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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
per | through |
co | together |
trans | across |
biblio | book |
phile | love |
demo | people |
graph | write |
sangui | blood |
cred | believe |
plex | weave |
ob | against |
tens | stretch |
micro | small |
cosmo | universe |
anim | mind |
neo | new |
phyte | plant |
mens | measure |
in | not |
plus | more |
perplex | confuse |
copious | abundant |
traverse | cross |
bibliophile | a book lover |
demography | study of populations |
sanguine | cheerful |
ostentatious | showy |
microcosm | small universe |
defenestrate | toss out the window |
animus | intent or hatred |
nonplused | perplexed |
interdiction | prohibition |
commensurate | of like measure |
neophyte | beginner |
incredulous | not believing |
de | down |
punct | point |
tude | state of |
pre | before |
ad | to |
hend | grasp |
dol | suffer |
ag | to do |
val | worth |
ous | full of |
put | think |
moll | soft |
greg | group |
alter | other |
ego | I |
ambi | both |
demur | to object |
poignant | sharp |
lassitude | languor |
apprehend | to understand |
prodigious | amazing |
indolent | lazy |
persiflage | flippant style |
ambiguous | indefinite |
ambivalence | conflicting feelings |
déclassé | low class |
putative | thought-to-be |
mollify | make soft |
gregarious | sociable |
altercation | heated dispute |
alter ego | second self |
andro | man |
apo | away |
crypt | hidden |
in | in |
port | carry |
caco | bad |
ethos | custom |
cap | take |
ver | true |
ex | out |
fid | faith |
phon | sound |
tang | touch |
philander | to engage in love affairs |
apocrypha | unauthentic works |
tendentious | slanted |
importune | to trouble with requests |
apothegm | a pithy saying |
cacoethes | a mania |
precept | a maxim |
veridical | truthful |
pulchritude | physical beauty |
expunge | completely remove |
acerbity | sharpness of temper |
perfidy | breach of faith |
translucent | semitransparent |
cacophony | bad noise |
tangible | touchable |
sequ | follow |
pend | hang |
und | wave |
xero | dry |
sed | sit |
nihil | nothing |
ism | doctrine |
inter | between |
ate | cause |
altruism | concern for others |
obsequies | funeral ceremonies |
exodus | a departure |
pensive | sadly thoughtful |
salubrious | healthful |
demure | modest or affectedly modest |
undulate | to wave |
amiable | friendly |
abate | to lessen |
serene | clear and calm |
obsequious | servile |
sedate | calm |
condescend | lower oneself |
nihilism | belief in nothing |
interstice | small space |
soph | wisdom |
ist | one who |
nod | knot |
cup | desire |
ed | eat |
ven | come |
ten | hold |
locu | talk |
auto | self |
res | thing |
fy | make |
medi | middle |
circum | around |
culp | blame |
dialectic | logical argument |
temerarious | reckless |
sophist | a specious reasoner |
erudite | scholarly |
denouement | unraveling of plot |
concupiscence | intense desire or lust |
esculent | edible |
pertinacious | holding stubbornly |
interlocutor | person in conversation |
aphorism | a concise wisdom |
autodidact | self-taught person |
reify | treat as real |
in medias res | in the middle of things |
circumvent | get around |
exculpate | free from blame |
eu | good |
proto | first |
vid | look |
mend | flaw |
uxor | wife |
epi | on |
re | back |
jur | swear |
sopor | sleep |
nec | kill |
dicho | two parts |
tomy | cut |
phan | appearance |
cupidity | greed |
euphoria | feeling of well-being |
protocol | rules of ceremony |
odious | disgusting |
visage | face |
pontificate | speak dogmatically |
mendacious | untruthful |
uxorious | wife-doting |
apophasis | mention by denial |
rebuke | sharp reprimand |
objurgation | rebuke |
soporific | sleep-inducing |
