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Vocab 3
English Vocab 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Venalis/Venum | venal:adj - open to bribery |
| Para+-oide | parody:noun - a literary or artistic work imitating another work comically |
| Alludere | allusion:noun - an indirect reference |
| Super-+fluere | superfluous:adj - being beyond what is required |
| Ex-+mendare | emmendation:noun - an alteration intended to improve |
| Proto-+agonistes | protagonist:noun - the main character in a drama or other literary work |
| Anti-+agonizesthal | antagonist:noun - an adversary |
| Pre-+monere | premonition:noun - a foreboding |
| Auspex | auspicious:adj - prosperous |
| Plaudere | plausible:adj - seemingly likely |
| Hyper+ballein | hyperbole:noun - the practice of professing false beliefs |
| Hyper+-krinesthai | hypocrisy:noun - the practice of professing false beliefs |
| Hypo-+titnenal | hypothesis:noun - a tentative explanation that can be further tested by investigation |
| Portendere | portentous:adj - foreboding |
| Haireisthai | heretic:noun - a person who holds controversial opinions to a public opinion |
| Fingere | feign:verb - to give a false appearance |
| Purgare | purge:verb - to free from impurities |