[Vocabulary Building] Unit 5

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MAL as a combining form means "bad".  Malpractice is bad medical practice.  A malady is bad condition --a disease or illness--of the body or mind.  Malodorous things smell bad.  And a malefactor is someone guilty of bad deeds.

malevolent  <---> benevolent

malicious

malign

malnourished

CATA comes from the Greek kata, one of whose meanings was "down".  A catalogue is a list of items put down on paper.  A catapult is an ancient military weapon for hurling missiles down on one's enemies.

cataclysm

catacomb

catalyst

catatonic

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 PROT/PROTO comes from Greek and has the basic meaning "first in time" or "first formed."  Protozoa are one-celled animals, such as amoebas and paramecia, that are among the basic members of the biological kingdom.  A proton is an elementary particle that, along with neutrons, can be found in all atomic nuclei.  A protoplanet is a whirling mass that is believed to give rise to a planet.

protagonist <---> antagonist

protocol

protoplasm

prototype

ANTE　is Latin for "before" or "in front of".   Antediluvion, a word describing sth very old or outdated, literally means "before the flood" --that is, the flood described in the Bible.  Antebellum literally means "before the war", usually the American Civil War.  Antenatal care is given during the period before birth.

antechamber

antedate

ante meridiem (a.m.) -- post meridiem(p.m.)

anterior

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EU comes from the Greek word for "well"; in English words it can also mean "good" or  "true". A person delivering a eulogy is full of good words or praise, for the honree.  Euthanasia is regarded as a way of providing a hopelessly sick or injured person a "good" or easy death.

eugenic

euphemism

euhporia

evangelism

DYS comes from Greek, where it means "bad" or "difficult".  As a prefix in English it has the additional meanings "abnormal" and "impaired". 

dysfunctional

dyslexia

dyspeptic

dystrophy

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 Latin Borrowings

a fortiori

a posteriori

a priori

bona fide

carpe diem

caveat emptor

corpus delicti

curriculum vitae ( CV )