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Stems 25-26
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Introspective | inward looking |
| Intervene | come between |
| Syndrome | complex of symptoms |
| Subordinate | lower |
| Dissonant | Inharmonious |
| Belligerent | Warring |
| Credible | believable |
| Impending | Overhanging |
| Polyphonic | multi-melodic |
| Exculpate | free from blame |
| Euphemism | pleasant name |
| Benefactor | helper |
| Megalomania | delusions of greatness |
| Magnate | powerful person |
| Vivacious | lively |
| Heliotropic | sun following |
| Amor Propre | self love |
| Octogenarian | eighty year old |
| Cognoscenti | those who know |
| Surfeit | excess |
| Primate | monkey apes and humans |
| Pellucid | crystal clear |
| Circumvent | get around |
| Hemiplegia | paralysis on one side |
| Narcolepsy | attacks of sleep |
| delineate | to outline |
| retrograde | backward |
| plutocracy | government of the wealthy |
| Corpulent | large |
| pathological | diseased |
| vociferous | loudly voiced |
| sanctimonious | affectedly holy |
| rectilinear | right angled |
| petroglyph | rock carving |
| emollient | softener |
| melancholy | dark sadness |
| histology | study of living tissue |
| inherent | built in |
| sine qua non | essential element |
| dichotomy | two part division |
| pathogen | disease causer |
| rectify | correct |
| tortuous | twisting |
| metamorphosis | change of shape |