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STEMS w40
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| agon | actor |
| ambul | walk |
| ana | up |
| archy | government |
| bene | good |
| caco | bad |
| centri | center |
| circum | around |
| dict | say |
| fid | faith |
| flu | flow |
| fort | strong |
| gno | know |
| greg | group |
| hetero | different |
| ism | doctrine |
| lat | sided |
| lect | gather |
| lith | rock |
| loqu | talk |
| luc | light |
| magn | great |
| mal | bad |
| mega | large |
| miss | send |
| moll | soft |
| mono | one |
| mort | death |
| omni | all |
| per | through |
| phag | eat |
| phon | sound |
| phyte | plant |
| pond | weight |
| pos | put |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| proto | first |
| pugn | fight |
| sacro | holy |
| sanct | holy |
| sarco | flesh |
| sequ | follow |
| sol | alone |
| super | over |
| sur | over |
| tang | touch |
| vale | farewell |
| ven | come |
| vid | look |
| abase | to lower |
| analects | selected writings |
| apotheosis | raising to god status |
| association name | metonymy |
| bowlderize | censor prudishly |
| cold blooded composure | sangfroid |
| devotion of pleasure | hedonism |
| disgraceful | ignominious |
| division | schism |
| emissary | messenger |
| evasive dodge | subterfuge |
| evil unbeliver | miscreant |
| exculpate | free of blame |
| exegesis | critical interpretation |
| explanatory | expository |
| farewell speech | valediction |
| fortissimo | very loudly |
| funambulist | tightrope walker |
| gourmet or epicure | gastronome |
| indifference to sensation | stoicism |
| interdiction | prohibition |
| interstice | small space |
| lionize | treat as a celebrity |
| lyssophobia | fear of insanity |
| magnum opus | great work |
| maladroit | clumsy |
| moribund | dying |
| narcissism | self-infatuation |
| nepotism | favoritism of relatives |
| obsession | idee fixe |
| patrician | aristrocrat |
| perplexed | nonplussed |
| plutocracy | government of the wealthy |
| protagonist | leading person |
| putative | thought-to-be |
| reiterate | repeat |
| repetition of successive phrases | anaphora |
| sanction | authorize |
| speech to oneself | soliloquy |
| stone coffin | sarcophagous |
| study of the universe | cosmology |
| stupidly empty of ideas | vacuous |
| summary | synopsis |
| supercilious | scornful |
| tediously wordy | prolix |
| unfertilized birth | partheogenisis |
| unknown land | terra incognita |
| unrealistically imaginary | surrealistic |
| with necessary changes | mutatis mutandis |
| word choice | diction |