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Unit 2 Roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| port | carry |
| export | to send a product to be sold in another country |
| import | to bring a product into a country to be sold |
| portable | easy to carry or move around |
| teleport | an imaginary phenomenon in which a person or object is moved across a distance instantly |
| transport | to take or carry people or goods from one place to another by means of transportation |
| hydr- | water |
| dehydrated | the state in which a large amount of water has been lost or removed from the body or from food |
| hydrant | a pipe in or near the street that provides water, especially for putting out fires |
| hydrate | to add water or moisture to something, to supply something with water |
| hydraulic | operated by the pressure of a fluid |
| hydroplane | to slide on a wet road because a thin layer of water on the road causes the tires to lose contact with it |
| homophone | a word that is pronounced the same as another word but is different in meaning or spelling |
| microphone | a device into which people speak or sing in order to record their voices or to make them sound louder |
| phonics | a method of teaching people to read and pronounce words by learning the sounds of letters, letter groups, and syllables |
| saxophone | a musical instrument that has a curved metal tube and is played by blowing into a mouthpiece and pressing keys with your fingers |
| symphony | a long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and is performed by an orchestra or band |
| antibiotic | a drug that is used to kill harmful bacteria and to cure infections |
| biodegradable | capable of being slowly destroyed and broken down into very small parts by natural processes |
| biography | the story of a real person's life written by another person |
| biohazard | a biological or chemical substance or situation that is dangerous to human beings and the environment |
| biology | a science that deals with things that are alive, such as plants and animals |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time; happening or existing frequently or most of the time |
| chronicle | a description of events in the order they happened |
| chronological | arranged in the order that things happened or came to be; using time as a measurement |
| chronometer | a watch or clock that measures time precisely |
| synchronize | to cause things to agree in time or to make things happen at the same time and speed |
| chron | Time |
| bio | Life |
| phon | Sound |
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