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Lesson 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pedestrian | a person walking in a city or along a road. Drivers must yield to pedestrians. |
| pedicure | a treatment to improve the appearance and health of the feet and toenails. Mary's feet looked glamorous after her pedicure. |
| pedometer | a device that measures the distance a person travels by walking. Kim's pedometer indicated that she had walked two miles. |
| podiatrist | a doctor who treats injuries and diseases of the foot. Don is seeing a podiatrist for the treatment of the infection in his foot. |
| tripod | a support or stand for a camera or telescope that has three legs. Dad put the video camera on a tripod to record the concert. |
| counterfeit | something that is made to look like an exact copy of something else in order to trick people. The criminal carried counterfeit hundred dollar bills. |
| counterpart | someone or something that has the same job or purpose as another. The actress filmed a scene with her male counterpart. |
| counteract | act against something, to cause something to have less of an effect or no effect at all. She took Tylenol before her immunization to counteract the pain from the shot. |
| contradict | to say the opposite of something, to deny the truth about something, to deny or disagree with what is being said by someone, The quarterback wanted to contradicts his coach. |
| contrary | an opposite or different fact, even or situation. I expected the test ot be easy, but the contrary was true, it was unbelievely hard! |
| -ped | feet |
| -pod | feet |
| counter- | opposite, against |
| contra- | opposite, against |