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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mal | bad |
| post | after |
| port | carry |
| dict | say |
| omni | all |
| lith | rock |
| bene | good |
| cred | believe |
| neo | new |
| uni | one |
| non | not |
| archy | government |
| inter | between |
| vid | look |
| mono | one |
| pond | weight |
| in | not |
| sci | know |
| phyte | plant |
| lat | side |
| malapropism | ludicrous misuse of a word |
| nonplussed | perplexed |
| postlude | concluding section |
| hierarchy | ranking |
| portly | stout |
| interdiction | prohibition |
| vide | see |
| omnibus | covering many things |
| monolithic | massive and uniform |
| imponderable | difficult to ponder |
| benediction | blessing |
| incredulous | not believing |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| neophyte | beginner |
| unilateral | one-sided |
| hypo | under |
| dox | opinion |
| put | think |
| mega | large |
| alter | other |
| contra | against |
| con | together |
| circum | around |
| sol | alone |
| fy | make |
| ous | full of |
| hetero | different |
| pater | father |
| ver | true |
| sangui | blood |
| ego | I |
| ven | come |
| flu | flow |
| loqu | talk |
| moll | soft |
| greg | group |
| tion | act or state |
| hypothecate | pledge as security |
| heterodox | unorthodox |
| Paterfamilias | male head of family |
| putative | thought-to-be |
| aver | affirm or declare |
| megaton | force of a million tons of dynamite |
| sangfroid | cold-blooded composure |
| alter ego | second self |
| altercation | heated dispute |
| contravene | go against |
| confluence | a flowing together |
| circumlocution | talking in circles |
| soliloquy | speech to oneself |
| mollify | make soft |
| gregarious | sociable |
| dict | say |
| bas | low |
| nihil | nothing |
| muta | change |
| terr | land |
| cogn | know |
| re | again |
| super | over |
| de | down |
| gram | writing |
| obit | death |
| sequ | follow |
| path | feeling |
| ism | doctrine |
| inter | between |
| in | in or not |
| sed | sit |
| tort | twist |
| anim | mind |
| epi | on |
| ob | against |
| obiter dictum | passing remark |
| obsequious | survilely following |
| abase | to lower |
| pathetic fallacy | ascribing feelings to things |
| ratiocination | methodical thinking |
| mutatis mutandis | with necessary changes |
| interstice | small space |
| terra incognita | unknown land |
| sedate | calm |
| retort | swift reply |
| nihilism | belief in nothing |
| supersede | replace |
| inanimate | lifeless |
| condescend | lower oneself |
| epigram | witty comment |
| Terms | 108 |
| Creator | dillondaley |
| Created | September 4, 2009 |
| Groups | None |
| Subject | english |
| Access | Anyone |
| Edit | Creator Only |