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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| centri | center |
| cede | go |
| cant | sing |
| dis | away |
| sacro | holy |
| pugn | fight |
| demo | people |
| caco | bad |
| scrib | write |
| archy | government |
| in | not |
| nym | name |
| inter | between |
| re | again |
| pre | before |
| put | think |
| sanct | holy |
| ous | full of |
| agog | leader |
| phon | sound |
| numer | number |
| an- | without |
| acro | high |
| fy | make |
| anim | mind |
| andro | man |
| ad | to |
| cogn | know |
| de | down |
| co | together |
| dict | say |
| ec | out |
| epi | on |
| luc | light |
| oid | appearance |
| pan | all |
| punct | point |
| sangui | blood |
| sed | sit |
| tempor | time |
| trib | pay |
| urb | city |
| egocentric | self-centered |
| tangible | touchable |
| demagogue | corrupt politician |
| preclude | foreclose |
| cryptologist | code breaker |
| enumerate | to list |
| circumscribed | limited |
| intercede | mediate |
| disputatious | argumentative |
| loquatious | talkative |
| abrogate | annul |
| ethnocentrism | racial or cultural prejudice |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| recant | retract |
| revoke | cancel |
| pugnacious | combative |
| prescience | foreknowledge |
| sacrosanct | sacred |
| androgynous | masculine and feminine |
| acronym | initials-name |
| incisive | sharp |
| congenital | at birth |
| diatribe | abusive criticism |
| cacophony | bad noise |
| anomaly | abnormality |
| advocate | speak for |
| android | robot |
| anthropoid | manlike |
| cognizant | aware |
| collateral | side by side |
| condescend | lower oneself |
| diffident | shy |
| eccentricity | oddness |
| elucidate | explain |
| epigram | witty comment |
| inanimate | lifeless |
| infidel | unbeliever |
| irrevocable | beyond recall |
| pandemonium | demonic clamor |
| ponderous | weighty |
| punctilious | precise in conduct |
| resurgence | rising again |
| retribution | revenge |
| sanguinary | bloody |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker |
| stringent | binding |
| supersede | replace |
| temporize | delay |
| tractable | docile |
| urbane | sophisticated |
| neophyte | beginner |
| captious | fault finding |
| neologism | new word |
| incredulous | not believing |
| specious | false |
| prototype | first model |
| xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
| benediction | blessing |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| confluence | a flowing together |
| analgesic | painkiller |
| intractable | stubborn |
| perfidious | treacherous |
| gregarious | sociable |
| discursive | rambling |