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21 Cards in this Set
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PAIS, PAIDOS
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G.
"child," "boy" |
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orthopedics
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n branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement
(orthopedics, orthopedist) |
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pedagogue
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n. a teacher
(pedagogic, pedagogical, pedagogy) |
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pedant
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n. 1. a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understanding. 2. a scholarly show-off
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SUM, ESSE, FUI, FUTURUM
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L. to be
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entity
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n. Something that has a real or independent existence
(antonym: nonentity) |
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nonentity
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n. 1. a person or thing of no importance 2. Something that does not exist of exists only in the imagination.
(antonym: entity) |
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essence
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n. 1. The basic element; the identifying characteristic. 2. a substance in concentrated form obtained from a plant or drug
(quintessence menas : an even purer, more concentrated form" or "a perfect embodiment of something." |
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MORIOR, MORI, MORTUM
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L. to die
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moribund
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adj. about to die or end
(moribundity) |
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mortify
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tr. v. 1. to shame 2. to discipline oneself by denial
(mortification) |
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postmortem
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n. 1. an examination to determine the cause of death; an autopsy. 2. (informal) an analysis of something that is over
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THANATOS
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G. death
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euthanasia
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n. the acto fo painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing
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NASCOR< NASCI< NATUM
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L. to be born
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innate
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adj. possessed at birth; inborn
(innately, adv.) |
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naive
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adj. 1. childlike; unsophisticated 2. gullible
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nascent
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adj. emerging; coming into existence
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renaissance
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n. 1. a rebirth; a renewal 2. a revival of humanism in fourteenth century to sixteenth century Europe
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PUER
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L. a male child
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puerile
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adj. childish; immature
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