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WWW List 29 (TLC)
Word Within a Word Vocabulary List 29 and Review Vocab Lists 17 & 18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| viable | able to live |
| synopsis | summary |
| terra firma | solid ground |
| sanction | authorize |
| Russophobe | one who fears Russia |
| prognosis | medical forecast |
| polychrome | many-colored |
| philanthropy | love of humankind |
| perspicacity | insight |
| mobocracy | mob rule |
| gerontocracy | government of the old |
| magniloquence | great eloquence |
| kleptomaniac | pathological thief |
| joie de vivre | joy of living |
| in loco parentis | in place of parents |
| mundane | worldly |
| synthesis | combination |
| unequivocal | direct |
| nihilism | belief in nothing |
| audiophile | stereo buff |
| entomology | insect zoology |
| omnifarious | of all kinds |
| invidious | causing envy |
| deduction | reasoning down from principles |
| commensurate | of like measure |
| catharsis | purging of emotions |
| disparity | inequality |
| quintessence | pure essence |
| sycophant | servile flatterer |
| foreboding | foreshadowing |
| hamlet | small village |
| xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
| cosmopolitan | belonging to the world |
| squeamish | easily sickened or frightened |