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| Word | Definition | Greek/Latin STEMS (if availabl |
|---|---|---|
| foliage | vegetation, plants, leaves | flora=plants |
| writhe | squirming | n/a |
| aspect | feature, trait | spect=sight |
| infirm | sick, mentally ill | in= not firm=strong |
| preeminently | first or foremost, best | pre=first |
| disposition | attitude or way of being | n/a |
| unrelenting | without ending | un=not relent=end |
| ill-provisioned | badly supplied, without food | provision=food |
| pillage | items taken from others | n/a |
| affliction | sickness | n/a |
| forebears | ancestors | fore=first or before |
| nomadic | wandering from place to place | n/a |
| prophecy | something that tells the future | pro=forward or first |
| pilgrimage | a long sacred journey usually for spiritual purpose | n/a |
| confinement | alone, solitary | confine=in one small space |
| cleavages | cracks | cleave=split |
| luxuriant | filled with luxury or excellent items and value | luxury=great |
| recedes | to move away, | re=again cede=move |
| billowing | swelling outward | n/a |
| deity | a god | deo,dei=god |
| solstices | the shortest and longest days of the year; one occurs in the winter and the other in summer | sol=sun |
| caldron | a large pot used for heating up liquides | cal=heat dron=shape |
| tenuous | flimsy, not strong | tend=soft |
| rites | rituals | n/a |
| consummate | to make something sacred or complete | con=together sum=total |
| delegation | a group of people set to do a task | de=of leg=law |
| peculiar | unique | n/a |
| sentinels | guards | sent=to speak |
| opaque | unable to be seen through. The opposite of clear. | n/a |
| enmity | hatred or conflict | n/a |
| servitude | in a state of serving or having to work for others. | serv=to serve |
| jest | kidding around, joking | jest=joke |
| nocturnal | during the night | noct=night |
| deicide | the death of a god | dei=god cide=death |
| scissortail | a bird that eats insects | n/a |