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Term | Definition | Sentance |
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Benediction | BENE- Meaning: Good, Well Word: The utterance or bestowing of a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service. DICT- Meaning: Speak Word: See BENE- | Just before she was to give the benediction, she walked up to the podium. |
Unrequited | EQU/EQUI- Meaning: Equal, Equally Word: Something unequally returned. | It was a slap to the face to realize that, despite everything they had been through together, his affections were unrequited. |
Malady | MAL Meaning: Unpleasent, Faulty Word: A disease or ailment. | The docter continued explaining the child's malady, but no one payed him any heed. |
Psychadelic | PSYCH Meaning: Mind, Mental Word: Something that provides halucinations. | The school councilers warned the students of the heath complications that came hand in hand with psycadelic drugs. |
Isolation | SOL/SOLI- Meaning: Alone/Sun Word: Alone. | Her many years of forced isolation drove her seemingly never ending curiosity. |
Agriculturist | AGRI- Meaning: Farming Word: One who farms. -IST Meaing: A person who does Word: See AGRI- | He preferred the term Agriculturist as opposed to the cliché term Farmer. |
Circumnavigate | CIRCUM- Meaning: Around, About Word: Sail all the way around. NAV- Meaning: Ship Word: See CIRCUM- | The plan was to circumnavigate the small island very slowly, thus allowing time for the scientists to collect samples. |
Duress | DUR- Maring: Hard, Happen, Lasting Word: Long time hardship. | There was no end in sight for her duress. |
Novelette | -ETTE/ET Meaning: Relatively small size Word: Short book or tiny novel | The author ended up publishing a novelette instead of the planned novel. |
Intertwine | INTER- Meaning: Between, among, in the midst of Word: To twist or wave together. | Fate intertwines us all in ways difficult for a human to imagine, but it's true. |
Inquisitive | -IVE Meaning: Tending to; having the nature of. Word: Curious or inquiring. | The small child had always been inquisitive, but recently, it had been all they could do to keep her from the more dangerous objects. |
Conscience | SCI Meaning: Know Word: Knowledge of one's feelings. | Deep down, in the conscience he had burried long ago, he felt something stir with his actions. |
Perspective | SPEC- Meaning: See, Look Word: Point of view. | When dealing with drama, it is important to look at all the different perspectives before making a choice. |
Inaudiable | AUDI- Meaning: Hear Word: Unable to hear. IN/IM- Meaning: Not Word: See AUDI- | Mumbling something inaudiable, the young mother had to strain to make out her daughter's voice. |
Corporation | CORP Meaning: Body Words: A group of people authorized to act as a single body. -ION/IAN Meaning: Forming nouns denoting verbal action. Word: See CORP | It's largest decision yet, the corperation struggled to come to an agreement, |
Giftee | -EE Meaning: Person who recieves Word: Person on the reciving end of a gift. | Blushing profusely, the giftee accepted the present from her outstretched hands. |
Hydrophobia | HYDRO- Meaning: Water Word: Fear of water. | Despite her living by the ocean, she had the most sevear case of hydropobia he had ever seen. |
Sublunar | LUNA Meaning: Moon Word: Within the moon's orbit | Satilites were picking up some strange sublunar activity yesterday. |
Backpedal | PED Meaning: Feet, Foot Word: To move hastily backward. | Stammering, he backpedaled quickly in order to apoligize for his terribly hurtful words. |
Desensitized | SENS/SENT- Meaning: Feel, Sense Word: To make less senstitive | After years of working with children, he had become rather desensitized to all things slimey. |
Unit | UNI- Meaning: One Word: An indivitual thing or person; a single quantity. | They worked together as a seamless team, a single unit, to defeat the enemy. |
Abate | AB- Meaning: Back Word: Lesson or beat back. | Trying to abate the problem was useless; it was time she faced this thing head on! |