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10th Grade
01/23/2013
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Tax, tact
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arrangement;order
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tox, toxic
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poison
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dox
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belief; opinion
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paed,ped
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child; instruction
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athl
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prize
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Kine, kino, cinem, cinemat
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movement
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sept, seps
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poison(from decay)
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proto-
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first
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deutero-
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second
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tri-
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three
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tetra-
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four
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penta-
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five
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hexa-
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six
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hepta-
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seven
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octo-
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eight
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ennea-
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nine
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deka-, deca-, dec-
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ten
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hecato-, hecatom-, hecaton-, hect-
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hundred
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kilo-
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thousand
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myriad-
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ten thousand
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tactics
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a plan, procedure, or expedient for promoting a desired end or result.
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pentathlon
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an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score
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decade
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an period of ten years
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toxic
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of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison
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kinetic
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pertaining to motion.
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kilometer
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a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters
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orthodox
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of, pertaining to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
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antiseptic
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free from or cleaned of germs and other microorganisms
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syntax
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the branch of linguistics that deals with the grammatical arrangement of words and morphemes in the sentences of a language or of languages in general
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pediatric
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the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
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prototype
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the original or model on which something is based or formed.
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taxidermy
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the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
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encyclopedia
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a book or set of books containing articles on various topics, usually in alphabetical arrangement, covering all branches of knowledge or, less commonly, all aspects of one subject.
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Deuteronomy
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the fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing a second statement of the Mosaic law.
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orthopedic
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designed to help correct or ameliorate the discomfort of disorders of the spine and joints
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