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Stems Lists
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MIR | wonder |
| MEL | honey |
| XENO | stranger |
| MORPH | shape |
| PSYCH | soul |
| ANN | year |
| BIO | life |
| AN | not/without |
| EQUI | equal |
| TRACT | pull |
| HAGIO | saint |
| BELL | war |
| GRAPH | write |
| PAR | equal |
| FIC | make |
| AB | away |
| DIS | away |
| TIG | touching |
| PUNCT | point |
| ALGIA | pain |
| MIRABILE DICTU | wonderful to say |
| MELLIFLUOUS | honeyed |
| XENOPHOBIA | fear of foreigners |
| METAMORPHOSIS | change in shape |
| METEMPSYCHOSIS | transmigration of souls |
| ANNUAL | yearly |
| BIOLOGY | study of life |
| ANALGESIC | painkiller |
| EQUILIBRIUM | state of being in balance |
| EXTRACT | to pull out |
| HAGIOGRAPHY | saint’s biography |
| BELLICOSE | warlike |
| HAGIOGRAPHY | saint’s biography |
| NONPAREIL | something unequaled |
| MALEFIC | causing harm |
| ABJURE | renounce |
| DISCURSIVE | rambling |
| CONTIGUOUS | touching |
| PUNCTILIOUS | scrupulous (precise) |
| ANALGESIC | painkiller |
| NOM | name |
| ROGAT | ask |
| ACRO | high |
| JECT | throw |
| TRIB | pay |
| ANTI | against |
| SOMN | sleep |
| NOMY | law |
| TEMPOR | time |
| CRYPT | hidden |
| LUCT | struggle |
| DIA | across |
| INFRA | beneath |
| CISE | cut |
| LOGY | science |
| GYN | woman |
| SINE | without |
| MIS | hatred |
| STRING | bind |
| TAUTO | same |
| MISNOMER | wrong name |
| PREROGATIVE | exclusive privilege |
| ACRONYM | initials name |
| ABJECT | contemptible, low status |
| RETRIBUTION | repayment in penalty |
| ANTITHESIS | exact opposite |
| SOMNOLENT | sleepy |
| ANTINOMY | paradox (contradiction of law) |
| EXTEMPORIZE | improvise |
| CRYPTIC | having hidden meaning |
| INELUCTABLE | not escapable |
| DIATRIBE | abusive speech |
| INFRA DIG | beneath dignity |
| EXCISE | to remove by surgical means |
| EPISTEMOLOGY | study of knowledge |
| MISOGYNIST | hater of women |
| SINE QUA NON | essential element |
| MISOGYNIST | hater of women |
| STRINGENT | binding |
| TAUTOLOGY | needless repetition |
| FAC | to do |
| MONGER | seller |
| LEPSY | attack |
| SINO | China |
| ENTOMO | insect |
| TUDE | state of |
| PHIL | love |
| AGORA | marketplace |
| GEO | earth |
| HYSTEROS | latter |
| NARCO | sleep |
| DROME | run |
| MANIA | madness |
| PRO | before |
| ANTE | before |
| MAR | sea |
| DUCT | lead |
| TOPO | place |
| PROTERO | early |
| NOX | night |
| MALFEASANCE | public misconduct |
| FISHMONGER | seller of fish |
| NARCOLEPSY | attacks of sleep |
| SINOLOGY | study of China |
| ENTOMOLOGY | study of insects |
| SOLICITUDE | state of concern |
| NEOPHILIA | love of the new |
| PANEGYRIC | elaborate eulogy |
| GEOSYNCHRONOUS | stationary in orbit |
| HYSTERON PROTERON | figure of speech where the rational order of things is switched |
| NARCOLEPSY | attacks of sleep |
| SYNDROME | complex symptoms |
| MEGALOMANIA | delusions of greatness |
| PROSCRIBE | forbidden |
| ANTEDILUVIAN | from before the flood |
| MAL DE MAR | seasickness |
| INDUCTION | factual reasoning |
| TOPONYM | place name |
| HYSTERON PROTERON | figure of speech where the rational order of things is switched |
| EQUINOX | sun crosses equator |