Quizlet stems 31-34

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  1. abase: to lower
  2. acerbity: sharpness of temper
  3. acr: sharp
  4. alter: other
  5. alter ego: second self
  6. altercation: heated dispute
  7. ambul: walk
  8. anim: mind
  9. archy: government
  10. aver: affirm or declare
  11. bas: low
  12. bene: good
  13. benediction: blessing
  14. caco: bad
  15. cacophony: bad noise
  16. centri: center
  17. circulocution: talking in circles
  18. circum: around
  19. clam: cry out
  20. cogn: know
  21. con: together
  22. condescend: lower oneself
  23. confluence: a flowing together
  24. contra: against
  25. contravene: go against
  26. cred: believe
  27. de: down
  28. declaim: speak rhetorically
  29. dict: say
  30. dox: opinion
  31. ego: I
  32. egocentric: self-centered
  33. epi: on
  34. epigram: witty comment
  35. fid: faith
  36. flu: flow
  37. fort: strong
  38. forte: strong point
  39. fortissimo: very loudly
  40. fy: make
  41. gram: writing
  42. greg: group
  43. gregarious: sociable
  44. hetero: different
  45. heterodox: unorthodox
  46. hierarchy: ranking
  47. hypo: under
  48. hypothecate: pledge as security
  49. imponderable: difficult to ponder
  50. impugn: attack as false
  51. in: in or not
  52. in: not
  53. inanimate: lifeless
  54. incredulous: not believing
  55. inter: between
  56. interdiction: prohibition
  57. interstice: small space
  58. ism: doctrine
  59. lat: side
  60. lith: rock
  61. loqu: talk
  62. loquacious: talkative
  63. luc: light
  64. mal: bad
  65. malapropism: ludicrous misuse of a word
  66. mega: large
  67. megaton: force of a million tons of dynamite
  68. moll: soft
  69. mollify: make soft
  70. mono: one
  71. monolithis: massive and uniform
  72. muta: change
  73. mutatis mutandis: with necessary changes
  74. neo: new
  75. neophyte: beginner
  76. nihil: nothing
  77. nihilism: belief in nothing
  78. non: not
  79. non sequitur: an idea which does not follow
  80. nonplussed: perplexed
  81. ob: against
  82. obit: death
  83. obiter dictum: passing remark
  84. obsequious: servilely following
  85. omni: all
  86. omnibus: covering many things
  87. omnisient: all-knowing
  88. ous: full of
  89. pater: father
  90. paterfamilias: male head of family
  91. path: feeling
  92. pathetic fallacy: ascribing feelings to things
  93. per: through
  94. perambulate: wander through
  95. perfidy: breach of faith
  96. phon: sound
  97. phyte: plant
  98. pond: weight
  99. port: carry
  100. portly: stout
  101. post: after
  102. postlude: concluding section
  103. pugn: fight
  104. put: think
  105. putative: thought-to-be
  106. ratiocination: methodical thinking
  107. re: again
  108. retort: swift reply
  109. sacro: holy
  110. sacrosanct: sacred
  111. sanct: holy
  112. sangfroid: cold-blooded composure
  113. sangui: blood
  114. sci: know
  115. sed: sit
  116. sedate: calm
  117. sequ: follow
  118. sol: alone
  119. soliloquy: speech to oneself
  120. sotto voce: in a low voice
  121. super: over
  122. supersede: replace
  123. tang: touch
  124. tangible: touchable
  125. terr: land
  126. terra incognita: unknown land
  127. tion: act or state
  128. tort: twist
  129. trans: across
  130. translucent: semitransparent
  131. uni: one
  132. unilateral: one-sided
  133. ven: come
  134. ver: true
  135. vid: look
  136. vide: see
  137. voc: voice