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Lecture 21

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With these three goals in mind, we’ll explore some additional Greek and
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through patterns and meaning.

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z 7KH/DWLQGHULYHGSUH¿[de- is found in many words, but it can be
tricky because it carries a number of different meanings, including
“remove, undo” and “down, out of, away from.”

z The “remove, undo” meaning is seen in such words as defrost,

decaffeinate, and defuse. The “down, out of, away from” meaning

is found in GHÀDWH, which comes from the Latin GHÀR, which means

“to blow away.”

Denude (verb)

To lay bare; to strip; to make nude.

z You may encounter a literal sense of denude, as in the following

context sentence: “The hillside had been denuded of trees by clear-

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stripping something away or depriving someone of something

important. Consider this context sentence: “The constant criticism

by the captious boss denuded the small company of its once

tightknit camaraderie.”