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Stems Lists 44-50
Stack #122520
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| eschatology | theology of last things |
| opribrium | disgrace |
| commiserate | sympathize |
| malfeasance | public misconduct |
| aquiline | eaglelike |
| constermonger | vegetable vender |
| gynocracy | government of women |
| tenebrous | dark and gloomy |
| superego | unconscious conscience |
| expostulate | to earnestly object |
| monograph | paper on one subject |
| lacustrine | of lakes |
| pungent | sharp |
| megalomania | dilusions of greatness |
| syndrome | complex of symptoms |
| euphemism | pleasant name |
| dissonant | inharmonious |
| refulgent | shining |
| mal de mer | sea sickness |
| timocracy | government based on honor |
| neophilia | love of the new |
| mea culpa | my fault |
| fulgeration | flashing |
| repartee | quick, witty reply |
| dissident | one who disagrees |
| subliminal | below consciousness |
| solicitude | state of concern |
| antediluvian | from before the Flood! |
| panegyric | elaborate eulogy |
| induction | factual reasoning |
| fractious | unruly |
| insurgence | uprising |
| inamorata | mistress |
| interpolate | insert |
| discern | to mentally separate, identify |
| misnomer | wrong name |
| chauvinism | fanatical devotion |
| inexpugnable | unconquerable |
| etiology | cause of or science of causes |
| hebetude | state of dullness |
| axiology | study of value |
| congeries | heap |
| Sinology | study of China |
| nonenity | a nobody |
| prognosis | medical forecast |
| entomology | insect zoology |
| perspicacity | insight |
| synthesis | combination |
| mobocracy | mob rule |
| nom | name |
| subjurgate | bring under the yoke |
| efulgence | shining out |
| replete | filled |
| querulous | full of complaint |
| subjacent | underlying |
| symposium | conference |
| emmololate | sacrifice |
| nomothetic | lawgiving |
| effusion | outpouring |
| condign | worthy |
| invective | bitter denunciation |
| refractory | stubborn |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| pharisaism | hypocracy |
| neurasthenic | nervous exhaustion |
| proscenium | stage foward of curtain |
| epistle | long instructive letter |
| anachronistic | misplaced in time |
| feceulent | foul |
| feckless | without effect |
| anapest | 3 syllable foot, stress on third |
| contratemps | embarasing mishap |
| hyperbole | overstatement |
| paradign | model |
| germane | related |
| filigree | lacy design |
| chronic | lasting |
| paragon | excellent model |
| antipathy | strong dislike |
| abyss | bottomless fissure |
| dissemble | conceal through pretense |
| insidious | sly |
| impecunious | poor |
| kinesiology | make blissfully happy |
| execrate | dennounce or curse |
| ne plus ultra | peak of perfection |
| vociferous | loud |
| corpulent | fullbodied |
| perihelion | orbital point nearest the sun |
| cryptic | having hidden meaning |
| sanctimonious | affectedly holy |
| simul | feign |
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