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Word Roots 1
Term | Definition |
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Decelerate | to reduce the speed of |
Abbreviate | to shorten |
Promotion | an advancement in a rank or position |
Regression | a movement backward to an earlier state |
Immobile | motionless; unable to move |
Aviatrix | a woman airplane pilot |
Removable | able to be taken or carried away |
Infrastructure | underlying framework of a system |
Convince | to persuade by argument or evidence |
Submarine | being, living or used under water |
Obstruction | an obstacle or something put up against something else |
Invincible | unbeatable, impossible to overcome |
Contraction | act of drawing together or shrinking |
Pugnacious | having an quarrelsome or aggressive nature |
Accelerate | to increase the speed of |
Aviary | a large enclosure in which birds are kept |
Commemorate | to honor the memory of, as by a ceremony |