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Roots/Words | Definition |
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mal | bad |
post | after |
port | carry |
dict | say |
omni | all |
lith | rock |
bene | good |
cred | belive |
neo | new |
uni | one |
non | not |
archy | government |
inter | between |
vid | look |
mono | one |
pond | weight |
in | in or not |
sci | know |
phyte | plant |
lat | side |
malapropism | ludicrous misuse of a word |
nonplussed | perplexed |
postlude | concluding section |
hierarchy | ranking |
portly | stout |
interdiction | prohibition |
vide | see |
omnibus | covering many things |
monolithic | massive and uniform |
imponderable | difficult to ponder |
benediction | blessing |
incredulous | not believing |
omniscient | all knowing |
neophyte | beginner |
unilateral | one sided |
ego | I |
confluence | a flowing together |
tion | act or state |
aver | affirm or declare |
contra | against |
sol | alone |
circum | around |
sangui | blood |
sangfroid | cold blooded composure |
ven | come |
hetero | different |
pater | father |
flu | flow |
megaton | force of a million tons of dynamite |
ous | full of |
contravene | go against |
greg | group |
altercation | heated dispute |
mega | large |
mollify | make soft |
fy | make |
paterfamilias | male head of family |
dox | opinion |
alter | other |
hypothecate | pledge as security |
alter ego | second self |
gregarious | sociable |
moll | soft |
soliloquy | speech to ones self |
loqu | talk |
circumlocution | talking in circles |
put | think |
putative | thought to be |
con | together |
ver | true |
hypo | under |
heterodox | unorthodox |
de | down |
voc | voice |
luc | light |
acr | sharp |
ambul | walk |
pugn | fight |
sequ | follow |
centri | center |
ous | full of |
sanct | holy |
phon | sound |
clam | cry out |
trans | across |
fort | strong |
per | through |
fid | faith |
non | not |
loqu | talk |
sacro | holy |
caco | bad |
tang | touch |
declaim | speak rhetorically |
sotto voce | in a low voice |
translucent | semi-transparent |
forte | strong point |
fortissimo | very loudly |
acerbity | sharpness of temper |
perambulate | wander through |
perfidy | breach of faith |
impugn | attack as false |
non sequitur | an idea which does not follow |
egocentric | self-centered |
loquacious | talkative |
sacrosanct | sacred |
cacophony | bad noise |
tangible | touchable |
dict | say |
bas | low |
nihil | nothing |
muta | change |
terr | land |
cogn | know |
re | again |
super | over |
de | down |
gram | writing |
obit | death |
sequ | follow |
path | feeling |
ism | doctrine |
inter | between |
sed | sit |
tort | twist |
anim | mind |
epi | on |
ob | against |
obiter dictum | passing remark |
obsequious | severely following |
abase | to lower |
pathetic fallacy | connect feelings to things |
ratiocination | methodical thinking |
mutatis mutandis | with necessary changes |
interstice | small space |
terra incognita | unknown land |
sedate | calm |
retort | swift reply |
nihilism | belief in nothing |
supersede | replace |
inanimate | lifeless |
condescend | lower oneself |
epigram | witty comment |
anthropo | man |
gastro | stomach |
auto | self |
contra | against |
viv | life |
helio | sun |
culp | blame |
spec | look |
mono | one |
centri | center |
medi | middle |
ambi | both |
ism | doctrine |
trans | across |
ex | out |
intro | into |
trop | turn |
lykos | wolf |
anthropocentric | man-centered |
gastronome | a gourmet or epicure |
autodidact | self-taught person |
monism | doctrine that reality is one |
in medias res | in the middle of things |
lycanthrope | werewolf |
circumambient | surrounding |
transmogrify | change form |
reify | treat as real |
au contraire | to the contrary |
vivacious | lively |
circumvent | get around |
heliotropic | sun-following |
exculpate | free from blame |
introspective | inward looking |