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Gastro to Specious
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |