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WWW List 21 (TLC)
Word Within a Word Vocabulary List 21 and Review Vocab Lists 1 & 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| equivocate | to hedge |
| superfluous | unnecessary |
| bilateral | two-sided |
| unilateral | one-sided |
| circumspect | cautious |
| commensurate | of like measure |
| malevolence | evil intent |
| neophyte | beginner |
| misanthropist | people-hater |
| bellicose | warlike |
| anthropomorphic | man-shaped |
| captious | fault-finding |
| neologism | new word |
| malediction | a curse |
| incredulous | not believing |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| monomania | obsession with one thing |
| specious | false |
| excoriate | verbally flog |
| prototype | first model |
| xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
| benediction | blessing |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| preponderance | bullk |
| magnanimous | great-minded |
| circumlocution | unnecessary words |
| antithesis | direct opposite |
| triad | group of three |
| premonition | previous warning |
| posthumous | after death |
| remiss | negligent |
| laggard | slow person |
| belligerent | waging war |
| oligarchy | government by a few |