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Honors Vocab List 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hema | Blood |
| Proto | First |
| Phon | Sound |
| Mono | One |
| Viv | Life |
| Morph | Shape |
| Vest | Clothes |
| Bene | Good |
| Pond | Weight |
| Corp | Body |
| Hematoma | A solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues |
| Prototype | A first or preliminary model from which others are developed or copied |
| Euphony | The quality of being pleasing to the ear, esp. through harmony of sounds |
| Monotone | A continuing sound that does not change in pitch and without intonation |
| Vivacious | (esp. of a woman) attractively lively and animated |
| Amorphous | Without a clearly defined shape or form |
| Vestibule | An antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building |
| Benevolent | Well-meaning and kindly; serving a charitable purpose and not for profit |
| Ponderous | Slow and clumsy because of great weight |
| Corpulent | Of an extremely fat person, encumbered by tremendous body mass |
| Resplendent | Attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous |
| Per Capita | For each person; in relation to people taken individually |
| Parlance | A particular ay of speaking or using words, esp. a way common to those with a particular job or interest |
| Taciturn | (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little |
| Prodigy | A person, esp. a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities |