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stems and words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| per | through |
| co | together |
| trans | across |
| biblio | book |
| phile | love |
| demo | people |
| graph | write |
| sangui | blood |
| cred | believe |
| in | not |
| plex | weave |
| inter | between |
| ob | against |
| tens | stretch |
| micro | small |
| cosmo | universe |
| de | down |
| anim | mind |
| neo | new |
| phyte | plant |
| mens | measure |
| non | not |
| plus | more |
| de | down |
| punct | point |
| tude | state of |
| pre | before |
| ad | to |
| hend | grasp |
| pro | before |
| in | not |
| dol | suffer |
| per | through |
| ag | to do |
| val | worth |
| ous | full of |
| lent | full of |
| put | think |
| moll | soft |
| greg | group |
| alter | other |
| ego | I |
| ambi | both |
| phile | love |
| andro | man |
| apo | away |
| crypt | hidden |
| tend | stretch |
| in | in |
| port | carry |
| caco | bad |
| ethos | custom |
| pre | before |
| cap | take |
| ver | true |
| ex | out |
| tude | state of |
| punct | point |
| acr | sharp |
| per | through |
| fid | faith |
| phon | sound |
| tang | touch |
| luc | light |
| alter | other |
| ob | against |
| sequ | follow |
| ex | out |
| pend | hang |
| und | wave |
| ate | cause |
| amat | love |
| xero | dry |
| ous | full of |
| sed | sit |
| nihil | nothing |
| ism | doctrine |
| inter | between |
| ab | away |
| con | together |
| de | down |
| de | away |
| dia | across |
| ous | full of |
| soph | wisdom |
| ist | one who |
| ex | out |
| de | down |
| cup | desire |
| lent | full of |
| ed | eat |
| ven | come |
| ten | hold |
| inter | between |
| locu | talk |
| apo | away |
| auto | self |
| dis | away |
| nod | knot |
| medi | middle |
| circum | around |
| culp | blame |
| confuse | perplex |
| abundant | copious |
| cross | traverse |
| book lover | bibliophile |
| study of populations | demography |
| cheerful | sanguine |
| showy | ostentatious |
| small universe | microcosm |
| toss out the window | defenestrate |
| intent or hatred | animus |
| perplexed | nonplussed |
| prohibition | interdiction |
| of like measure | commensurate |
| beginner | neophyte |
| not believing | incredulous |
| to object | demur |
| sharp | poignant |
| languor | lassitude |
| understand | apprehend |
| amazing | prodigious |
| lazy | indolent |
| flippant style | persiflage |
| indefinite | ambiguous |
| conflicting feelings | ambivalence |
| low-class | déclassé |
| thought-to-be | putative |
| make soft | mollify |
| sociable | gregarious |
| heated dispute | altercation |
| second self | alter ego |
| to engage in love affairs | philander |
| unauthentic works | apocrypha |
| slanted | tendentious |
| to trouble with requests | importune |
| pithy saying | apothegm |
| mani | cacoethes |
| maxim | precept |
| truthful | veridical |
| physical beauty | pulchritude |
| completely remove | expunge |
| sharpness of temper | acerbity |
| breach of faith | perfidy |
| semitransparent | translucent |
| bad noise | cacophony |
| touchable | tanglible |
| concern for others | altruism |
| funeral ceremonies | obsequies |
| departure | exodus |
| sadly thoughtful | pensive |
| healthful | salubrious |
| modest or affectedly modest | demure |
| to wave | undulate |
| friendly | amiable |
| lessen | abate |
| clear and calm | serene |
| servilely following | obsequious |
| calm | sedate |
| lower oneself | condescend |
| belief in nothing | nihilism |
| small space | interstice |
| logical argument | dialectic |
| reckless | temerarious |
| specious reasoner | sophist |
| scholarly | erudite |
| publicly condemn | denounce |
| intense desire or lust | concupiscence |
| edible | esculent |
| holding stubbornly | pertinacious |
| person in conversation | interlocutor |
| concise wisdom | aphorism |
| self-taught person | autodidact |
| outcome, unraveling | denouement |
| in the middle of things | in medias res |
| get around | circumvent |
| free from blame | exculpate |