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Stems 21
New words + old ones needed for quiz
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| equivocate | to hedge |
| Superfluous | unnecessary |
| bilateral | two-sided |
| unilateral | uni-sided |
| circumspect | cautious |
| commensurate | of like measure |
| malevolence | evil intent |
| neophyte | beginner |
| misanthrope | people-hater |
| bellicose | war-like |
| anthropomorphic | man-shaped |
| captious | fault-finding |
| neologism | new-word |
| malediction | 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 | bulk |
| magnanimous | great-minded |
| Anglo | English |
| antho | flower |
| atom | vapor |
| bell | war |
| bene | good |
| calor | heat |
| cap | take |
| caust | burn |
| chlor | green |
| circum | around |
| clud | close |
| cosmo | world or universe |
| counter | against |
| cred | believe |
| crypt | hidden |
| culp | blame |
| dict | say |
| ecto | outer |
| ex | out |
| ferr | iron |
| fil | thread |
| fiss | split |
| flu | flow |
| foli | leaf |
| gymno | naked |
| haplo | single or simple |
| hexa | six |
| hibern | winter |
| ichthy | fish |
| lat | side |
| leg | read |
| lingu | tongue |
| lith | rock |
| log | word |
| macro | large |
| magn | great |
| mal | bad |
| mens | measure |
| meso | middle |
| mis | bad |
| mono | one |
| mont | mountain |
| morph | shape |
| multi | many |
| nat | born |
| neo | new |
| omni | all |
| orb | circle |
| a | not |
| paleo | old |
| peri | near or around |
| phag | eat |
| phobia | fear |
| phyte | plant |
| pithec | ape |
| platy | flat |
| pre | before |
| prim | first |
| proto | first |
| reg | rule |
| saur | lizard |
| schizo | divide |
| sen | old |
| sine | without |
| spec | look |
| theo | God |
| trich | hair |
| ultra | beyond |
| uni | one |
| vermi | worm |
| vert | turn |
| via | road |
| voc | voice |
| xeno | stranger |
| xylo | wood |
Created by:
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