Reading- new vocab, start Count of Monte Cristo. See calender for reading schedule.
Due to my absence Monday and the play on Tuesday not all classes got the new spelling words. There will still be a quiz on Friday. Here are the words and the associated prefixes:
A, an- without
Anti- against
Auto- self
Amoral
Apolitical
Asocial
Antipathy
Antiwar
Antisocial
Autobiography
Automobile
Autocracy
Automaton
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au·to·mo·tive
[aw-tuh-moh-tiv, aw-tuh-moh-tiv] Show IPA
–adjective
1.
pertaining to the design, operation, manufacture, or sale of automobiles: automotive parts.
2.
propelled by a self-contained motor, engine, or the like.
antifeedant |ˌantēˈfēdnt; ˌantī-|
noun
a naturally occurring substance in certain plants that adversely affects insects or other animals that eat them.
antidisestablishmentarianism
an·ti·dis·es·tab·lish·men·tar·i·an·ism
–noun
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, especially the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
autotetraploid - adjective
an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement.
au·to·graph
[aw-tuh-graf, -grahf] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a person's own Signature: He collects autographs of artists.
2.
something written in a person's own hand, as a manuscript or letter.
–adjective
3.
written by a person's own hand: an autograph letter.
4.
containing autographs: an autograph album.
–verb (used with object)
5.
to write one's name on or in; sign: to autograph a book.
6.
to write with one's own hand.
Antiseptic
[an-tuh-sep-tik]
–adjective
1. pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.
2. free from or cleaned of germs and other microorganisms.
3. exceptionally clean or neat.
Automatic–adjective
1.
having the capability of starting, operating, moving, etc., independently: an automatic sprinkler system; an automatic car wash.
2.
Physiology . occurring independently of volition, as certain muscular actions; involuntary.
3.
done unconsciously or from force of habit; mechanical: an automatic application of the brakes.
Auto Mechanic-n. a person who works on cars From repairing cars to working with a certain area of a car, etc.
ANARCHY!
1. (uncountable) The state of a society being without authoritarians or a governing body.
2. (uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
3. (countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
4. confusion in general; disorder
Antibiotic
1.any of a large group of chemical substances, as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by various microorganisms and fungi, having the capacity in dilute solutions to inhibit the growth of or to destroy bacteria and other microorganisms, used chiefly in the treatment of infectious diseases.
au·top·sy
verb /ˈôˌtäpsē/
autopsied, past participle; autopsied, past tense; autopsies, 3rd person singular present; autopsying, present participle
Perform a postmortem examination on (a body or organ)
- an autopsied brain
noun /ˈôˌtäpsē/
autopsies, plural
A postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease
- an autopsy report
Apathetic: adj- having or showing little or no emotion
Autohypnosis- noun
self-induced hypnosis or hypnotic state
antivirus (ˈæntɪˌvaɪrəs)
an-ti-vi-rus
— n
1. ( modifier ) a piece of software designed to prevent viruses entering a computer system or network: antivirus software
2. ( modifier ) of or relating to such a piece of software
abiotic- not living (abiotic factors)
autologous-
derived from the same individual
: involving one individual as both donor and recipient
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