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Vocabulary 6.9

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  • continent
    a huge mass of land that stays in a solid piece, even as it drifts along on the molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  • a huge mass of land that stays in a solid piece, even as it drifts along on the molten rock beneath the earth's surface
    continent
  • underground
    subterranean
  • unoriginal; clichéd
    trite
  • -trit-
    a root that means "to rub" or "to wear away"
  • tenement
    a large, run-down apartment building with lots of problems
  • subterranean
    underground
  • a large, run-down apartment building with lots of problems
    tenement
  • inter
    to bury
  • -ter-
    a root that means "earth"
  • trite
    unoriginal; clichéd
  • a root that means "to rub" or "to wear away"
    -trit-
  • -ten/tin-
    a root that means "to hold"
  • to bury
    inter
  • a prefix that means "together" or "jointly"
    con-
  • a root that means "to hold"
    -ten/tin-
  • someone who lives on land or in a house owned by someone else
    tenant
  • tenure
    the period of time that a person holds a job
  • tenant
    someone who lives on land or in a house owned by someone else
  • a root that means "earth"
    -ter-
  • the period of time that a person holds a job
    tenure
  • a prefix that means "under" or "beneath"
    sub-
  • con-
    a prefix that means "together" or "jointly"
  • attrition
    a gradual loss, a wearing away, or a weakening
  • sub-
    a prefix that means "under" or "beneath"
  • a gradual loss, a wearing away, or a weakening
    attrition