Academic Vocabulary
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Greek Bases
100

to find what is similar between things

compare

100

to act badly 

misbehave

100

not being faithful or loyal

What is disloyal

100

not acceptable or not ok

What is unacceptable

100

the process of making pictures using light

graph, gram, photo, tele, phon

photography

200

to look at closely

analyze

200

to calculate incorrectly

miscalculate

200
not following rules
What is disobey
200
not able to be believed
What is unbelievable
200

a device that makes small sounds louder

graph, gram, photo, tele, phon

microphone

300

to give a brief statement of the main points.

summary

300

to put something in the wrong place or lose it temporarily

misplace

300

having opposite thoughts from someone else

What is disagree

300
a mystery, not known
What is unknown
300

a person's own signature

graph, gram, photo, tele, phon

autograph

400

written or printed words

text

400

to say a word the wrong way

mispronounce

400
to not be seen
What is disappear
400
not predicted, a surprise
What is unexpected
400

a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

graph, gram, photo, tele, phon

programmer

500
anything that can be used to prove something
What is evidence
500

to spell a word the wrong way

misspell

500
opposite of cover, not covered
What is discover
500

not sure or not certain

What is uncertain

500

a meeting where people in different locations have a conference 

graph, gram, photo, tele, phon

teleconference

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