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greg & hemi/semi
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| greg | Latin- “flock, herd” |
| gregarious | (adj) marked by a liking for companionship; sociable. |
| congregate | (v) gather into a crowd or mass. |
| segregate | (v) set apart from the rest of form each other; isolate or divide. |
| desegregation | (n) the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations. |
| aggregate | (n) a whole formed by combining several elements. |
| egregious | (adj) outstandingly bad; shocking |
| congregation | (n) A group of people assembled for religious worship. |
| gregarian | (adj) belonging to the herd or common sort; common aggregable (adj) able to be collected or united |
| hemi | Latin- “half” |
| semi | Latin- “half” |
| hemisphere | (n) a half of a sphere; a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles. |
| semiprecious | (adj) used to describe minerals that can be used as gems but are considered to be less valuable than precious stones. |
| semester | (n) a half-year term in a school or college, typically lasting fifteen to eighteen weeks. |
| semicolon | (n) A punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma. |
| semifinal | (n) a game or round immediately before the final, the winner of which goes on to the final event. |
| semiannual | (adj) occurring twice a year |
| semiannual | (adj) half-yearly |
| semiconductor | (n) any of a class of solids that have an ability to conduct electricity between that of a conductor and that of an insulator |