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Question | Answer |
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petroglyph | rock carving |
metamorphosis | change of shape |
rectilinear | right-angled |
tortuous | twisting |
sanctimonious | affectedly holy |
rectify | correct |
vociferous | loudly-voiced |
pathogen | disease causer |
isosceles | having two equal sides |
cryptic | having hidden meaning |
pathological | diseased |
dichotomy | two-part division |
corpulent | full-bodied |
sine qua non | essential element |
plutocracy | government of wealthy |
inherent | built in |
perihelion | orbital point nearest the sun |
histology | study of living tissue |
epiphany | revelation |
cardiovascular | of hear and vessels |
intracranial | within the skull |
melancholy | dark sadness |
retrograde | backward |
emollient | softener |
delineate | to outline |
petro | rock |
meta | change |
lin | line |
tort | twist |
sanct | holy |
rect | right |
fer | carry |
gen | origin |
iso | equal |
crypt | hidden |
patho | disease |
dicho | in two parts |
corp | body |
sine | without |
cracy | government |
in | in |
peri | near or around |
hist | tissue |
phan | appearance |
vas | vessel |
intra | within |
mela | black |
retro | backward |
moll | soft |
de | down |
narcolepsy | attacks of sleep |
magnate | powerful person |
euphemism | pleasant name |
heliotropic | sun-following |
amour-propre | self-love |
somnambulist | sleepwalker |
pandemonium | demonic clamor |
epigram | witty comment |
punctilious | precise in conduct |
infidel | unbeliever |
tractable | docile |
anthropoid | manlike |
abrogate | annul |
anomaly | abnormality |
enumerate | to list |
recant | retract |
loquacious | talkative |
intercede | mediate |
perspicuous | brilliantly clear |
egomania | self-obsession |
ingenuous | innocent and naive |
soliloquy | speech to oneself |
circumlocution | talking in circles |
diaphanous | semitransparent |
polyglot | multi-linguist |
narco | sleep |
magn | great |
eu | good |
trop | turn |
am | love |
somn | sleep |
pan | all |
epi | on |
punct | point |
fid | faith |
tract | pull |
anthropo | man |
rogat | asl |
nom | name |
E | out |
cant | sing |
loqu | talk |
cede | go |
spic | look |
ego | I |
ous | full of |
sol | alone |
circum | around |
dia | across |
poly | many |