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Some Books for Logophiles

Bowler, P. (1985). The superior person's book of words. Boston: David R. Godine.Byrne, J. H. (1974). Mrs. Byrne's dictionary. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press.Glazier, T. (1981). The least you should know about vocabulary building: Word roots. NY:

Holt, Rinehart and Winston.Hendrickson, R. (1987). The facts on file encyclopedia of word and phrase origins. NY: Facts

on File Publications.Sperling, S. (1977). Poplollies and bellibones. NY: Clarkson N. Potter.Train, J. (1980). Remarkable words with astonishing origins. NY: Clarkson N. Potter.

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PREFIXES

a-: withoutanemic(e-ne'mik) physical weakness due to a low amount of red blood corpusclesanonymous (e-non'e-mes) having an unknown nameapathy (ap'e-the) lack of emotion or feelingaphonic (a-fon'ik) mouthed but not spokenapostasy (e-pos'te-se) a total desertion of one's faithasymmetrical (a'se-me'trik-as-e) not identical on both sides of a central lineatypical (a-tip'i-kel) not conforming to the typeabate (e-bat') to reduce in amount

ab-: removal ofabduct (ab-dukt') to carry off a person illegallyaberrant (a-ber'ent) straying from the right or usual courseabject (ab'jekt) utterly hopeless, humiliating or wretchedabjure (ab'joor') to renounce or give up under oathablation (ab-la'shen) removal of organsabnegate (ab'ne-gat) to refuse or deny oneselfabolish(a-bol'ish) to do away withabrasion (a-bra'zhen) a scraped spot or areaabridge(a-brij') to reduce in duration or extentabrogate (ab'-re-gat') to abolish by formal meansabscond (ab-skond') to depart in a secret mannerabsovle (ab-zolv') to free from consequencesabstain (ab-stan') to do withoutabstemious (ab-ste'-mi-us) sparing use of food and drinkabsurd (ab-surd') contrary to reason

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ambi-: more than oneambidextrous (am-bi-deks'trus) using both hands with equal easeambiguous (am-big'-yoo-us) not clearly stated; uncertain; obscureambivalent (am-biv-'a-lent) contrasting emotions

ante-: beforeantecedent (an-te-sed'ent) one's previous history or ancestryanteconnubial (an'te-ko-nu'-bi-al) prenuptialantedate (an'te-dat) to go before in timeantediluvian (an'te-di-lu'-vi-an) the time before the floodantejudiciary (an'te-joo-dish'-i-er-i) before courtanterior (an-te'ri-er) to the frontantescript (an'te-skript) before writingantevenient (an'te-ven'yent) coming before, preceding

anti-: againstantagonist (an-tag'o-nist) opponent, adversaryantidote (an'ti-dot) remedy for illnessantipode (an-tip'o-de) direct oppositesantipolemist (an'ti-pol'e-mist) someone who does not like controversiesantipyrotic (an'ti-pi-ro'tic) someone or something against firesantiseptic (an'ti-sep'tik) preventing infectionantithesis (an-tith'e-sis) contrast or oppositionantithetical (an'ti-thet'i-kel) being in direct opposition

auto-: selfautocrat (o'te-krat') ruling by oneself; dictatorautogamy (o-tog'e-mi) self-fertilizationautognosis (o'tog-no'sis) knowledge of the selfautomation (o'te-ma'shen)making a system operate by itself; a

system in which the steps of production aremechanically performedautophagous (o-te'fe-gus) eating oneself

bene-: goodbenediction (ben'e-dik'shen) blessingbeneficence (be-nef'e-sens)being kindbeneficial (ben'e-fish'el) producing good resultsbeneficiary (ben'e-fish'e-er'e) anyone receiving goodbenevolent (be-nev'e-lent) disposed to do goodbenign (bi-nin') good natured; kindly

