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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dullard - ard - always | Slow or Stupid person Chris, you dullard. |
| Entomology - logy - science | The zoology branch that studies insects My mom studies Entomology. |
| Incisive - cise - cut | of a person or mental process) intelligently analytical and clear-thinking. Incisive through ball to the overlapping Brian on the left. |
| Remiss - miss - send | lacking care or attention to duty; negligent. I shall always regret that I was so remiss. |
| captious - cap - take | (of a person) tending to find fault or raise petty objections. He was a captious critic. |
| Anarchist - archy - government | a person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy. They haven't just arrested some anarchists that were becoming too bothering. |
| Belligerence - bell - war | aggressive or warlike behavior We must understand that belligerence, aggressiveness and causing major inconvenience to the public will quickly erode sympathy and support. |
| Scribes - scrib - write | a person who copies out documents, esp. one employed to do this before printing was invented. We may even suspect that these verses were written by a scribe of a later age for the position they now occupy. |
| Incredulous - cred - believe | (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something. She was incredulous that any living thing could be so flimsy. |
| Anthropologists - anthropo - man | The study of humans and how they work My mom is an anthropologist. |