Hms 7-1 Reading www36
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 sui | self |
| lin | line |
| demo | people |
| inter | between |
| jur | swear |
| ped | foot |
| gen | origin |
| helio | sun |
| viv | life |
| trans | across |
| anthropo | man |
| trop | turn |
| medi | middle |
| ism | doctrine |
| muta | change |
| ob | against |
| terr | land |
| bas | low |
| dict | say |
| caco | bad |
| ambul | walk |
| arc | sharp |
| clam | cry out |
| fid | faith |
| greg | group |
| a priori | from theory |
| soporific | sleep-inducing |
| internecine | mutally destructive |
| tortuous | twisting |
| a posteriori | from observation |
| sui generis | unique |
| dichotomy | two-part division |
| parthenogenesis | unfertilized birth |
| exculpate | to free from blame |
| autodidact | self-taught person |
| heliotropic | sun-following |
| abase | lower |
| epigram | witty comment |
| perfidy | breach of faith |
| cacophony | bad noise |
| acerbity | sharpness of temper |
| impugn | attack as false |
| egocentric | self-centered |
| mollify | make soft |
| sangfroid | cold-blooded composure |
| contravene | go against |
| alter ego | second-self |
| omnibus | covering many things |
| incredulous | not believing |
| postlude | concluding section |
| tomy | cut |
| dicho | in two parts |
| sopor | sleep |
| tort | twist |
| cracy | government |
| son | sound |
| pre | before |
| ambi | both |
| auto | self |
| contra | against |
| culp | blame |
| intro | into |
| gastro | stomach |
| spec | look |
| anim | mind |
| nihil | nothing |
| sequ | follow |
| cogn | know |
| ego | I |
| phon | sound |
| loqu | talk |
| fort | strong |
| tang | touch |
| per | through |
| moll | soft |
| government of the wealthy | plutocracy |
| vowel repetition | assonance |
| to outline | delineate |
| rebuke | objurgation |
| of the common people | demotic |
| very long (words) | sesquipedalian |
| revelation | epiphany |
| lively | vivacious |
| man-centered | anthropocentric |
| to the contrary | au contraire |
| calm | sedate |
| replace | supersede |
| swift reply | retort |
| an idea which does not follow | non sequitur |
| touchable | tangable |
| wander through | perambulate |
| in a low voice | sotto voce |
| talkative | loquacious |
| sociable | gregarious |
| heated dispute | altercation |
| thought-to-be | putative |
| speech to oneself | soliloquy |
| stout | portly |
| beginner | neophyte |
| perplexed | nonplussed |
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