bi-: two

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biannual (bi-an'yoo-el) occurring twice a yearbiarchy(bi'ar-ke) society with two rulersbicameral (bi-kam'er-el) having two chambersbicentennial (bi'sen-ten'e-el) occurring once every 200 yearsbicephalous (bi-sef'a-lus) having two headsbiennial (bi-en'e-el) occurring every two yearsbifurcate (bi'fer-kat') to divide into two partsbigamy(big'e-me) having two or more spousesbilateral (bi-lat'er-el) having or involving two sidesbinaural (bin-o'ral) having two yearsbipartisan (bi-par'te-zen) supported by two partiesbipedal(bi-ped'l) having two feet

caco-: badcacography (ka-ka'gre-fe) bad handwritingcacology (ke-kul'e-je) a harsh soundcaconym (kak'o-nim) bad namecacophony (ke-ka'fone) harsh or discordant soundcacothesis (ke-ka'the-sis) harsh argument

circ-: aroundcircuitous (ser-kyoo'e-tes) round about; indirectcircumambient(sur'-kem-am'be-ent) surroundingcircumference (ser-kum'fer-ens) line bounding a circlecircumforaneous (ser'kem-for-a'ne-us) going around legal channels or court procedurescircumlocution (ser'kem-lo-kyu'shen) to use an unnecessary number of wordscircumnavigate (ser'kem-nav'e-gat) to go aroundcircumscribe (se'r-kem-skrib') to define; to draw a line around somethingcircumspect (ser-kem-spekt') careful to consider all circumstances and possible

consequencescircumvent (ser'-kem-vent') to go around

co-: withcoalesce (ko'e-les') to grow togethercoalition (ko'e-lish'en) temporary alliancecoexist (ko'ig-zist') to exist together or at the same timecoherent (ko-her'ent) logically consistentcohesion (ko-he'zhen) the act or process of sticking togethercollation (ke-la'shen) assembling; bringing togethercollaborate (ke-lab'e-rat) to work jointly with others colleague(kal'-eg) associate in a

professioncollude(ke-lud') to plot; to conspirecommunal (ke-myun'el) culture characterized by sharingcompendious (kem-pen'de-es) marked by brief expression of a comprehensive matter

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comply (kem-pli') to conform to another's wishes or ruleconcatenate (kan-kat'e-net) linked togetherconciliate (ken-sil'e-at) to appeaseconcise(ken-sis') marked by brevity of expressionconcomitant (ken-kem'i-tent) accompanying, especially in a subordinate or incidental

wayconcord (kan'kord) state of agreement; harmonyconfederation (ken-fed'e-ra'shen) united group of different social groupsconglomerate (ken-glam'e-ret) made up of parts from various sources of various kindsconnubial (kon-nu'bi-al) of or relating to the married statecorporation (kor-po-ra'shon) society having the capacity of transacting business as an

individualcorrelate (kor'e-lat) to establish a reciprocal or mutual relation between two thingscorroborate (ko-rob'o-rat) to strengthen

contra-: againstcontraband (kon'tra-band) excluded by proclamation, law, or treatycontraindicate (kon'tra-in'di-kat) to indicate, suggest, or point to something opposite

counter-: againstcountermand (koun'ter-mand) to revoke, as a former commandcounterpoint (koun'ter-point) act of writing music in several distinct parts or themes

proceeding simultaneously; to emphasize byjuxtaposition

counterproductive (koun'ter-pro-duk'tiv) tending to hinder the attainment of a desired goalincontrovertible (in-kon'tro-ver'ti-bl) indisputable

dis-: lackdisarray (dis-a-ra') a lack of orderdisillusion (dis-il-lu'zhon)disenchanteddisparate (dis'pa-rat) differentdissent (dis-sent') to disagree in opinion

ecto-: outsideectocranial (ek'to-kra'ni-al) of or pertaining to the exterior of the skullectogenesis (ek'to-jen'e-sis) development outside the bodyectoskeleton (ek'to-skel'e-tun) hard supporting secreted by the outside of the bodyectozoa (ek'to-zo-a) parasites which infest the external parts of other animals

endo-: insideendogamy (en-dog'a-mi) custom of marrying only within your own tribeendogastric (en'do-gas'trik) of or pertaining to the inside of the stomach of another

