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86 Cards in this Set
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Zeus |
Jupiter |
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Hades |
Pluto |
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Poseidon |
Neptune |
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Hera |
Juno |
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Demeter |
Ceres |
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Aphrodite |
Venus |
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Athena |
Minerva |
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Apollo |
Apollo |
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Artemis |
Diana |
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Hermes |
Mercury |
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Ares |
Mars |
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Dionysus |
Bacchus, Liber |
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Hephaestus |
Vulcan |
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Hestia |
Vesta |
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Mercurial |
Changeable |
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Hydrargyrus |
Water silver |
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Veneral |
Relating to sexual intercourse |
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Martial |
Military, war loving |
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Jovial |
Joyous, good spirited |
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Saturnine |
Gloomy |
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Taxo |
Order, arrangement |
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Nomy |
Science of |
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Nomenclature |
Name calling |
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Nomen |
Name |
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Cla/cal |
To shout, call |
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Eidos |
Visual image |
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Genos, genus |
Family, kin group, kind |
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Anthrop |
Mankind |
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Bio |
Life |
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Entomo |
Notched animal, insect |
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Enthn |
Race or nation of people |
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Etym |
Basic meaning of a word |
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Geo |
Land, earth |
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Horo |
Hour, time |
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Neuro |
Nerve |
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Patho |
Suffering, disease, feeling |
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Psycho |
Mind, soul |
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Logy |
Study of |
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Logist |
Person who studies |
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Phag |
Eat |
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Icthyo |
Fish |
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Sapro |
Rotten |
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Rhiz |
Root |
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Iatro |
Doctor, treatment |
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Hippo |
Horse |
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Pus/pod |
Foot |
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Ornitho |
Bord |
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Ger |
Old |
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Partheno |
Virgin |
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Carni |
Meat |
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Cide |
Kill |
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Febri |
Fever |
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Frugi/fructi |
Fruit |
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Fuge |
Drive away, flee |
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Herbi |
Grass |
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Insecti |
Insect |
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Magni |
Big |
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Omni |
All, every |
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Pater/patri |
Father |
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Pesti |
Troublesome animal or plant |
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Pisci |
Fish |
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Rani |
Frog |
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Sui |
Self |
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Vermi |
Worm |
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Vor/vore |
Eating |
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Ag/act |
Do |
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Frang/fract |
Break |
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Grav |
Heavy |
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Host |
Enemy |
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Negli/neglect |
Disregard |
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Sap/sip |
Taste |
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Brevi |
Short |
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Joc |
Jest, fun |
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Nebul |
Cloud |
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Rect |
Right |
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Simil/simili |
Like |
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Squal |
Dirty, rough |
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Radic |
Root |
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Alter ego |
Literally the other I, today one's other half, best friend |
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Cum grano salis |
Literally with a grain of salt, today means the same, I.e. to consider something of very little to no importance |
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In extremis |
Literally At the end of life or the earth, today in one's final moments, or in extreme danger |
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Tempus fugit |
Literally time flies, today means the same |
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Ex libris |
Literally from the books of, today means the same |
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Sardonic |
The descriptive epithet or bitter or scornful laughter. The word had primary reference to the effects of eating a 'sardinian plant' which was said to produce facial convulsions resembling horrible laughter, usually followed by death |
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Whisky |
Water of life, from gaelic |
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Vodka |
From Russian where it means 'little water' as it is a diminutive of voda |