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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mal | bad |
| post | after |
| port | carry |
| dict | say |
| omni | all |
| lith | rock |
| bene | good |
| cred | believe |
| neo | new |
| uni | one |
| non | not |
| archy | government |
| inter | between |
| vid | look |
| mono | one |
| pond | weight |
| in | in |
| sci | know |
| phyte | plant |
| lat | side |
| nonplussed | perplexed |
| postlude | concluding section |
| hierarchy | ranking |
| portly | stout |
| interdiction | prohibition |
| omnibus | covering many things |
| monolithic | massive and uniform |
| imponderable | difficult to consider |
| benediction | blessing |
| incredulous | unbelieving |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| neophyte | beginner |
| unilateral | one-sided |
| hypo | under |
| dox | opinion |
| put | think |
| mega | large |
| alter | other |
| contra | against |
| con | together |
| circum | around |
| sol | alone |
| fy | make |
| ous | full of |
| hetero | different |
| pater | father |
| ver | true |
| sanqui | blood |
| ego | I |
| ven | come |
| flu | flow |
| loqu | talk |
| moll | soft |
| greg | group |
| tion | act or state |
| heterodox | unorthodox |
| paterfamilias | male head of family |
| putative | thought to be |
| aver | affirm or declare |
| sangfroid | cold-blooded composure |
| altercation | heated dispute |
| contravene | go against |
| soliloquy | speech to oneself |
| mollify | makes soft |
| gregarious | sociable |
| de | down |
| voc | voice |
| luc | light |
| acr | sharp |
| pugn | fight |
| ambul | walk |
| sequ | follow |
| centri | center |
| ous | full of |
| sanct | holy |
| phon | sound |
| clam | cry out |
| trans | across |
| fort | strong |
| per | through |
| fid | faith |
| non | not |
| ego | I |
| loqu | talk |
| sacro | holy |
| caco | bad |
| tang | touch |
| sotto voce | in a low voice |
| translucent | semitransparent |
| forte | strong point |
| fortissimo | very loudly |
| impugn | attack as false |
| egocentric | self-centered |
| loquacious | talkative |
| sacrosanct | sacred |
| cacophony | bad noise |
| tangible | touchable |
| dict | say |
| bas | low |
| nihil | nothing |
| muta | change |
| terr | land |
| cogn | know |
| re | again |
| super | over |
| de | down |
| gram | writing |
| obit | death |
| sequ | follow |
| path | feeling |
| ism | doctrine |
| inter | between |
| in | in or not |
| sed | sit |
| tort | twist |
| anim | mind |
| epi | on |
| ob | against |
| obsequious | servilely following |
| abase | to lower |
| interstice | small space |
| sedate | calm |
| retort | swift reply |
| nihilism | belief in nothing |
| supersede | replace |
| inanimate | lifeless |
| condescend | lower oneself |
| epigram | witty comment |
| log | reason |
| phor | carry |
| loco | place |
| de | down |
| phobia | fear |
| schizo | divide |
| theo | god |
| curs | run |
| eu | good |
| funi | cord |
| nym | name |
| ize | make |
| re | again |
| ambul | walk |
| ideo | idea |
| apo | up |
| pre | before |
| cosmo | universe |
| phon | sound |
| meta | change |
| metonymy | association name |
| anaphora | repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive phrases |
| bowdlerize | censor prudishly |
| reiterate | repeat |
| desultory | rambling |
| idee fixe | obsession |
| schism | division |
| precursor | forerunner |
| pro | forward |
| patr | father |
| cred | believe |
| ous | full of |
| miss | send |
| viv | life |
| sanct | holy |
| syn | together |
| co | together |
| apo | away |
| ism | doctrine |
| mis(G) | bad |
| gno | know |
| loco | place |
| sta | stand |
| phys | nature |
| terr | land |
| opia | sight |
| loqu | talk |
| hedon | pleasure |
| liqu | flow |
| narcissism | self-infatuation |
| patrician | aristocratic |
| apostasy | desertion of principle |
| hedonism | devotion to pleasure |
| on the qui vive | on the alert |
| manumission | release from slavery |
| sanction | authorize |
| terra firma | firm land |
| synopsis | summary |
| in loco parentis | in the place of parents |
| vale | farewell |
| proto | first |
| mal | bad |
| sacro | flesh |
| gno | know |
| ans | up |
| ex | out |
| magn | great |
| super | over |
| dict | say |
| agon | actor |
| ism | doctrine |
| phag | eat |
| sur | over |
| lect | gather |
| pos | put |
| mort | death |
| miss | send |
| vale diction | farewell speech |
| protagonist | leading person |
| maladroit | clumsy |
| stoicism | indifference to sensation |
| sarcophagus | stone coffin |
| ignominious | disgraceful |
| expository | explanatory |
| magnum opus | great work |
| moribund | dying |
