Week 4 Words and Stems
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33 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 benefactor | one who supports or helps another |
| benign | harmless |
| benevolent | kind, considerate |
| euphemism | the substitution of an inoffensive term for an offensive term |
| eulogy | a praising tribute |
| ingratiate | to put oneself in good favor with another |
| gratuity | a small payment in gratitude |
| gratis | free of charge |
| gratify | to please |
| euphoria | a feeling of extreme happiness |
| ben, bene, bon | good |
| grat | to please, thank |
| eu | good |
| mut | change |
| morph | form, shape |
| meta | change, beyond |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| metamorphosis | a transformation |
| amorphous | lacking shape, changeable in form |
| mercurial | erratic, subject to wild changes in character |
| protean | capable of assuming different forms |
| mutate | to change form |
| vacillate | to change one's mine repeatedly |
| vol | wish, will |
| fy | to make |
| ate | to make |
| ob | against, upon, toward |
| able, ible | capable |
| ity | the state or quality of being |
| ism | a doctrine |
| oblique | evasive |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| obtuse | slow to understand |
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