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| Term | Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| audiovisual | listen to something you can also see | audi: listen or hear | Old black and white movies were not audiovisuals because they did not have sound. |
| benediction | a good blessing in a religious service | bene: good | The priest made a benediction of blessings for the newly baptized baby. |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body | corp: body | After overeating for months, the skinny girl became somewhat corpulent. |
| diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words | dict: say or speak | The southerners unique diction made it difficult to understand them. |
| duration | a period of time | dur: hard or lasting | The duration of the movie was 2 hours and 15 minutes. |
| equinox | one of two times a year when the day and night are equal length | equi: equal | equinoxes are very rare because they only happen twice a year. |
| hydraulics | being operated by or using a liquid | hydro: water | Hydraulics has vastly improved factories and how we function everyday. |
| circumlunar | circling the moon | luna: moon circum: around | Satellites are circumlunar because they orbit the moon. |
| navigable | boats can sail on a river if it is navigable | navi: ship | The river was small, so it was only navigable to small boats. |
| impediment | something that stands in ones way; an obstacle | ped: foot/child im: into, on, near, towards | The heavy traffic was an impediment to getting to her appointment on time. |
| psychosomatic | of the influence of the mind on the body | psych: mind/ soul | Since she feared losing her job, Sally's psychosomatic headaches would be cured when she realized she got a raise. |
| scientist | a person having expert knowledge in science | sci: know ist: person/mentor | Bill Nye is a Scientist, he knows a lot about science. |
| consensus | an opinion agreed upon by a group | sens: feel/ think | The jury had not reached a consensus, so the trial was put on hold until they came to an agreement. |
| solipsism | view that only you exist and nothing else | sol: alone/ sun | She had spent so much time alone in her room, the theory of solipsism crossed her mind many times. |
| abrogate | to abolish usually by authority | ab: away/ from/ off | You cannot abrogate anyone's right to plead the fifth. |
| dismal | a depressing feeling causing gloom and bad feelings | mal: bad | The dark clouds made the day appear to be quite dismal, but little did they know, the sun was getting ready to peak out through the clouds. |
| unilateral | one sided | uni: one | It is unwise to make unilateral decisions in a relationship of any kind. |
| addressee | the person to whom something is addressed | ee: person | The addressee was unknown so he could not send the letter back. |
| islet | a small island | et: smaller size | He owned an islet which he was very proud of, no matter how small it was. |
| connive | secretly allow something immoral to happen | ive: condition or quality of | The snobby rich father did not think his greedy children would connive to murder him for inheritance. |
| retrospective | looking back at past things | spec: look/ see | Going to art museums is always a retrospective of the past. |
| agrimony | A plant grown in the northern hemisphere | agri: farming | Many people believe that arigmony's are pretty flowers, I don't think they are as pretty as people say. |
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