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Root words
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Audiophile | A hearing Enthusiast | I went to go see my audiophile for the first time ever. |
| Benevolent | Well meaning; kind | The man was benevolent to me until I stole his video game... |
| Circumflex | Bending around something | The animal had to circumflex in order to get around the people. |
| Corpse | A dead body | The corpse of my grampa was on the ground when I walked in the room. |
| Diction | To use words in speech | The man had very bad diction because I could barely figure out the words he was saying |
| Duration | the time in which something continues | The war lasted a long duration. |
| Equilibrium | Balanced | The worlds power was in equilibrium until mother Russia decided to rise up. |
| Hydrate | To absorb water | I had to hydrate myself before the big tournament. |
| Lunarian | Inhabitant of the moon | Scientist were looking at the moon through a telescope and they thought they saw a lunarian |
| Navigate | Sail or travel over | We had to navigate through the large ice bergs sticking out of the ocean. |
| Pedigree | The record of descent of an animal | My dogs pedigree was from a wolf a long time ago. |
| Psychic | Relating to the mind | I thought my dog was psychic from how smart he was. |
| Abscise | To cut off or away | My brother had to abscise to get away from me |
| Sensation | A feeling | I get the sensation that the world is going to end soon. |
| Solace | Relating to the sun | When you look up during the day time, you can see the solace. |
| Speculum | A tool used for looking at a body | I had to use a speculum to look at the injured man and figure out the issue, |
| Imbalm | To preserve from decay | I a had to imbalm my grampa's corpse until it could be buried. |
| Intercept | To obstruct something | I intercepted the football, obstructing its path to the receiver. |
| Malpractice | Illegal treatment of others. | The man had malpractice with his son so he was convicted. |
| Unibody | A single unit. | The volume of the square was a unibody. |
| Statuette | A small statue figure | When I went to the Eiffel tower, I bought a statuette of it. |
| Session | A meeting | I have a session with my bosses to talk about something. |
| Extremist | Fanatical political or religious views | The Extremist got very mad when I started talking about Trump. |
| Impugn | Call into question | I had to impugn him before he left. |
| Agribusiness | A group of industries dealing with farming | We had a Agribusiness meeting Yesterday about the farm. |