HMS 7-1 Reading WWW34
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cynthiabell on September 27, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 path | feeling |
| muta | change |
| re | again |
| nihil | nothing |
| inter | between |
| dict | say |
| gram | writing |
| obit | death |
| terr | land |
| cogn | know |
| in | in or not |
| luc | light |
| sacro | holy |
| phon | sound |
| circum | around |
| pater | father |
| moll | soft |
| put | think |
| ous | full of |
| ego | I |
| hetero | different |
| mal | bad |
| pond | weight |
| bene | good |
| lith | rock |
| nihilism | belief in nothing |
| sedate | calm |
| supersede | replace |
| interstice | small space |
| ratiocination | methodical thinking |
| terra incognite | unknown land |
| pathetic fallacy | ascribing feelings to things |
| condescend | lower oneself |
| sotto voce | in a low voice |
| impugn | attack as false |
| forte | strong point |
| perfidy | breach of faith |
| alter ego | second-self |
| soliloquy | speech to oneself |
| gregarious | sociable |
| sangfroid | cold-blooded composure |
| nonplussed | perplexed |
| monolithic | massive and uniform |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| portly | stout |
| unilateral | one-sided |
| vide | see |
| imponderable | difficult to ponder |
| hierarchy | ranking |
| megaton | force of a million tons of dynamite |
| anim | mind |
| super | over |
| de | down |
| sequ | follow |
| tort | twist |
| sed | sit |
| ob | against |
| bas | low |
| epi | on |
| ism | doctrine |
| clam | cry out |
| fid | faith |
| caco | bad |
| ambul | walk |
| fy | make |
| greg | group |
| sangui | blood |
| mega | large |
| flu | flow |
| dox | opinion |
| hypo | under |
| archy | government |
| mono | one |
| omni | all |
| neo | new |
| servilely following | obsequious |
| swift reply | retort |
| witty comment | epigram |
| lower | abase |
| passing remark | obiter dictum |
| with necessary changes | mutatis mutandis |
| lifeless | inanimate |
| speak rhetorically | declaim |
| wander through | perambulate |
| sacred | sacrosanct |
| semitransparent | translucent |
| unorthodox | heterodox |
| thought-to-be | putative |
| make soft | mollify |
| affirm or declare | aver |
| go against | contravene |
| concluding section | postlude |
| blessing | benediction |
| beginner | neophyte |
| prohibition | interdiction |
| not believing | incredulous |
| covering many things | omnibus |
| ludicrous misuse of word | malapropism |
| talking in circles | circumlocution |
| male head of family | paterfamilias |
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