(mineral)

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endomorph (en'do-morf) mineral enclosed in a crystal; an individual with a heavy roundedbody tending to fat; of abnormal physical type

endophagy (en-dof'a-ji) cannabalism inside the familyendovenus (en-do've-nus) in the planet

epi-: on, over, beside, amongepicenter (ep'i-sen'ter) any center or focal pointepidemic (ep-i-dem'ik) common to or affecting a whole peopleepigram (ep'i-gram) inscription in verseepigraph (ep'i-graf) inscription on lasting material as a dedicationepitaph(ep'i-taf) sepulchral inscriptionepitome (e-pit'o-me) compact or condensed representationepizaotic (ep'i-zo-ot'ik) of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same

time

eu-: goodeulogy (u'lo-ji) oration commending a deceased personeumorphous (u-mor'fus) well-formedeuonymous (u-on'i-mus) of good name suitable for useeupathy (u'pa-thi) comfort, happy condition of the souleuphonious (u-fo'ni-us) pleasing in soundeuphoria (u-fo'ri-a) the condition of feeling extremely well or happyeutaxy (u'tak-si) good order, arrangementeutrophic (u-trof'ik) pertaining to, or being in a condition of healthy nutrition

ex-: out, offexalt (eg-zolt') elevate; glorifyexasperate (eg-zas'per-at) to frustrate or inflameexcavate (eks'ka-vat) to hollow outexcerpt(ek'surpt) extract, selected or copied from a book or recordexcommunicate (eks'ko-mu'ni-kat) to cut off communion with the church by

ecclesiastical sentenceexcoriate (eks-ko'ri-at) to strip or wear off the skinexempt(eg-zempt') set apart, cut off, excludedexfoliate (eks-fo'ly-at) to remove or take off the surfaceexhume (eks-hum') to dig out of the groundexoculate (eks-ok'u-lat) to deprive of eyesexogamy (ek-sog'a-mi) the custom that prohibits marriage between members of the same

groupexonerate (eg-zon'e-rat') to free from blame or from a responsibilityexorbitant (eg-zor'bi-tent) exceeding the appropriate limits or boundariesexpatriate (ek-spa'tre-at) to give up residence in one's home landexpiate(ek'spe-at) to make amends; to atoneexport (ek-sport') to send or carry for trade or sale

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expunge (ek-spunj') to eraseexpurgate (ek'sper-gat') to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneousextemporaneous (ek-stem'pe-ra'ne-es) done with little or no preparationextort (ek-stort') to obtain from another by coercion or intimadationexuberant (eg-zoo'ber-ent) full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joyexude (eg-zood') to discharge or emit gradualyexult (eg-zult') to rejoice greatly

fore-: ahead offorebode (for-bod') to foretell or predictforefather (for'fa'ther) ancestorforeground (for'ground') the part of a scene situated nearest the spectatorforesee (for-se') to see beforehandforeshadow (for-shad'o) to show or indicate beforehandforesight (for'sit') care or provision for the futureforestall (for-stol') to deal with or realize beforehandforetell (for-tel') to predictforewarn (for-worn') to warn beforehand

heter-: differentheterodox (het'er-e-doks') holding unorthodox doctrimes or opinionsheterogeneous (het'er-e-je'ne-es) different in kind; mixedheteromorphic (het'er-e-mor'fik) dissimilar in shapeheteronemy (het'e-ron'e-mi) subject to another's laws or rulesheteronym (het'er-o-nim) two words with the same spelling but

different meanings and pronunciations

hier-: sacred or holyhierarchy (hi'e-rar'ke) classification of people according to ability or to economic, social,

