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  • Hydroelectric
    Electricity generated by flowing water
  • Unstructured
    lacking formal organization
  • Autograph
    a person's own signature
  • ROOT HYDRO
    MEANS WATER
  • Construct
    to build
  • ROOT GRAPH
    MEANS TO WRITE
  • Hydrocarbon
    Fossil fuels are examples of hydrocarbons
  • ROOT BIO
    Meaning: Life
  • Transfusion
    transferring blood from one person to another
  • Obstruction
    something that blocks or gets in the way; an obstacle
  • Destruction
    the act of taking down or destroying something that was built
  • Cartography
    the science of mapmaking
  • Biography
    story of a person's life written by another person
  • Dehydrate
    to remove water from
  • ROOT STRUCT
    MEANS TO BUILD
  • Telematics
    any technology that involves the long-distance transmission of digital information
  • Television
    a device to receive pictures from afar
  • Teleconference
    a meeting at which people see and talk to each other using long-distance devices, such as telephones, televisions, and computers
  • Hydration
    Drinking or adding water to you body
  • ROOT TELE
    MEANS AFAR OR FAR AWAY
  • seismograph
    a device that measures the strength of an earthquake
  • Synchronize
    to cause to happen at the same time
  • Autobiography
    An account of a person's life written by that person
  • Biology
    The study of life
  • Superstructure
    the part of the building above the foundation
  • Transparent
    Allowing light to pass through clearly
  • Telephone
    a device to let you hear sound from far away
  • Transform
    to change in form or appearance
  • ROOT CHRON
    MEANS TIME
  • Chronopath
    An inability to manage time
  • Graphology
    study of handwriting
  • Biodiversity
    the variety of life in an ecosystem.
  • ROOT TRAN
    MEANS BEYOND OR THROUGH
  • Transport
    to carry from one place to another
  • Chronological
    arranged in order of time
  • Autocrat
    A ruler who has absolute power
  • Transaction
    Buying or selling something.
  • Telegraph
    A device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances
  • Biodegradable
    Able to be broken down naturally
  • Photograph
    picture drawn by light
  • Chronometer
    a watch or clock that measures time precisely
  • Hydraulic
    Operated by the action of water or other fluids.
  • Automatic
    working by itself
  • Autonomy
    independence
  • Automobile
    vehicle capable of moving on its own
  • Biosphere
    the part of Earth where life exists
  • ROOT AUTO
    MEANS TO DO BY ONES OWN SELF
  • Chronicle
    a record of events
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