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| -ade | action or prgress |
| -ant | one who |
| -cle | small |
| -dom | state or quality of |
| -ent | one who |
| -ful | full of |
| -ic | relating to |
| -less | without |
| -ment | action or quality of |
| -or | one who |
| Abated | decreased, suspended, diminished or extinguished |
| Abhor | to hate or detest |
| Acceded | agreed |
| Ambrosial | sweet and fragrant |
| Arduous | difficult; requiring a lot of work and endurance |
| Array | an order or large grouping/variety |
| Assuaged | calmed |
| Austere | strict or severe |
| Beguiled | tricked, deceived |
| Brackish | salty |
| Cleave | to cling, stick fast or be faithful to |
| Contortion | twisted or deformed shape |
| Convalescence | gradual healing |
| Covanant | a solemn agreement between two parties |
| Cowered | to cringe in fear |
| Coyness | flirtation, shyness, modesty |
| Disdain | regarded as untrustworthy |
| Dismayed | sad |
| Dominion | the power to control (matt has this over the whole school) |
| Effusions | unrestrained outpouring of feelings |
| Emaciated | extremely thin as a result of starvation |
| Encompass | surround |
| Estatic | a person filled with joy |
| Exorcise | to free from evil spirits |
| Flailing | to swing or wave vigorously |
| Impetuous | impulsive (hasty) and passionate |
| Injunction | a law or command |
| Kindled | aroused, excited |
| Naivete | innocence or inexperience |
| Parched | exetremely dry |
| Prevail | to win out or be the last one standing |
| Prophetic | foretelling events by divine inspiration |
| Recluse | a person who leaves society to live alone |
| Renown | widely acclaimed and honored; fame |
| Reproach | shame, disgrace |
| Restrain | to hold back or keep in check |
| Shrouded | covered, hidden or wrapped |
| Subdue | to conquer, overpower or control by force |
| Universal | used by, understood by, applicable to or characteristic of everyone |
| Viability | the believability or reality of |
| abomination | anything greatly disliked, abhorred or shameful |
| adulation | excessive admiration or devotion |
| ambient | of the surrounding area or environment; completely immersed |
| an- | not |
| anomie | a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values; a case of an uprooted people |
| arch | ancient |
| archy | goverment |
| audio | hear, listen |
| balefully | of menacing; threateningly; wretched; miserably |
| bleary | fatigued, weary, unclear, blurred |
| charlatan | a fraud; makes out to be much more than he or she is |
| co- | together |
| coalescing | blending or coming together into one body or mass |
| consanguinity | relationship by a common ancestor or close affinity |
| copiously | in great amount; profusely |
| corp | body |
| coterminous | having the same scope, range of meaning or extent in time |
| de- | opposite |
| demagogue | leader who obtained power by means of impassioned appeals to theemotions and prejudices of the populace |
| derelict | left, deserted, abandoned, neglected |
| descended | to move from a higher to lower place; to arrive or attack in a sudden,to move from a higher to lower place; to arrive or attack in a sudden, overwhelming manner |
| devoid | not possessing, untouched by or void of |
| dis- | opposite |
| discourse | communication, discussion, conversation |
| dissidents | people who disagree |
| dominion | a territory or sphere of influence or control; a realm |
| dreck | worthless trash or junk; excrement or dung |
| effeminate | having qualities or characteristics more often associated with women than men; characterized by weakness and excessive refinement |
| encroachment | entry into another's property without right or permission |
| enmity | feeling or condition of hostility |
| ennui | feeling of weariness and discontent; boredom |
| epitomized | represented; used as a typical example |
| facile | resourceful, quick, expert |
| foresight | care for or knowledge of the future; looking forward |
| fret | to feel or express worry, annoyance or discontent |
| fugue | a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days |
| furrows | a rut, groove or narrow trench; a deep wrinkle in the skin (usually the forehead) |
| geo | earth |
| guile | crafty or artful deception |
| il- | not |
| impenetrably | impossibly seen, gone through or understood |
| imperious | commanding, mighty or powerful |
| imperturbability | the state of being incapable of being upset or agitated |
| improvident | not think about or planning for the future |
| inane | lacking sense, significance or ideas; silly; empty |
| incredulous | skeptical, unbelieving |
| ir- | not |
| languidly | in a weak indifferent or tired manner |
| largess | generous gifts or money |
| mal- | bad |
| malevolent | wishing harm on others, malicious |
| mania | madness |
| manifest | to make clear or understandable |
| mettle | courage, bravery and spirit |
| mollified | softened, appeased, pacified, reduced |
| mor/mort | death |
| neolithic | or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age beginning around 10,000 B.C. in the Middle East and later elsewhere, characterized by the development of agriculture and the making of polished stone implements. |
| obliquely | in an indirect, evasive or misleading direction |
| ominous | menacing or threatening |
| pacification | reduction, as of a rebellious district or people, to peaceful submission |
| path | feeling, suffering |
| phil/philo | love, lover of |
| phobia/phobos | fear |
| phon | sound |
| photo | light |
| piety | respect or devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country or supreme being. |
| plausible | valid, likely, acceptable; credible |
| poignant | profound; affecting or moving emotions |
| posterity | future generations; all of a person's decendents |
| preamble | an introductory fact, statement or explanation |
| predation | a relation between animals in which one organism captures and feeds others; the act of plundering or robbing |
| presentiments | a sense that something is about to occur; a premonition |
| primitive | of or relating to a non-industrial, often tribal culture, especiallyone that is characterized by a low level of economic complexity |
| prowess | exceptional skill, bravery, ability, strength or valor, usually in battle |
| punct | point,dot |
| quixotic | impulsive and unpredictable |
| re- | again |
| resolute | firm, determined, unwavering |
| reticent | silent, reluctant or restrained |
| rudimentary | elementary, basic, at its earliest stages |
| rupt | break |
| sardonic | bitter or scornful; mocking; cynical; sneering |
| scenario | outline of a plot; imagined or projected sequence of events |
| scope | see, watch |
| scrib/script | write |
| sheathed | enclosed in a protective covering |
| slough | a hole full of mire; a condition of despair or helplessness |
| superfluous | unnecessary, more than enough, wasteful |
| supernal | belonging to heaven of divine beings; lofty; more than earthly |
| tele | far |
| tempo | time |
| tenuous | of slight importance, lacking a sound basis, lacking in clarity (vague) |
| terra | earth |
| therm | heat |
| trans- | across |
| un- | not |
| vagaries | extravagant, unpredictable or erratic actions |
| valediction | the act of bidding farewell or taking leave |
| veneration | the act of regarding or treating with reverence |
| viv | alive, life |
| wily | crafty tricky or cunning |
Drag corresponding items onto each other to make them disappear.
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