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term

part of speech and definition

derivatives

puerile

Adj. childishly foolish; immature or trivial: He turned in a puerile piece of writing and failed the assignment.

adv - puerilely noun - puerility, puerileness

juvenile

adj. immature; childish; infantile: His juvenile tantrums are not in keeping with his age.

adv. - juvenilely; noun - juvenileness

guile

noun - deceitful actions or behavior: She used guile to get him to propose to her.

tr. verb - guiled, guiling

bilk

verb - to cheat or to swindle: He bilked the government of almost a million dollars.

noun - bilker

compel

verb - to force: His desregard for the rules copels us to dismiss him.

adv. complellingly; noun compeller; adj. compellable

telepathic

adj - communication by reading minds;Some twins are said to be able to communicate telepathicly.

noun - telepathy, adv. telepathically

soothsayer

noun - a person who makes predictions of the future - I was convinced that the soothsayer knew my future when she was able to tell me details about my past.

camaraderie

noun - cheerful unity among a group - The camaraderie shared between roommates is like that of family.

inveterate

adj. habitual, long established - My husbands weight lifting routine is inveterate because he has practiced this ritual daily for the last twenty-five years.

adv. inveterately; noun - inveterateness

delude

verb - to mislead or deceive - Her excuse for not completing her homework assignment was intended to delude and hide the truth about her forgetfulness.

noun - deluder; adv. deludingly