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bisect | to CUT into two pieces
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dissect | to CUT apart for the purpose of investigation
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insect | a class of small arthropod animals that has three SEPARATE sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen
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intersection | the point at which two lines or roads meet and CUT across each other
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section | a SEPARATE part of something
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sectional | a couch that is made up of SEPARATE pieces
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sector | a SEPARATE part of a society, group, or area
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transect | to CUT across something
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trisect | to CUT into three separate pieces
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vivisection | surgery on living animals; medical research that involves CUTTING into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases
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biped | a creature with two FEET
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centipede | a creature with 100 FEET
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impediment | something that STANDS in one's way; an obstacle
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millipede | a creature with 1,000 FEET
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pedal | a lever that is moved with one's FOOT
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peddler | a person who goes from door to door on FOOT trying to sell a product
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pedestrian | a person who walks across the street on FOOT
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pedicure | a FOOT treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails
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quadruped | a four-FOOTED creature
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tripod | a three-FOOTED stand often used to balance a camera
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emancipate | to set free; to lend a HAND in freeing someone; to release from someone's hands
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manacles | HANDcuffs
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manager | a person who has the upper HAND; a person who is in charge of someone or something
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mandate | an order or command placed in one's HANDS
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maneuver | to HANDily or skillfully go around something
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manicure | a treatment for the HANDS and nails
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manipulate | to skillfully operate by hand
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manual | a handbook; a book of directions
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manufacture | to make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product
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manuscript | a handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book
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circumspect | careful to look at all possibilities before acting; cautious; aware of consequences
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inspect | to look at carefully in search of flaws
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introspection | the act of looking into one's own thoughts and feelings
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perspective | one way of looking at things
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respect | to look up to someone; to show honor
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retrospective | looking back at past things
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spectacle | something displayed for the public to see
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spectacles | glasses that help someone see better
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spectator | a person who watches something, such as a sporting event
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speculate | to look at and think about something from different points of view
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contradict | to speak against; to say the opposite
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dictation | what is written down as someone says it
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dictator | a leader who speaks and rules with total power
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diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken)
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dictionary | a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined
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dictum | a judge's ruling or statement
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edict | public words issued by an official that explain a law or command
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indictment | formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime
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predict | to say what will happen before it occurs
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verdict | the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury
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dejected | to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit
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eject | to throw out
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injection | a shot; the "throwing" of medicine into the body by a needle
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interjection | a word thrown into a sentence or conversation
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jettison | to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane
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projectile | an object thrown into the air with great force
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projector | a machine that throws an image onto a wall
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reject | to throw something out because it's defective and can't be used again
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subject | to throw oneself under someone else's rule
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trajectory | the curved path of an object thrown into space
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deport | to carry or send away from a country; to banish
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export | to carry out of the country
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import | to carry into the country
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portable | capable of being easily carried
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portage | the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from one lake or river to another
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porter | an attendant who carries travelers' luggage for them
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portfolio | a case for carrying loose papers
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report | a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again with someone new
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support | to carry the weight of something
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transport | to carry something from one place to another
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admit | to SEND someone in; to allow someone to enter
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dismiss | to SEND someone out; to let someone leave
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emit | to SEND out or give off (such as an odor)
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intermission | a break between acts of a play or performance during which people are SENT out for snacks or stretch breaks
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missile | a weapon designed to be SENT in the direction of a target
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mission | a special duty or function which a person or group is SENT out to do
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omit | to leave out: to not SEND
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remit | to SEND back (usually related to paying bills)
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submit | to "SEND" yourself under someone else's control; to give in to someone else's power
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transmit | to SEND something across places; to pass along
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autobiography | WRITING about a person's life WRITTEN by that person
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autograph | the WRITING of one's own name
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bibliography | the WRITTEN list of all the books used in a report of book
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biography | a book WRITTEN about a person's life
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cartographer | mapmaking; the WRITING involved in making maps or charts
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homograph | a word WRITTEN the same way as another word but having a different meaning (e.g., bow-hair and bow-ship)
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paragraph | a section of WRITING that has a topic and concluding sentence
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phonograph | record player; a device that turns the WRITING on records into sound
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photography | the use of light to RECORD an image using a camera
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seismograph | a device that WRITES down (records) the movements of the earth
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describe | to say or WRITE down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in WRITING
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inscription | a short dedication WRITTEN in a book or engraved on something, such as a coin or monument.
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manuscript | a piece of WRITING; a book
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postscript | P.S.; a short bit of WRITING added after a letter is finished
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prescription | a piece of paper WRITTEN by a doctor that lets you get medicine at the pharmacy
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scribble | sloppy WRITING that is hard to read
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scribe | a person who WRITES things down
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script | a set of papers with WRITING that will be read and acted out
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subscription | a WRITTEN agreement to buy and read a magazine or newspaper for a set period of time
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transcribe | to WRITE down or record; to translate
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eject | to throw OUT with force, authority, or influence
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emit | to send OUT something like a sound or smell
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erupt | to force OUT or release something; to explode
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exceed | to go OUT beyond; to be OUTSIDE and beyond what is expected
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exclude | to leave OUT
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exhale | to breathe OUT
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expand | to stretch OUT; to make or become larger
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extinguish | to put OUT a fire; to bring to an end
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include | to be a part of; to be a member IN
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inflate | to put air or gas INTO something; to fill IN with air or gas
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inhale | to breathe IN
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inject | to force INTO something; to force fluid IN
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inspect | to look IN; to look carefully at something
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inspire | to influence someone IN a positive way or direction; to breather life INTO
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instruct | to teach; to give knowledge INTO something
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invite | to ask someone IN
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accreditation | granting approval or BELIEF in a school
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credential | a document that proves a person is BELIEVABLE
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credible | BELIEVABLE; reliable
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credit | to BELIEVE that someone will do something
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creditor | a person who BELIEVES that he will be paid back the money that he loaned
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credulous | tending to BELIEVE too easily; easily convinced: easily fooled
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creed | a set of religious BELIEFS or principles
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discredit | to refuse to BELIEVE; to reject as untrue
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incredible | not BELIEVABLE; improbable; unlikely
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incredulous | doubting; unwilling or unable to BELIEVE
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