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Unit eight
vocabulary from latin and greek roots
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English
11th Grade
03/04/2009

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Importune
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PORT, Latin, verb, to urge or beg without end
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Importunate
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PORT, Latin, adj, extrememly demanding; insistent
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Rapport
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PORT, Latin, noun, a positive relationship
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Insufferable
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FER, Latin, adj, impossible to bear; intolerable
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Preferential
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FER, Latin, adj, giving or showing an advantage to one over another
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Conferment
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FER, Latin, noun, the act of bestowing; a formal offer
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Periphery
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PHER, PHOR, Greek, noun, the outermost part or boundary
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euphoria
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PHER, PHOR, Greek, noun, a feeling of great happiness or well-being
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Congested
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GEST, Latin, adj, overcrowded; too tightly packed
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Gestate
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GEST, Latin, verb, to conceive develop in the mind or body
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Gesticulate
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GEST, Latin, verb, to make gestures for emphasis
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