or professional standinghieratic(hi'e-rat'ik) simpler cursive Egyptian writing than hieroglyphics; highly stylizedhierocracy (hi'e-rok're-se) government by clergyhierogamy (hi'er-ag'me) sacred marriagehieroglyphic (hi'er-e-glif'ik) picture or symbol representing a wordhierography (hi'e-ro-graf'e) sacred writings

holo-: wholeholocaust (hal'e-kost') great destruction, especially by fireholocryptic (ho'le-krip'tik) the whole secret of the occulthologram (ho'le-gram) three-dimensional picture on photographic film that is illuminated

with coherent light from behindholograph (hal'e-graf') letter wholly in the handwriting of the author

home-: same

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homochromatic (ho'me-kro-mat'ik) of or relating to one colorhomogeneous (ho'me-je'ne-es) the same in structure and qualityhomomorphic (ho'me-mor'fik) similarity of external formhomonym (hom'e-nim') words with the same sound and spelling but a different meaninghomophonic (hom'e-fon'ik) having the same sound

hyper-: excessivehyperactive (hi'pur-ak'tiv) excessive actionhyperbole (hi-pur'be-le) exaggeration for effecthyperodontegeny (hi'pur-o'-don-toj'-e-ni) development of teeth in

excesshypertrophy (hi-pur'tre-fe) abnormal increase in sizehypochondraic(hi-pe-kan'dre-ak) abnormal anxiety over one's health

hypo-: underhypodermic (hi'pe-dur'mik) injected under the skinhypodynamics (hi'po-di-nam'ik) less than sensationalhypogeal (hi'po-je'el) growing or living below the earth's surfacehypostasis (hi-pos'te-sis) the substance or essence of an

individualhypothetical (hi'pe-thet'i-kel) assumed

idea-: related to beliefsideal (i-de'el) standard or model of perfectionidealist (i-de'el-ist) persons who base their thoughts and behavior on idealsideation (i'de-a'shen) formation of ideasideogenetic (id'e-o-je-net'ik) originating ideasideogram (id'e-o-gram) symbol representing an ideaideology (i'de-ol'e-je) body of ideas about human life or culture

idio-: peculiar toidiograph (id'i-o-graf) trademark signature peculiar to an individualidiom (id'e-em) expression peculiar to itself grammatically or having a meaning

that cannot be discovered from its elementsidiomorphic (id'e-mor'fik) having its own proper formidiosyncracy (id'e-o-sing'kre-se) structural or behavioral peculiarity

im-: notimmerse (i-murs') to plunge into fluidimpair (im-par') to diminish in strength, value, or quantityimpeccable (im-pek'e-bel) faultlessimpecunious (im'pi-kyoo're-es) pennilessimpede(im-ped') to obstruct the progress of somethingimpenitent (im-pen'i-tent) unrepentant

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imperious (im-per'e-es) domineering; overbearingimpertinence (im-pur'ti-nens) not restrained by propriety; insolenceimpervious (im-pur've-es) incapable of being penetratedimpetuous (im'pet'yoo-es) characterized by sudden intensityimpolitic (im-pol'i-tek) not wise or expedientimportunate (im'por'che-nit) stubbornly or unreasonable persistentimpregnable (im-preg'ne-bel) capable of resisting attackimprudent (im-prood'nt) unwise

inter-: betweenintercede (in'ter-sed') to plead on another's behalfinterject (in'ter-jekt') to throw in between other thingsinterlude (in'ter-lud) interval or temporary pauseintermediary (in'ter-me'de-er-e) mediator; go-betweenintermittent (in-ter-mit'ent) not continuousintervene (in-ter-ven') to come between

iso-: sameisobar (i'so-bar) having the same atomic weight but different atomic number;

imaginery line on map connecting places where theheight of a barometer reduced to sea level is thesame

isochromatic (i'-so-chro-mat'ic) having the same colorisodynamic (i'so-dy-nam'ic) having equal forceisogenetic (i'so-ge-ne'tic) having the same genesisometric (i-so-met'ric) having the same measure; muscles that are in oppositionisotherm (i'so-therm) line on a map connecting points with the same temperature

