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WWW List #21
Stems
| Stem or Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equivocate | to hedge |
| superfluous | unnecessary |
| bilateral | two-sided |
| unilateral | one-sided |
| circumspect | cautious |
| commensurate | of like measure |
| maleovolence | evil intent |
| neophyte | beginner |
| misanthropist | people-hater |
| bellicose | warlike |
| anthropomorphic | man-shaped |
| 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 |
| equi | equal |
| voc | voice |
| ate | cause |
| super | over |
| flu | flow |
| ous | full of |
| bi | two |
| lat | side |
| circum | around |
| spec | look |
| com | with/together |
| mens | measure |
| ate | cause |
| mal | bad |
| vol | will |
| neo | new |
| phyte | plant |
| mis | bad |
| anthrop | man |
| ist | one who |
| bell | war |
| anthropo | man |
| morph | shape |
| cap | take |
| ous | full of |
| log | word or reason |
| ism | doctrine |
| dict | say |
| in | in/into/not |
| cred | believe |
| omni | all |
| sci | know |
| mono | one |
| mania | madness |
| spec | look |
| ous | full of |
| ex | out/beyond/without |
| cor | heart |
| ate | cause |
| proto | first |
| xeno | stranger |
| phobia | fear of |
| bene | good |
| dict | say |
| a- | not |
| morph | shape |
| pre | before |
| pond | weight |
| magn | great |
| anim | mind |
| uni | one |
| lat | side |