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WWTW List 61 - 63
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| incredulous | not believing |
| neophyte | beginner |
| commensurate | of like measure |
| interdiction | prohibition |
| animus | intent or hatred |
| defenestrate | toss out the window |
| microcosm | small universe |
| ostentatious | showy |
| sanguine | cheerful |
| demography | study of populations |
| bibliophile | book lover |
| traverse | cross |
| copious | abundant |
| perplex | confuse |
| plus | more |
| non | not |
| mens | measure |
| phyte (Greek) | plant |
| neo (Greek) | new |
| anim | mind |
| de | down |
| cosmo (Greek) | universe |
| micro (Greek) | small |
| tens | stretch |
| ob | against |
| inter | between |
| plex | weave |
| in | not |
| cred | believe |
| sangui | blood |
| graph (Greek) | write |
| demo (Greek) | people |
| phile (Greek) | love |
| biblio (Greek) | book |
| trans | across |
| co | together |
| per | through |
| nonplussed | perplexed |
| ego | I |
| ambi | both |
| ag | to do |
| dol | suffer |
| lent | full of |
| punct | point |
| tude | state of |
| pre | before |
| ad | to |
| de | down |
| pro (Greek) | before |
| in | not |
| per | through |
| val | worth |
| ous | full of |
| put | think |
| moll | soft |
| hend | grasp |
| greg | group |
| alter | other |
| mollify | make soft |
| altercation | heated dispute |
| alter ego | second self |
| putative | thought-to-be |
| declasse | low class |
| lassitude | languor |
| demur | to object |
| indolent | lazy |
| poignant | sharp |
| persiflage | flippant style |
| apprehend | understand |
| prodigious | amazing |
| gregarious | sociable |
| ambiguous | indefinite |
| ambivalence | conflicting feelings |
| andro (Greek) | human |
| phile (Greek) | love |
| apo (Greek) | away |
| crypt (Greek) | hidden |
| tend | stretch |
| in | in |
| port | carry |
| caco (Greek) | bad |
| ethos (Greek) | custom |
| pre | before |
| cap | take |
| ver | true |
| ex | out |
| tude | state of |
| punct | point |
| acr | sharp |
| per | through |
| fid | faith |
| phon (Greek) | sound |
| tang | touch |
| luc | light |
| apothegm | pithy saying |
| veridical | truthful |
| importune | in trouble with requests |
| cacophony | bad noise |
| cacoethes | mania |
| tendentious | slanted |
| percept | maxim |
| perfidy | breach of faith |
| apocrypha | unauthentic works |
| pulchritude | physical beauty |
| expunge | completely remove |
| translucent | semitransparent |
| tangible | touchable |
| acerbity | sharpness of temper |
| philander | to engage in love affairs |