macro-: largemacrobiotic (mac'ro-bi-ot'ic) relating to an extremely restricted diet, mainly whole grains, to

promote health and well-being, although deficientin B-12

macrocephalus(mac-ro-ceph'a-lous) having a big headmacrocosm (mac'ro-cosm) the great worldmacrodont (mac'ro-dont) large-toothed animalmacrography (ma-crog'ra-phy) examination with the naked eyemacromania (mac'ro-ma'ni-a) long mental disorder

mal-: badmaladroit (mal-a-droit') clumsymalady(mal'a-di) sickness or diseasemalapropos (mal'ap-ro-po') inappropriate mannermalediction (mal-e-dic'tion) cursemalefactor (mal'e-fac-tor) felon; one who commits a crime

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malevolent (me-lev'e-lent) ill will toward othersmalfeasance (mal-fe'zens) wrongdoing, especially by a public officialmalice (mal'is) desire to harm othersmalign (me-lin') to speak evil of someonemalignant (me-lig'nent) evil in nature, influence, or effectmalinger (me-ling'ger) to pretend to be illmalpropriety (mal'pre-pri'e-te) not being proper

mega-: largemegacephalic (meg'a-se-fal'ik) large headedmegedont (meg'ad-ont') having large teethmegalomaniac (meg'a-lo-ma'ni-ak) one with a mania for grandiose performance; one

with delusions of omnipotencemagalophonous (meg'a-lo'fon-es) having a loud voicemegalopolis (meg'e-lop'e-lis) region made of several large citites

meta-:along with, after, between, amongmetacarpal (met'e-kar'pel) bone in hand or forefootmetamorphisis (met'e-mor'fe-sis) transformation by sorcery; an abrupt developmental

change in shape in animalsmetaphor (met'e-for') word or phrase denoting one idea is used in place of

another to suggest a likenessmetastasis (me-tas'te-sis) transmission of a disease from one part of the body to

another

mis-: hatred, errormisanthrope (mis'an-throp') one who hates peoplemisbegotten (mis'bi-got'en) illegitimatemisdemeanor (mis'di-me'ner) small crimemisfeasance (mis-fe'zens) unlawful execution of a legal actionmisgiving (mis-giv'ing) feeling of uncertaintymisnomer (mis-no'mer) error in naming a person or placemisogamy (mi-sog'e-me) hatred of marriagemisogynic (mi-so-jen'ik) hatred of womenmistrial (mis-tri'el) trial that has no legal effect because of errors

mono-: onemonocerous (mon-o'sur-es) pertaining to onemonochrome (mon'-e-krom) made with one colormonocrat (mon'e-krat) person in favor of rule by a single personmonogamy (me-nog'e-me) custom of being married to one person at a timemonolith (mon'e-lith) a single great stonemonologue (mon'e-log) long speech by one personmonophagous (me-nof'e-ges) feeding on a single kind of food

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monopoly (me-nop'e-le) exclusive controlmonotheism (mon'e-the-iz'em) the belief in one Godmonotonous (me-not'e-nes) not varied in inflection

neo-: newneocracy (ne-ok're-se) new form of governmentneogenesis (ne-o-jen'e-sis) new beginningneographic (ne'o-graf'ik) new art of writingneomenia (ne'o-me'ne-a) new servantsneonatal (ne'o-na'tel) relating to newborn babiesneophile (ne'o-fil) enthusiast for what is new or novelneophyte (ne'a-fit) recent convert

oli-: small, fewolichrome (ol'i-krom) having few colorsoligarchy (ol'e-gar'ke) government in which a small group holds poweroligodontous (ol'e-go-don'tes) having small teetholigophagous (ol'e-gof'e-ges) eating only a few kinds of food

