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Lesson #5
Vocabulary cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| microbe amani h. Malaria is caused by a microbe that can be transmitted by the bite of certain mosquitoes. mi-crobe | mikros: small bios: life n. An organism invisible to the naked eye, especially one that causes disease. |
| microcosm amani h. A school community is a microcosm of the whole society in which it exists. mi-cro-co-sm | mikros: small kosmos: universe n. A miniauture world; something that resembles something else on a very small scale. |
| minuscule amani h. The dollhouse was furnished in every detail including minuscule silverware and napkin rings. min-u-scule | minuo, minuere, minui, minutum: to lessen minus: less adj. Extremely small. |
| minutia amani h. A seemingly insignificant minutia-like a fragment of bone or a pottery chip-can yeild important at an archeological site. mi-nu-ti-a | minuo, minuere, minui, minutum: to lessen minus: less n. A small or trivial detail. |
| attenuate amani h. 1. Famin had attenuated the population of the village to a few dozen people. 2. The forest of tall trees attenuated the force of the fale before it hit the town. | tenuo, tenuare, tenuavi, tenuatum: to make thin tenuis: thin at=ad: to, toward tr. v. 1. To make slender or small. 2. To weaken; to reduce in force or value. |