• Radio signals are measured using megahertz.

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Megabyte

• A unit of computer memory or data storage
  capacity
• My new computer has 18Mb of hard disk drive!

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Megastar

• a very famous person, often an actor or actress
• Will Smith is a megastar.

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Megahit

• an enterprise, as a movie, that is outstandingly
  successful
• The movie Avatar was a megahit.

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Megaton

• one million tons
• It would take a lot of elephants to weigh a
  megaton.

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Megabuck

• very large sums of money
• I would like to have megabucks.

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Megaplex

• a large building containing many movie theaters,
  usually more than a dozen
• I will meet you at the megaplex to watch a movie.

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Superhero

• a hero, esp. in children's comic books and
  television cartoons, possessing extraordinary,
  often magical powers
• Mighty Mouse was always my favorite superhero.

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Superhighway

• a highway designed for travel at high speeds,
  having more than one lane for each direction of
  traffic
• We have to use the superhighway when we go on
  vacation.

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Superhuman

• exceeding ordinary human power, achievement,
  experience
• This guy has superhuman strength.

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Superstar

• a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys
  wide recognition
• Babe Ruth was a baseball superstar in the 1920s.

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Superimpose

• to impose, place, or set over, above, or on
  something else
• The artist will superimpose the airplane onto the
  picture.

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Supernatural

• of, pertaining to, or being above or beyond what
  is natural unexplainable by natural law or
  phenomena
• Ripleys Believe It or Not deals with things that
  are supernatural.

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Supercomputer

• a very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in
  advanced military and scientific applications
• A supercomputer is needed for top secret projects.

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Hyperlink

• an object, as text or graphics, linked through
  hypertext to a document, another object
• Follow the hyperlink on the website to get to
  another website.

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Hypersensitive

• excessively sensitive
• People with allergies are hypersensitive when
  they are around what they are allergic to.

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Hyperextend

• Extension of a bodily joint beyond its normal
  range of motion
• When you hyperextend your knee it is very painful.

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Hypertext

• a method of storing data through a computer
  program that allows a user to create and link
  fields of information at will and to retrieve the
  data nonsequentially
• The website used hypertext which allowed me to
  jump from one document to another with clickable
  links.