oxy-: sharpoxyopia (ok'se-op'i-a) sharp eyesoxyrhine (ox'se-rin) sharp glass

paleo-: oldpalaeophile (pa'le-o-fil) enthusaist for what is oldpaleography (pa'le-og'ro-fe) the geography of ancient timespaleolatry (pa-le-o'-le-tre) worship of ancient thingspaleolithic (pa'le-o-lith'ik) second period of the Stone Age characterized by chipped

stone implementspaleozoic (pa'le-o-zo'ik) geological era stretching from the Cambrian to the close of

the Permian

pal-:palaver(pe-lav'er) empty talk to flatter or deceivepalindrome (pal'in-drom) word(s) that read the same forward as backwardpalingenesis (pal'in-jen'e-sis) rebirth into a higher or better life; passing of the

soul at death into another bodypalpable (pal'pe-bel) capable of being touched or feltpalpitate (pal'pe-tat) throb; quiver

pan-: acrosspanacea (pan'e-se'e) remedy for all diseasespandemic (pan-dem'ik) affecting an exceptionally high proportion of peoplepandemonium (pan'de-mo'ne'em) wild uproar

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panoply (pan'e-ple) complete suit of armor of a warriorpantheon (pan'the-on) all the gods of a peoplepantisocracy (pant'i-sok'ra-si) utopian community in which all rule equallypantoglossical (pan'to-glos'i-kal) pertaining to all languages

per-: throughperambulate (pe-ram'bye-lat) to walk over or throughperceive (per-sev') to become aware of something through the sensesperennial (pe-ren'eel) continuing for several yearsperforate (pur'fe-rat) to make a hole through somethingpermeate (pur'me-at) to spread throughoutpermutation (pur'myoo-ta'-shen) transformingperorate (per'e-rat) to speak at lengthperpetrate (pur'pe-trat) to bring aboutperpetuate (per-pet'oo-at) to make last indefinitelypersecute (pur'se-kut) to harrass with bad treatmentpersevere (pur'se-ver') to continue and action despite obstaclespersist (per-sist') to go on despite opposition or warningperspicacious (pur'spi-ka'shus) clear sighted; of acute mental visionperturb (per-turb') to disturb greatlypervade (per-vad') to pass or spread through

philo-: lovephilander (fi-lan'der) to have many love affairsphilanthropy (fi-lan'thro-pi) the love for human kindphilematology (fi'-le-ma-to'lo-ge) love of wordsphilharmonic (fil'har-mon'ik) love of music; an orchestraphilhellenic (fil'he-len'ik) admiring Greece and the Greeksphilodox (fil'o-doks) love of Godphilogynist (fil-oj'i-nist) lover of womenphilology (fi-lol'o-ji) love of learning and literaturephilopolemic (fi-lo-po-lem'ik) love of argumentsphilosophy (fi-los'of-i) pursuit of wisdom; general beliefs of an individual or group

poly-: manypolyanthus (pol'i-an'thus) having many different flowers; any of various hybrid

primrosespolycephalic (pol'i-se-fal'ik) having many headspolychromatic (pol'i-kro-mat'ik) multicoloredpolychratic (pol'i-krat'ik) having many supporters of government;supporters of many

forms of governmentpolyfold (pol'i-fold) having many plaits; doubled; numerouspolygamous (pol-ig'amus) having more than one mate at one time

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polygon (pol'i-gon) a many-sided shape; a closed plane figure bounded bystraight lines

polyglot (pol'i-glot) mixture of many languagespolymorphous (pol'i-morf'us) having many forms, characters, or stylespolyonymous (pol'i-a'ne-mes) having many namespolyphobic (pol'i-fo'bik) fearful of many thingspolytheism (pol'i-the'izm) worship of more than one god

post-: afterpostconnubial (post-ke-nu'-be-al) after marriageposterior (pas-tir'e-er) rear part of the bodyposterity (pas-ter'e-te) all future generationsposthumous (pas'choo-mes) after the deathpostmortem (post-mor'-tem) after deathpostscript (post'-skript) note added to a letter below the signature