internecine | mutually destructive |
dichotomy | two-part division |
epiphany | revelation |
lect | gather |
numen | deity |
pro | before |
con | together |
dia | across |
phil | love |
amat | love |
non | not |
lent | full of |
acr | sharp |
ab | away |
dis | away |
phor | carry |
ek | out |
fic | make |
re | again |
phan | say |
pro | forward |
a | not |
null | none |
rid | laugh |
ine | nature of |
vac | empty |
pusill | tiny |
eclectic | from various sources |
numinous | supernatural |
mendicant | a beggar |
fatuous | complacently stupid |
oblivion | being forgotten |
propitious | favorably disposed |
requite | repay |
aphasia | loss of speech |
nullifidian | faithless person |
risible | laughable |
assiduous | persevering |
saturnine | gloomy and remote |
vacuous | stupidly empty of ideas |
ex cathedra | from the throne |
pusillanimous | small-minded |
sub | under |
act | to do |
im | not |
lum | light |
-i | plural |
mony | condition |
psych | soul |
osis | condition |
neuro | nerve |
ager | field |
ideo | idea |
curs | run |
sublime | noble |
auto da fe | burning a heretic |
ebullient | enthusiastic |
impunity | exemption for punishment |
illuminati | enlightened intellects |
hegemony | state dominance |
psychosis | major mental illness |
neurosis | mental disorder |
oleaginous | oily |
peregrinate | to travel |
reiterate | repeat |
desultory | rambling |
idée fixe | obsession |
precursor | forerunner |
euphony | beautiful sound |
ten | thin |
extra | beyond |
fundus | bottom |
se | apart |
phan | to show |
legein | to speak |
hedone | delight |
pater | father |
mis | bad |
terr | land |
de | from |
attenuated | thinned |
extraneous | from outside |
profound | deep |
sedulous | diligent |
incunabula | infancy |
parvenu | an upstart |
sycophant | an obsequious parasite |
adagio | a slow movement |
desuetude | disuse |
prolegomenon | preliminary statement |
hedonism | devotion to pleasure |
narcissism | self-adoration |
patrician | aristocratic |
miscreant | evil unbeliever |
terra firma | firm land |
peri | around |
patein | to walk |
ambi | around |
duct | lead |
cilium | eyelid |
ite | adherent |
sub | under |
vale | farewell |
dict | say |
tion | act |
super | over |
mort | death |
pos | put |
dis | from |
rogat | ask |
inchoate | just begun |
peripateitic | walking |
ambient | surrounding |
tenuous | thin |
ductile | malleable |
fortuitous | by chance |
surrogate | substitute |
allude | indirectly refer |
dishabille | partially dressed |
Sybarite | a devotee of luxury |
stoicism | indifference to sensation |
valediction | farewell speech |
supercilious | scornful |
moribund | dying |
expository | explanatory |
trunc | a stem |
trans | over |
scend | climb |
vitium | vice |
man | hand |
ambul | walk |
noct | night |
thanatos | death |
spatium | space |
spec | look |
xeno | stranger |
phobia | fear |
riposte | swift retort |
truncate | to cut short |
transcend | go beyond |
prostrate | lying face-down |
adventitious | accidental |
vituperate | to violently revile |
amanuensis | secretary |
ambulatory | able to walk |
nocturne | painting of a night scene |
dictum | pronouncement |
ineffable | inexpressable |
euthanasia | mercy killing |
expatiate | to elaborate |
specious | false |
xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
clud | close |
par | equal |
sag | wise |
an | without |
icon | image |
clast | break |
mord | bite |
equi | equal |
pend | weigh |
ann | year |
tract | pull |
unctuous | oily |
cloister | to seclude |
recherché | rarely choice |
asseverate | to state severely |
sagacity | discerning wisdom |
affable | friendly and kind |
anodyne | a pain reliever |
iconoclasm | ridiculing institutions |
mordacious | biting |
equipose | balance |
