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Word Within A Word
Word Within A Word OHS List #36
Question | Answer |
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pre | before |
gen | origin |
jur | swear |
sopor | sleep |
ped | foot |
lin | line |
tomy | cut |
tort | twist |
ob | against |
sesqui | one and a half |
nec | kill |
post | after |
son | sound |
demo | people |
inter | between |
cracy | government |
phan | appearance |
dicho | in two parts |
sui | self |
partheno | virgin |
pluto | wealth |
a priori | from theory |
a posteriori | from observation |
parthenogenesis | unfertilized birth |
assonance | vowel repetition |
objurgation | rebuke |
demotic | of the common people |
soporific | sleep-inducing |
internecine | mutually destructive |
sesquipedalian | very long words |
sui generis | unique |
plutocracy | government of wealthy |
delineate | to outline |
dichotomy | two-part division |
epiphany | revelation |
tortuous | twisting |