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Professional Writing d-e
Professional Writing Word Parts from the Latin "D-E"
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12th Grade
01/25/2011
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de
 Definition
away
Term
dem
 Definition
people
Term
di/dia
 Definition
through/apart
Term
dic/dict/dit
 Definition
to say
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dign
 Definition
worth/value
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Dis/dif
 Definition
away/not
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Dac/doc
 Definition
to teach
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Dog/dox
 Definition
opinion/belief
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dol
 Definition
pain/suffering
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don/dot/dow
 Definition
to give
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dub
 Definition
doubt
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duc/duct
 Definition
to lead
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dur
 Definition
hard
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dys
 Definition
fault
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epi
 Definition
upon
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equ
 Definition
equal
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err
 Definition
to wander
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esce
 Definition
becoming
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Eu
 Definition
good
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E/ef/ex
 Definition
out, to avoid, away
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extra
 Definition
beyound
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descend
 Definition
to go down, away from
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denounce
 Definition
to take away good name
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deplete
 Definition
to take away resources
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democracy
 Definition
rule by people
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epidemic
 Definition
disease spread over people
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demaogue
 Definition
appealing to basic motives to get votes (not moral, not a good thing to be called)
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demographics
 Definition
data that deals with the population
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pandemic
 Definition
disease affects all the people
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dilate
 Definition
to pull apart
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diameter
 Definition
line that goes through
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diaphanous
 Definition
fabric you can see through
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dichotomy
 Definition
take things a part logically into pieces
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dialectic
 Definition
logical argumentation
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benediction
 Definition
to say good things
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indirt
 Definition
statement of charge against you
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indignant
 Definition
not worthy of my attention
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disdain
 Definition
you think something doesn't have value
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disseminate
 Definition
to spread out (a message) send away
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dissuade
 Definition
get them not to do something
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doctor
 Definition
qualified to teach
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doctrine
 Definition
you are taught
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indoctrinate
 Definition
to teach them the correct way to think
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doctrinaire
 Definition
they believe what they believe very strongly (bad connotations)
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didactic
 Definition
(literature) meant for learning
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orthodox
 Definition
do not change opinions, strait beliefs, set in their ways
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paradox
 Definition
2 beliefs seem contradictory but are not.
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dogma
 Definition
statement of belief
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dogmatic
 Definition
no one can change that
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condolence
 Definition
"I suffer with you"
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doleful
 Definition
suffering
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dolorous
 Definition
painful
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endow
 Definition
give money forever
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dowry
 Definition
money father gives to daughter to take into marriage
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dubious
 Definition
you doubt it
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indubitable
 Definition
without a doubt
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seduce
 Definition
to lead into behavior
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inductive
 Definition
evidence is leading you
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induce
 Definition
lead from evidences
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duress
 Definition
conditins are hard, not legal??
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obdurate
 Definition
really stubborn, hard to change mind
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dysfunctional
 Definition
functions in a faulty way
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dystoria
 Definition
faulty world
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dyslexia
 Definition
faulty brain in perceiving letters
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epidemic
 Definition
disease upon people
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epilogue
 Definition
ending tacked upon ending of story
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epidermis
 Definition
upon body
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epistle
 Definition
letter upon particular topic
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epitome
 Definition
top cut, best example of something
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epithet
 Definition
insult
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epitaph
 Definition
what is carved upon tombstone
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adequate
 Definition
equal enough, have enough
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iniquity
 Definition
not measuring up to appropriate behavior, sin
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equanimity
 Definition
equal all situations even temperament
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error
 Definition
wander away from what you are supposed to be doing
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erratic
 Definition
"normal" behavior
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adolescent
 Definition
becoming an adult
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luminescent
 Definition
becoming light
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acquiescent
 Definition
become persuaded easily
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convalescent
 Definition
becomnig well
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euphoria
 Definition
really good feeling
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euphemism
 Definition
way of making something bad sound good
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eulogy
 Definition
good words (funeral)
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eugenics
 Definition
only smart people should reproduces
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euthanasia
 Definition
"good" death, assisted suicide
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euphonium
 Definition
"good sounding" (like tuba)
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extricate
 Definition
away from trap
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exonerate
 Definition
to get them away from guilt
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extenuate
 Definition
get out of a rule
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egregious
 Definition
out o the question horrible
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extrasensory
 Definition
beyound 5 senses
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extrenenous
 Definition
beyound scope of topic
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extrapolate
 Definition
send out beyound
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