superannuated | obsolete |
nonpareil | something unequaled |
contiguous | touching |
intractable | stubborn |
egregious | blatant |
puer | boy |
ile | like |
sym | together |
bio | life |
necro | death |
retro | backward |
spec | look |
fin | end |
cise | cut |
aedes | dwelling |
ped | child |
puerilism | childishness |
nefarious | villainous |
congruity | harmonious agreement |
ruminate | to mentally chew |
edify | to enlighten |
symbiosis | mutual interdependence |
necrophobia | fear of death |
pedantry | trivial teaching |
retrospective | backward looking |
fin de siécle | decadent |
truculent | fiercely savage |
remonstrate | plead in protest |
recondite | abstruse |
incisive | sharp |
diatribe | abusive speech |
viv | life |
homeo | same |
stasis | stand |
clam | cry out |
cad | fall |
ism | system |
vehe | carry |
miso | hatred |
multi | many |
fac | make |
prope | near |
dis | not |
string | bind |
gyn | woman |
modus vivendi | manner of living |
homeostasis | equilibrium |
clamor | loud outcry |
recidivism | chronic relapse |
inveigh | to violently criticize |
vitiate | to corrupt |
profligate | wastefully extravagant |
multifarious | very diverse |
rapprochement | restoration of friendship |
in vacuo | in a vacuum |
apocryphal | not authentic |
opprobrium | disgrace |
diffident | shy |
stringent | binding |
misogynist | hater of women |
prope | near |
pyro | fire |
mania | madness |
stereo | solid |
quis | search |
alt | high |
megalo | large |
son | sound |
myria | many |
propinquity | nearness |
tremulous | trembling |
haute couture | high fashion |
pyromania | compulsive arson |
stereotype | a fixed prejudice |
disquisition | formal discussion |
myriad | inumerable |
egotism | chronic self-reference |
fastidious | overly discriminating |
transient | temporary |
expostulate | earnestly object |
pungent | sharp |
lacustrine | of lakes |
megalomania | delusions of greatness |
dissonant | inharmonious |
opia | sight |
clar | clear |
choreo | dance |
topo | place |
onto | organism |
onto | being |
sanct | holy |
gen | origin |
voc | voice |
para | beside |
pecunia | money |
simul | feign |
myopia | nearsightedness |
purlieu | a haunt |
chiaroscuro | artistic shading |
choreography | dancing |
topiary | art of trimming shrubs |
ontogeny | development of individual |
ontology | metaphysics of being |
oncology | medicine of tumors |
viva voce | word of mouth |
ululate | to howl |
insidious | sly |
paragon | excellent model |
impecunious | poor |
dissemble | conceal through pretense |
sanctimonious | affectedly holy |
epi | upon |
taph | tomb |
crea | create |
fin | limit |
omni | all |
prob | test |
contra | against |
tempor | time |
hyper | over |
ball | throw |
germ | related |
epitaph | tomb inscription |
cenotaph | empty tomb |
procreant | producing offspring |
cursory | hasty and superficial |
ephemeral | short-lived |
peremptory | dictatorial |
ad infinitum | without end |
hauteur | disdainful snobbery |
omnium gatherum | an assorted collection |
reprobate | hopeless scoundral |
Pharisaism | hypocrisy |
remunerate | repay |
contretemps | embarrassing mishap |
hyperbole | overstatement |
germane | related |
lingu | tongue |
pan | all |
venus | love |
amphi | both |
sacro | holy |
fract | break |
fus | pour |
lingua franca | hybrid language |
manifesto | declaration of intent |
pandemic | large epidemic |
munificent | extremely generous |
multitudinous | very numerous |
venerate | deeply respect |
venial | forgivable |
apposite | appropriate |
amphiboly | double meaning |
sacerdotal | priestly |
querulous | full of complaint |
replete | filled |
immolate | sacrifice |
refractory | stubborn |
effusion | outpouring |
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