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Tetra | Means "four"; Tetragon-a polygon with four angles & four sides. A rectangle is a tetragon |
Penta | Means "five"; Pentad-a period of five years. The patient had been taking chemotheraphy for a pentad. |
Hexa | Means "Six"; Hexapod-a six legged creature. |
Hepta | Means "seven"; Heptose-a molecule containg seven atoms of carbon. |
Octo | Means "eight"; Octoroon-a person with one-eighth black ancestry. |
Ennea | Means "nine"; Ennead-a group of nine persons. |
Deca | Means "ten"; Dekameter-a measure of length equal to ten meters. Decapod-any crustacean with five pair of legs. |
Download | to retrieve a file from the World Wide Web or Internet source. I will download that free application to my computer. |
Cache | a storage place on the hard drive for recently used Internet information that needs to be assessed quickly. |
Encryption | the codin or scrambling of information in a file so that it can be decoded and read by someone who has the correct decoding key. |
Prefix "multi" | means many |
Multiply | to make or to increase in number |
Multivitamin | contains several vitamins in one capsule |
multiped | many footed; The centipede is multiped. |
Multitude | a great many; A multitude of supporters rallied behind the candidate for governor. |
Prefix "ambi" | means both or around |
Ambisinister | clumsy with both hands |
Ambidextrous | skillful with both hands |
Ambilateral | refers to both sides |
Ambiversion | a personality that exhibits both extroversion and introversion |
Ambivalent | having conflicting feelings or attitudes about an object, person, or idea |