Hersey Vocab CW IR Word Scramble
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Word/Root | Definition |
mutation: noun | change; state of condition; the act or process of being changed or altered |
nocturnal: adjective | active at night; of, concerning or occurring at night |
noct | night |
deduction: noun | to take something away; the act of subtracting; the process of reaching a conclusion by reasoning; to make a judgement about something based on the information you have |
muta | change |
tion | state of |
de | down |
duct | lead |
despondent: adjective | feeling depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejected |
spond | promise/pledge |
parasite-noun | An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host; One who habitually takes advantage of someone else’s generosity without making any useful return. |
para | alongside |
sit | food |
omnivore: noun | an animal whose diet includes both animals and plants |
omni | all |
vore | eat |
symbiosis: noun | A close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
sym | together |
bio | life |
osis | condition |
inference: noun | to form an opinion/hypothesis that something is probably true because of other information that you already know. |
in | in |
fer | carry |
metaphor: noun | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them. |
meta | change |
phor | carry |
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