Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Stems list 21-23

TermDefinition
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 war like
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 bulk
magnanimous great-minded
anthropomorphic man-shaped
mollify make soft
icthyologist fish scientist
polyglot multi-linguist
diaphanous semitransparent
somniferous bringing sleep
sinecure an easy lucrative job
soliloquy speech to oneself
adherent supporter
abjure renounce
caustic burning
confluence a flowing together
discursive rambling
gregarious sociable
circumlocution talking in circles
ingenous innocent and naive
perspicuous brilliantly clear
perfidious treacherous
intrasigent not compromising
intractable stubborn
oligarchy government by a few
chiromancy palm reading
analgesic painkiller
egregious blatant
egomania self obsession
depose topple from power
egocentric self-centered
tangible touchable
demagogue corrupt politician
preclude foreclose
cryptologist code breaker
ethnocentrism racial or cultural prejudice
pedagogue teacher
recant retract
revoke cancel
pugnacious combative
incisive sharp
diatribe abusive criticism
anomaly abnormality
enumerate to list
circumscribed limited
intercede mediate
disputatious argumentative
loquacious talkative
abrogate annual
prescience foreknowledge
sacrosanct sacred
androgynous masculine and feminine
acronym initials-name
congenital at birth
cacophony bad noise
Created by: Luna1950
Popular English Vocabulary sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards