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Language - English
10th Grade
01/14/2013
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Term
therm
 Definition
heat
Term
hydr
 Definition
water
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hygr
 Definition
moisture
Term
bar
 Definition
weight; pressure
Term
phot, phos
 Definition
light
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pyr
 Definition
fire
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aer
 Definition
lower air
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ether
 Definition
upper air
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caust, caut
 Definition
burn
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schiz, schis
 Definition
cleave
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od
 Definition
way; path
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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
a line of equal temperatures on a weather map
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pyromaniac
 Definition
a person crazed by fire
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exodus
 Definition
a going out
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hydrophobia
 Definition
the fear of water
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aeronautics
 Definition
science of flight
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pseudonym
 Definition
false name
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hygrometer
 Definition
tool used to measure water vapor
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ethereal
 Definition
light, airy, tenuous
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pyrotechnical
 Definition
fireworks
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isobar
 Definition
line where barometric pressure is the same
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caustic
 Definition
burning or corroding
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photograph
 Definition
a picture
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phosphorus
 Definition
solid, nonmetal
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schism
 Definition
division
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holocaust
 Definition
devastation or destruction by fire
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