46.2(word Within A Word)
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| paragon |  excellent model |
| dissemble | conceal through pretense |
| vociferous | loud and noisy |
| abyss | bottomless fissure |
| kinesiology | science of motion |
| corpulent | full bodied |
| beatify | make blissfully happy |
| cryptic | having hidden meaning |
| tenebrous | dark and gloomy |
| aquiline | eagle-like |
| expostulate | to earnestly object |
| opprobrium | disgrace |
| stringent | binding |
| truculent | fiercely savage |
| ineluctable | not escapable |
| contiguous | touching |
| ineffable | inexpressible |
| expatiate | openly stated |
| supercilious | scornful |
| valediction | farewell speech |
| miscreant | people hater |
| hedonism | devotion to pleasure |
| desultory | rambling |
| thanatopsis | view of death |
| nepotism | favoritism of relatives |
| sly | insidious |
| denounce or curse | execrate |
| strong dislike | antipathy |
| poor | impecunious |
| orbital point nearest sun | perihelion |
| affectedly holy | sanctimonious |
| peak of perfection | ne plus ultra |
| sharp | incisive |
| public misconduct | malfeasance |
| inharmonious | dissonant |
| shy | diffident |
| hater of woman | misogynist |
| abstruse | recondite |
| prohibition | interdiction |
| blatant | egregious |
| causing harm | malefic |
| fear of foreigners | xenophobia |
| native | autochthonous |
| indifference to sensation | stoicism |
| selected writings | Analects |
| conversation | colloquy |
| aristocratic | patrician |
| censor prudishly | bowdlerize |
| gloomy and remote | saturnine |
| mutually destructive | internecine |
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