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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 prope | near |
| trans | across |
| ex | out |
| pyro | fire |
| mania | madness |
| stereo | solid |
| dis | away |
| quis | search |
| ism | doctrine |
| high | alt |
| ego | I |
| punct | point |
| ine | nature of |
| 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 | innumerable |
| egotism | chronic self-reference |
| fastidious | overly discriminating |
| transient | temporary |
| expostulate | earnestly object |
| pungent | sharp |
| lacustrine | of lakes |
| megalomania | delusions of greatness |
| dissonant | inharmonious |
| viv | life |
| homeo | same |
| stasis | stand |
| clam | cry out |
| re | back |
| cad | fall |
| ism | system |
| in | in |
| vehe | carry |
| apo | away |
| ob | against |
| fid | faith |
| miso | hatred |
| ate | cause |
| pro | forward |
| multi | many |
| fac | make |
| re | again |
| ad | to |
| prope | near |
| in | in |
| vac | empty |
| crypt | hidden |
| 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 |
| puer | boy |
| ile | like |
| con | together |
| ate | cause |
| fy | make |
| sym | together |
| bio | life |
| osis | condition |
| necro | death |
| phobia | fear |
| retro | backward |
| spec | look |
| fin | end |
| lent | full of |
| re | again |
| in | in |
| cise | cut |
| dia | across |
| 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 siecle | decadent |
| truculent | fiercely savage |
| remonstrate | plead in protest |
| recondite | abstruse |
| incisive | sharp |
| diatribe | abusive speech |
| clud | close |
| re | again |
| ad | to |
| par | equal |
| sag | wise |
| an | without |
| icon | image |
| clast | break |
| mord | bite |
| equi | equal |
| pend | weigh |
| super | over |
| ann | year |
| non | not |
| ous | full of |
| con | together |
| tang | touch |
| in | not |
| tract | pull |
| ex | out |
| greg | group |
| ad | to |
| unctuous | oily |
| cloister | to seclude |
| recherche | rarely choice |
| asseverate | to state severely |
| sagacity | discerning wisdom |
| affable | friendly and kind |
| anodyne | a pain reliever |
| iconoclasm | ridiculing institutions |
| mordacious | biting |
| equipoise | balance |
| superannuated | obsolete |
| nonpareil | something unequaled |
| contiguous | touching |
| intractable | stubborn |
| egregious | blatant |
| re | back |
| ate | cause |
| trunc | a stem |
| trans | over |
| scend | climb |
| pro | before |
| ad | to |
| ven | come |
| vitium | vice |
| man | hand |
| ambul | walk |
| noct | night |
| dict | say |
| in | not |
| ex | out |
| eu | good |
| thanatos | death |
| spatium | space |
| spec | look |
| ous | full of |
| 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 | inexpressible |
| euthanasia | mercy killing |
| expatiate | to elaborate |
| specious | false |
| xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
| in | in |
| peri | around |
| patein | to walk |
| ambi | around |
| ten | thin |
| duct | lead |
| cilium | eyelid |
| ous | full of |
| ad | to |
| ite | adherent |
| sub | under |
| ism | doctrine |
| vale | farewell |
| dict | say |
| tion | act |
| super | over |
| mort | death |
| ex | out |
| pos | put |
| dis | from |
| ate | cause |
| rogat | ask |
| inchoate | just begun |
| peripatetic | 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 |
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