| supercilious | scornful |
| diction | word choice |
| emissary | messanger |
| anthropo | man |
| gastro | stomach |
| auto | self |
| contra | against |
| viv | life |
| helio | sun |
| culp | blame |
| spec | look |
| mono | one |
| centri | center |
| medi | middle |
| ambi | both |
| ism | doctrine |
| trans | across |
| ex | out |
| intro | into |
| trop | turn |
| lykos | wolf |
| gastronome | a gourmet or epicure |
| in medias res | in the middle of things |
| lycanthrope | werewolf |
| transmogrify | change form |
| au contraire | to the contrary |
| vivacious | lively |
| circumvent | get around |
| heliotropic | sun-following |
| exculpate | free from blame |
| introspective | inward |
| pre | before |
| gen | origin |
| jur | swear |
| sopor | sleep |
| ped | foot |
| lin | line |
| tomy | cut |
| tort | twist |
| ob | against |
| sesqui | one and a half |
| nec | kill |
| post | after |
| son | sound |
| demo | people |
| inter | between |
| cracy | government |
| phan | appearance |
| dicho | in two parts |
| sui | self |
| partheno | virgin |
| Pluto | wealth |
| assonance | vowel repetition |
| soporific | sleep inducing |
| internecine | mutually destructive |
| sesquipedalian | very long words |
| hippotomonstrosequipedaliopobia | fear of very long words |
| sui generis | unique |
| plutocracy | government of wealthy |
| delineate | to outline |
| dichotomy | two-part division |
| epiphany | revelation |
| tortuous | twisting |
| eu | good |
| mir | wonder |
| hagio | saint |
| patr | father |
| mel | honey |
| inter | between |
| ped | foot |
| bell | war |
| mal | bad |
| xeno | stranger |
| thanatos | death |
| in | not |
| graph | write |
| auto | self |
| flu | flow |
| dict | say |
| spec | look |
| athropo | man |
| morph | shape |
| phobia | fear |
| expedite | hasten |
| patronize | condescend to |
| bellicose | warlike |
| malediction | a curse |
| xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
| specious | false |
| euthanasia | mercy killing |
| ineffable | inexpressible |
| mellifluous | honeyed |
| expatiate | to elaborate |
| anthropomorphic | man-shaped |
| specious | false |
| par | equal |
| non | not |
| bas | low |
| psych | soul |
| gen | origin |
| fic | make |
| ann | year |
| greg | group |
| ab | away |
| bio | life |
| an- | without |
| tig | touching |
| mal | bad |
| equi | equal |
| super | over |
| post | after |
| meta | change |
| punct | point |
| tract | pull |
| ex | out |
| jur | swear |
| algia | pain |
| curs | run |
| in | not |
| nonpareil | matchless excellence |
| malefic | causing harm |
| punctilio | point of conduct |
| superannuated | obsolete |
| intractable | stubborn |
| egregious | blatant |
| abjure | renounce |
| re | again |
| sol | alone |
| in | not |
| luct | struggle |
| rogat | ask |
| terr | land |
| ob | against |
| pugn | fight |
| dia | across |
| acro | high |
| sub | under |
| ism | doctrine |
| ex | out |
| super | over |
| infra | beneath |
| ject | throw |
| loqu | talk |
| cise | cut |
| trib | pay |
| nym | name |
| ineluctable | inevitable |
| truculent | fiercely savage |
| disinter | unearth |
| abrogate | annul |
| acronym | initials-name |
| pugnacious | combative |
| incisive | figuratively sharp |
| diatribe | abusive speech |
| logy | science |
| anti | against |
| trans | across |
| fid | faith |
| ize | make |
| gyn | woman |
| somn | sleep |
| epist | knowledge |
| nomy | law |
| apo | away |
| mis | hatred |
| morph | shape |
| tempor | time |
| string | bind |
| cogn | know |
| ambul | walk |
| crypt | hidden |
| tauto | same |
| apocryphal | not authentic |
| transom | window or door crossbar |
| commiserate | sympathize |
| misogynist | hater of woman |
| diffident | shy |
| cognizant | aware |
| stringent | binding |
| somnambulist | sleep walker |
| thantos | death |
| opia | sight |
| vac | empty |
| luc | light |
| ize | make |
| sed | sit |
| fug | flee |
| pusill | small |
| nepo | nephew |
| viv | life |
| spir | breathe |
| syn | together |
| man | hand |
| ex | out |
| ism | system |
| sub | under |
| ine | nature of |
| anim | mind |
| bon | good |
| ous | full of |
| vacuous | stupidly empty of ideas |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| nepotism | favoritism to relatives |
| lionize | treat as a celebrity |
| assiduous | persevering |
| subterfuge | evasive dodge |
| bon vivant | indulger in luxury |
| sedentary | sitting |
| pusillanimous | small-minded |
| magnanimous | large-minded |
| misanthrope | hater of people |
| misandrist | hater of men |
| ine | nature of |
| fac | to do |
| gyn | woman |
| ous | full of |
