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Week 12

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BIOS   life (Greek)  
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VIVO/VICTUM   live (Latin)  
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MIKROS   small (Greek)  
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MEGAS   great, large, big (Greek)  
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MAGNUS   big, large, great (Latin)  
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PATER/PATRIS   father (Latin)  
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MATER/MATRIS   mother (Latin)  
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biology   study of life  
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biography   written life story  
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autobiography   written life story of one's self  
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antibiotic   against living forms which invade the body  
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revive   come back to life  
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survive   to live over or beyond a threat of death  
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victual   food to support life  
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victim   religious sacrifice of live animal or person  
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microphone   device for transmitting a small sound over distance  
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microbe   tiny form of life  
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microscope   instrument for looking at tiny things  
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microwave   tiny electro-magnetic wave between 1 and 100 centimeters long  
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megaphone   device for making a sound larger (louder)  
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megalith   huge rock (such as those in Stonehenge)  
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megalophonous   having a big or loud sound or voice  
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mega   in the metric system, a million times  
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magnify   make larger  
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magnitude   greatness  
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magnificent   great in deed or character; lavish  
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magnanimous   great in mind; above what is low, mean or ungenerous; noble in soul  
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patriarch   chief father of a family or of a society  
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patriotism   love for the fatherland  
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patrimony   condition or estate inherited from one's fathers  
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patron   one who acts like a father toward another  
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matriarch   a woman who rules the family  
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maternal grandparents   parents of one's mother  
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alma mater   the "dear old school" from which one graduates  
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matrimony   state from which motherhood develops  
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