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Word Power 14-17

A lot of really annoying words

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NOTORIOUS well known for some bad quality
CONSUMMATE perfect; highly skilled
INCORRIGIBLE beyond reform
INVETERATE long accustomed
CONGENITAL happening at or during birth
CHRONIC going on for some time
PATHOLOGICAL diseased
GLIB suspiciouly fluent; smooth
UNCONSCIOUABLE without pangs of conscience
EGREGIOUS outstandingly bad or vicious
NOTORIETY ill fame
INVETERACY state of being long established in a habit
INCORRIGIBLITY state of being beyond reform of correction
CHRONICITY condition of continual or repeated recurrence
ANACHRONISM something, or someone, out of time
INCONGRUITY something, or a state of being, out of place
CHRONOLOGY calendar of events in order of occurence
CHRONOMETER timepiece; device that measure time very accurately
PATHOLOGY study of disease
SYMPATHY a sharing or understanding of another's feelings
TELEPATHY communications from a distance
-SYN- WITH OR TOGETHER
ANTIPATHY strong dislike
APATHY lack of feeling--non responsive
EMPATHY identification with another's feelings
-SCIO- TO KNOW
OMNISCIENT all knowing
PRESCIENT knowing events before they occur
NESCIENT ignorant
-GLIB- SLIPPERY
-GREGIS- HERD OR FLOCK
GREGARIOUS friendliness, enjoyment of mixing with people
-NESS MAKES ADJ A NOUN
AGGREGATE come together
-ION- NOUN SUFFIX ADDED TO VERBS
CONGREGATION religious flock
Is unconscionability one of the signs of the psychopath? YES
Does a prescient fear indicate some knowledge of the future? YES
Does glibness make someone sound sincere and trustworthy? NO
Does an empathic response show identification with the feelings of another YES
Is incorrigibility in a criminal a sign that rehab is possible? NO
Is the product of a consummately skillful counterfeiter likely to be taken as genuine? YES
-VETUS- OLD
-SUMMUS- HIGHEST
-CORRIGO- TO CORRECT OR SET STRAIGHT
-NOTUS- KNOWN
Created by: hottfeet426
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