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  • To burn the skin of a wound with a heated instrument to stop the bleeding.
    cauterize
  • A bibliography is a list of sources or _______.
    books
  • To remove the head of something.
    decapitate
  • To withdraw from membership of a federal union or alliance.
    secede
  • Cadaver is another word for _______.
    corpse
  • Calorify means to make _______.
    hot
  • A small waterfall is called a __________.
    cascade
  • bibl
    book
  • belli
    war
  • _________ means to intervene on behalf of another
    intercede
  • bio
    life
  • A bibliophile loves ___________.
    books
  • calor
    heat
  • When a deity or spirit is embodied in flesh, it is ______________.
    incarnate
  • Someone who always wants to fight is a _________ person.
    belligerent
  • When a doctor cuts out some tissue to study or test, it's called a _____.
    biopsy
  • When we shorten words, we _____________ them.
    abbreviate
  • The study of life is called ___________.
    biology
  • cause, cuse, cus
    cause, motive
  • brev
    short
  • When a new version of something from the past occurs again, it is referred to as _____.
    reincarnation
  • A unit of heat is called a __________.
    calorie
  • carn
    flesh
  • The definition of _____________ is shortness of time.
    brevity
  • __________ means to come before in time or order of position.
    Precede
  • Accompanies marching soldiers and involves a light falling in pitch of the voice.
    cadence
  • If someone is sarcastic in a scathing (burning) or bitter way, they are being ________.
    caustic
  • cad,cas
    to fall
  • auto, aut
    self
  • capit, capt
    head
  • When a player signs a ball, he's __________ it.
    autographing
  • If you like eating flesh, you are _____________.
    carnivorous
  • cap, cip, cept
    take
  • caus,caut
    burn, heat
  • When a book is written about someone's life, it's called a _______.
    biography
  • ced, ceed, cede, cess
    move, yield, go, surrender
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