| punct | point |
| syn | together |
| narco | sleep |
| mono | one |
| son | sound |
| mal | bad |
| monger | seller |
| cracy | government |
| ego | I |
| mega | large |
| drome | run |
| eu | good |
| lepsy | attack |
| mania | madness |
| malfeasance | public misconduct |
| expostulate | to earnestly object |
| pungent | sharp |
| megalomania | delusions of greatness |
| syndrome | complex of symptoms |
| euphemism | pleasant name |
| dissonant | inharmonious |
| narcolepsy | attacks of sleep |
| The Ennead | a group of nine |
| para | beside |
| path | feeling |
| simul | feign |
| in | not |
| fy | make |
| sacro | holy |
| ultra | beyond |
| fer | carry |
| peri | near |
| crypt | hidden |
| anti | against |
| a- | without |
| sed | sit |
| kin | motion |
| ex | out |
| plus | more |
| voc | voice |
| corp | body |
| helio | sun |
| sanct | holy |
| paragon | excellent model |
| antipathy | strong dislike |
| abyss | bottomless fissure |
| dissemble | conceal through pretense |
| insidious | sly |
| impecunious | poor |
| beatify | make blissfully happy |
| execrate | denounce or cure |
| ne plus ultra | peak of perfection |
| vociferous | loud |
| corpulent | full-bodied |
| cryptic | having hidden meaning |
| sanctimonious | affectedly holy |
| ism | doctrine |
| a- | without |
| re | again |
| epist | knowledge |
| lent | full of |
| contra | against |
| hyper | over |
| germ | related |
| gran | grain |
| neuro | nerve |
| sthen | strength |
| pro | forward |
| chron | time |
| less | without |
| tempor | time |
| para | beside |
| fil | thread |
| scen | stage |
| remunerate | repay |
| proscenium | the frame of a stage |
| epistle | long instructive letter |
| anachronistic | misplaced in time |
| feckless | without effect |
| contretemps | embarrassing mishap |
| hyperbole | overstatement |
| paradigm | model |
| germane | related |
| filigree | lacy design |
| chronic | lasting |
| in | in |
| inter | between |
| ex | out |
| sub | under |
| pot | drink |
| fus | pour |
| vect | carry |
| acro | high |
| amor | love |
| sub | under |
| fulg | shine or flash |
| sym | together |
| nomy | law |
| dign | worthy |
| fract | break |
| phobia | fear |
| inamorata | mistress, beloved, or love |
| subjugate | oppress |
| replete | filled |
| querulous | full of complaint |
| symposium | conference |
| immolate | sacrifice |
| effusion | outpouring |
| invective | bitter denunciation |
| refractory | stubborn |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| dis | away |
| nom | name |
| Simo | China |
| per | through |
| pro | before |
| mis(G) | bad |
| pugn | fight |
| entomo | insect |
| spec | look |
| gno | know |
| discern | to mentally separate, identify |
| misnomer | wrong name |
| chauvinism | fanatical devotion |
| nonentity | a nobody |
| prognosis | medical forecast |
| entomology | the study of insects |
| perspicacity | insight |
| synthesis | combination |
| mobocracy | mob rule |
| re | again |
| mal | bad |
| neo | new |
| culp | blame |
| ante | before |
| surg | rise |
| luvi | wash |
| tude | state of |
| fulg | shine or flash |
| mar | sea |
| phil | love |
| cracy | government |
| fract | break |
| duct | lead |
| tion | act or state |
| agora | marketplace |
| mal de mer | seasickness |
| mea culpa | my fault |
| repartee | quick, witty reply |
| dissident | one who disgraces |
| subliminal | below consciousness |
| solicitude | state of concern |
| antediluvian | from before the Flood! |
| panegyric | elaborate eulogy |
| fractious | unruly |
| insurgence | uprising |
| syn | together |
| epi | on |
| topo | place |
| equi | equal |
| geo | earth |
| protero | early |
| nym | name |
| hysteros | latter |
| nox | night |
| chron | time |
| synergy | combined force |
| epithet | disparaging or descriptive name |
| intestate | with no will |
| epistolary | made of letters |
| amorphous | without shape |
| circumspect | cautious |
| equivocate | to hedge |
| superfluous | unnecessary |
| intra | within |
| penta | five |
| reg | rule |
| corp | body |
| lith | rock |
| fort | strong |
| fid | faith |
| ego | I |
| plan | smooth |
| catena | chain |
| mur | wall |
| meter | measure |
| cide | kill |
| mega | large |
| per | through |
| extra | beyond |
| trans | across |
| con | together |
| cap | take |
| spec | look |
| incipient | just beginning |
| regicide | killing of a king |
| incorporeal | not consisting of matter |
| megalith | huge stone |
| ingenuous | innocent and naïve |
| perfidious | treacherous |
| intransigent | not compromising |
| egomania | self-obsession |
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