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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| petroglyph | rock carving |
| metamorphosis | change of shape |
| rectilinear | right-angled |
| tortuous | twisting |
| sanctimonious | affectedly holy |
| rectify | correct |
| vociferous | loudly-voiced |
| pathogen | disease causer |
| isosceles | having two equal sides |
| cryptic | having hidden meaning |
| pathological | diseased |
| dichotomy | two-part division |
| corpulent | full-bodied |
| sine qua non | essential element |
| plutocracy | government of wealthy |
| inherent | built in |
| perihelion | orbital point nearest the sun |
| histology | study of living tissue |
| epiphany | revelation |
| cardiovascular | of hear and vessels |
| intracranial | within the skull |
| melancholy | dark sadness |
| retrograde | backward |
| emollient | softener |
| delineate | to outline |
| petro | rock |
| meta | change |
| lin | line |
| tort | twist |
| sanct | holy |
| rect | right |
| fer | carry |
| gen | origin |
| iso | equal |
| crypt | hidden |
| patho | disease |
| dicho | in two parts |
| corp | body |
| sine | without |
| cracy | government |
| in | in |
| peri | near or around |
| hist | tissue |
| phan | appearance |
| vas | vessel |
| intra | within |
| mela | black |
| retro | backward |
| moll | soft |
| de | down |
| narcolepsy | attacks of sleep |
| magnate | powerful person |
| euphemism | pleasant name |
| heliotropic | sun-following |
| amour-propre | self-love |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker |
| pandemonium | demonic clamor |
| epigram | witty comment |
| punctilious | precise in conduct |
| infidel | unbeliever |
| tractable | docile |
| anthropoid | manlike |
| abrogate | annul |
| anomaly | abnormality |
| enumerate | to list |
| recant | retract |
| loquacious | talkative |
| intercede | mediate |
| perspicuous | brilliantly clear |
| egomania | self-obsession |
| ingenuous | innocent and naive |
| soliloquy | speech to oneself |
| circumlocution | talking in circles |
| diaphanous | semitransparent |
| polyglot | multi-linguist |
| narco | sleep |
| magn | great |
| eu | good |
| trop | turn |
| am | love |
| somn | sleep |
| pan | all |
| epi | on |
| punct | point |
| fid | faith |
| tract | pull |
| anthropo | man |
| rogat | asl |
| nom | name |
| E | out |
| cant | sing |
| loqu | talk |
| cede | go |
| spic | look |
| ego | I |
| ous | full of |
| sol | alone |
| circum | around |
| dia | across |
| poly | many |
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