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Blue List 5 and 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pre | before |
| gen | origin |
| jur | swear |
| sopor | sleep |
| ped | foot |
| lin | line |
| tomy | cut |
| tart | twist |
| ob | against |
| sesqui | one and a half |
| nec | kill |
| post | after |
| son | sound |
| dem(o) | people |
| inter | between |
| cracy | government |
| phan | appearance |
| dicho | in two parts |
| sui | self |
| partheno | virgin |
| pluto | wealth |
| a priori | from theory |
| a posteriori | from observation |
| parthenogenesis | unfertilized birth |
| assonance | vowel repetition |
| objurgation | rebuke |
| demotic | of the common people |
| soporific | sleep-inducing |
| internecine | mutually destructive |
| sesquipedalian | very long |
| sui genesis | unique |
| plutocracy | government of the wealthy |
| delinate | to outline |
| dichotomy | two part division |
| epiphany | revelation |
| tortuos | twisting |
| 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 |
| anthropocentric | man-centered |
| gastronome | gourmet |
| autodidact | self-taught person |
| monism | doctrine that reality is one |
| in medi res | in the middle of things |
| lycanthrope | werewolf |
| circumambiant | surrounding |
| transmogrify | change form |
| reify | treat as real |
| au contraire | on the contrary |
| vivacious | lively |
| circumvent | get around |
| heliotropic | sun-following |
| exculpate | free of blame |
| introspective | inward looking |