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List #28
Word or Stem | Meaning |
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schism | division |
bootless | useless |
rubicund | red |
apotheosis | deify or raise to god status |
percursor | forerunner |
transpose | 1-switch; 2-write down |
invective | bitter denunciation |
prestidigitation | sleight of hand |
cosmology | study of the universe |
cosmetology | study of cosmetics |
effusion | outpouring |
anthology | literary collection |
posthumous | after death |
euphony | beautiful sound |
refractory | stubborn |
platitude | flat, trite remark |
acrophobia | fear of heights |
agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
clostrophobia | fear of closed spaces |
veracity | truthfulness |
verisimilitude | similarity to the truth |
idiosyncracy | peculiarity |
alumni | graduates (plural) |
alumnus | gradueate (singular) |
casus belli | cause for war |
interregnum | time between rulers |
infraction | breaking |
condign | worthy |
ism | doctrine |
less | without |
rub | red |
apo | away, up |
theo | god |
sis | condition |
pre | before |
curs | run |
-or | that which, one who |
trans | across |