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Prefixes for Negation
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Area of Meaning
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Example Word
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2 Example words of your own
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Definition using the Area of Meaning
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Student
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a-
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not
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amoral
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atypical, atheist
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not typical, not a believer in God
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dis
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disassociate
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disapprove
disagree
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not to aprove
not to agree
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Gabriel
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il-
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not
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illiterate
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illogical
illdefined
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not logical and ordered way of thinking
something illdefined means that its exact nature or extent is not as clear as it should be or could be
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Yunmi
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im-
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not
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impossible
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immature
improbable
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Not yet completely grown or fully developed
Not probable; unlikely to take place or to be true or to happen
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Min Kyung
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in-
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in, into,inside
toward,
within
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infect,influx,
intrude, infinite,inhale
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intact
inevitable
invade (CBR)
innovate (CBR)
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not impaired in any way ;whole
incapable of being avoided or prevented.
These all have the meaning of "in" = "not".
to move into a space uninvited
to move toward something new (nov = new)
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Jake
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ir-
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not
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irrational
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irreplaceable
irony
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things are so special that they cannot be replaced if they are lost or destroyed
A subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean
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Jung Won
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mis-
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bad
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mistake
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misclaim
misdiagnose
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A wrong or mistaken claim
To make an incorrect diagnosis
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Yoshinori
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non-
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not
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nonexistent
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nonfiction
nondescript
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Books about real story; no fantasy
With no particular or distinctive features
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Maria
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un-
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not
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unitentional
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unable
unacceptable
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not having a the necessary means or skill or know-how
not acceptable; not welcome
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Kanae
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Prefixes for Number & Size
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demi-
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half
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demitasse
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demilune
demisemiquaver
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a crescent or half-circle, or a thing of this shape
a note having the time value of half a semiquaver
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Kaori
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hemi-
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Pape
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semi-
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half
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semicircle
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semilethal
semilunar
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Lethal in more than 50 percent (= half) but fewer than 100 percent of cases
Half-moon shaped; crescentic
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Helena
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mon-
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Carlos
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mono-
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one
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monologue
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monotheist, monogamist
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One who believes that there is only one God, one who is married to one spouse.
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Gabriel
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uni-
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one
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unification
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uniform
unify
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a special set of the same clothes which some people wear
bring together to form one thing
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Yunmi
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proto-
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first
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prototypical
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protein
prototype
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A substance found in food and drink such as meat, eggs, and milk.
The first or most typical one of that type.
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Min Kyung
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olig-
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few or small
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oligoculture
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oligoclastic
oligoclonal
oligopoly (CBR)
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A characteristic of oligoclasite, which is granular igneous rock, mainly composed of oligoclase mineral of the plagioclase series.
Produced by a few clones.
a few large companies that lead an industry (e.g. the Big 3 American car manufacturers)
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Jake
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poly-
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many
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polygamy
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polyglot
polygraph
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Polyglot is used to desrive something such as a book or society in which several different languages are used.
A test which is used by the police to try to find out whether someone is telling the truth.
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Jung Won
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bio-
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life
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biometrics
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biotics
biological
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The science concerned with the functions of life
Pertaining to living organisms or life processes
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Yoshinori
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bi-, bin-
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two
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bilingual
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billion
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one thousand millions
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Maria
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tri-
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three
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trimester
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triangle
triarchy
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a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles
government by three people;a triumvirate
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Kanae
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dec-
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ten
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decade
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decathlon
decimal
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a sports competition with ten different events
that is shown as a full stop followed by the number of tenths, hundredths
(ex:0.1, 0.5, 0.55)
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Ayumi
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deci-
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Pape
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cent-
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hundred
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centennial
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per cent
centenarian
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By the hundred.
Someone who is in his/her hundreds; a person who is one hundred plus years old.
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Helena
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hect-
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Carlos
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myria-
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ten thousand
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myriameter
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myriarch
myriarchy
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A captain, or commander, of ten thousand men
government by ten thousand rulers.
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Gabriel
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Prefixes for very small
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micro-
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small
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microscope
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microchip
microcredit
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very small piece of silicon inside a computer
credit in the form of small loans offered to local businesses
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Yunmi
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milli-
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thousandth
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milligram
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millennium
millionaire
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A period of one thousand years, especially one which begins and ends with a year ending in '000'.
A very rich person who has money or property worth at least a million pounds or dollars.
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Min Kyung
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Prefixes for very large
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macro-
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large,
great; long
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macrobead
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macroanalysis
macro
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Chemical analysis which is not on a small or minute scale.
Of great size; large
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Jake
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mega-
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large
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megalomania
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megabyte
megaton
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One million bytes of date in computing.
You can use megaton to refer to the power of a nuclear weapon. A one megaton bomb has the same power as one million tons of TNT.
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Jung Won
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magni-
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large
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magniscope
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magnify
magnitude
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To praise highly to make larger
The equality or fact of being great
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Yoshinori
Ayumi
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Prefixes for Time
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ante-
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before
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antebellum
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antagonism
antechamber
antique
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Feelings of anger or dislike between people (no meaning of "before")
the room before the main room
old and valuable; something made long ago or before
a period of time which is valuable
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Maria
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pre-
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before
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preindustrial
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prearrange
precaution
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to arrange in advance or beforehand
caution employed beforehand;prudent foresight
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Kanae
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pro-
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before
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progeny
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probable
proceed
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likely to exist or happen before
to continue to do something that has been planned or started before
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Ayumi
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re-
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again
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regain
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regather
regernerate
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collect or gather again
after loss or damage, grow again
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Kaori
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after-
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Pape
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epi-
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upon
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epidermis
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epicranium
epigeotropic
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The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
A description of the responses of plants on the surface of the earth toward the pull of gravity.
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Helena
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post-
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Carlos
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