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WWW List #25
Stems
| Word or Stem | Meaning |
|---|---|
| introspective | inward looking |
| intervene | come between |
| syndrome | complex of symptoms |
| subordinate | lower |
| dissonant | inharmonious |
| intro | into |
| spec | look |
| inter | between |
| ven | come |
| sub | under |
| in | in/not |
| ate | cause |
| dis | away |
| son | sound |
| belligerent | warring |
| credible | believable |
| impending | overhanging |
| polyphonic | multi-melodic |
| exculpate | to free from blame |
| bell | war |
| cred | believe |
| im/in | not |
| pend | hang |
| poly | many |
| phon | sound |
| ex | out/without |
| culp | blame |
| euphemism | pleasant name |
| benefactor | one who does good acts |
| megalomania | delusions of greatness |
| magnate | powerful person |
| vivacious | lively |
| ate | cause |
| eu | good |
| phem/phen | appearance |
| bene | good |
| fac | to do |
| or | one who |
| mega | large |
| mania | madness |
| viv | life |
| ous | full of |
| heliotropic | sun-following |
| amour-propre | self-love |
| octagenarian | an eighty-year-old |
| cognoscenti | those who know |
| surfeit | excess |
| helio | sun |
| tropo | turn |
| amour | love |
| octa | eight |
| gen | origins |
| cogn | know |
| sci | know |
| sur | over |
| primate | monkeys, apes, humans |
| pellucid | crystal clear |
| circumvent | get around |
| hemiplegia | paralysis on one side |
| narcolepsy | attacks of sleep |
| prim | first |
| ate | cause |
| pel/per | through |
| luc | light |
| circum | around |
| ven | come |
| hemi | half |
| narco | sleep |
| lepsy | attack |