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Unit 15
Vocbulary Classical Roots C
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English
8th Grade
04/25/2012

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Expedient
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Appropriate to a purpose or useful in achieving a goal;

a means to end

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Expedite
Definition

To help or hurry the progress of something;

to perform business quickly

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Impede
Definition
To block the way of
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Pedigree
Definition

a list of ancestors;

a recorded line of descent showing pure breeding of animals

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Pedometer
Definition
a device that calculates the distance traveled by counting your number of steps
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Antipodes
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Any two places on opposite sides of the earth;

Something that is the exact opposite of something else

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Podiatry
Definition
The study and treatment of foot ailments
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Podium
Definition
An elevated platform for an orchestra or lecture
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Agression
Definition

The act of lauching attacks;

Hostile behavior

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Degradation
Definition

Reduction in rank status;

lowering of moral in a character

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Digress
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To stray from main topic;

to turn aside

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Gradation
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A systematic progression through a series of stages
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Gradient
Definition

An incline;

rate of incline

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Regress
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To go back;

to return to a less developed condition

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