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Year 3
Week 9 Vocab
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English
9th Grade
09/17/2012

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Term
prefix
Definition
a syllable or word joined to the begininning of another word
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transfix
Definition
to pierce; impale; make motionless
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fixation
Definition
a persistent attachment to some object or person
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fixture
Definition
anything firmly in place
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frangible
Definition
breakable
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fracture
Definition
a break
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regractory
Definition
hard to manage; stubborn; cf. "bent out of shape" when said of a person that is angry
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fragile
Definition
easily broken
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infringe
Definition
to break, e.g. a law, violate
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refraction
Definition
the bending of a wave of light, heat, or sound as it passes from material of one density to another
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fragmentary
Definition
consisting of pieces; not complete
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fractious
Definition
hard to manage; unruly; rebellious
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fragmentize
Definition
break into small pieces
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