pre-: beforepreamble (pre'am-bl) introductionprecedent (pri'-se-dnt) event that may serve as an example to justify another

similar actprecise (pri-sis') exact or correctpreclude (pri-klood') rule out in advanceprecocious (pri-ko'shes) too developed at an early ageprecursor (pri-kur'ser) forerunnerpredilection (pred'il-ek'shen) preference or taste for somethingpreeminent (pre-em'-e-nent) outstandingpremise (prem'is) previous statement that serves as the basis of an argumentpresentiment (pri-zen'te-ment) premonition

proproficient (pre-fish'ent) capableprofusion (pre-fyoo'shen) abundanceprogeny (praj'-e-ne) childrenprognosis (prag-no'sis) forecastprologue (pro'log) introduction; prefacepromontory (pram'en-tor'e)headlandpropensity (pre-pen'se-te) natural disposition or tendencyproponent (pre-po'nent) one who makes a proposal for somethingprospectus (pro-spek'tes) paper containing information of a business or institution; proposalprovident (prov'e-dent) making plans for the futureprovoke (pre-vok') to incite to anger

pseudo-: falsepseudography (soo-de'-gra-fe) false writing

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pseudogyny (soo-de'-je-ne) false number of womenpseudolatry (soo-de'-la-tre) false worshippseudomorph (soo'de-morf) deceptive or irregular formpseudonym (soo'de-nim) fictious name

re-: againrecalcitrant (ri-kal'se-trent) defiant; resistantrecapitulate (re'ke-pich'oo-lat) to sum uprecede (re-sed') to withdraw or decreaserecession (re-sesh'en) withdrawal; period of reduced economic activityrecurrent (ri-kur'ent) happening time after timeremit (ri-mit') to send, especially money for goodsresidue(rez'e-doo) remainder after a part has been takenretort (ri-tort') to retaliate; a cutting reply revert(ri-vurt')return to former conditionrevise (ri-viz') to prepare a new, correct versionrevoke (ri-vok') annul by recalling

sol-:solidarity (sol-i-dar'-e-te) unification, having a common purposesolidity (se-lid'i-te) condition of being dense or unifiedsolitary(sol'i-ter'e) being or living alonesolitutude (sol'i-tood) secluded; being alone

sub-: undersubaltern (sub-ol'tern) person holding a subordinate positionsubaqueous (sub-a'kwe-us) being under watersubcutaneous (sub'ku-ta'ne-us) situated beneath the skinsubdue (sub-du') to bring under controlsubject (sub'jekt) one placed under authority; a department of knowledgesubjugate (sub'joo-gat) to control and govern as a subjectsubordinate (se-bor'-do-nat) to make subservient; belong to a lower rank or ordersubsequent (sub'so-kwent) following in time, place, or ordersubservient (sub-sur've-ent) subordinate, submissivesubsidiary (sub-sid'e-er-e) assisting or supporting; of secondary importancesubsume (sub-soom') to place within something largersubterfuge (sub'ter-fyooj) strategem to escape or avoidsubterranean (sub'te-ran'e-en) situated or occurring below the surface of the earthsubvert(sob-vurt') to overthrow from the foundation; to corrupt by undermining faith

and morals

super-: abovesuperannuated (soo'per-an'yoo-a-ted) to make obsolete; to retire and pensionsupersede (soo'per-sed') to displace in favor of another

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supercilious (soo'per-sil'e-es) exhibiting haughty contemptsuperfluous (soo-pur'floo-es) extrasuperimpose (soo'per-im-poz') to place above somethingsuperlative (se-pur'le-tiv) elevated to the highest degree

syn-: combinesynagaogue (sin'o-gog) Jewish place of worshipsyncopate (sing'ke-pat) to cut short, abbreviate; stress the weak beat in musicsyndicate (sin'de-kit) association authorized to negotiate businesssyndrome (sin'drom) set of concurrent things that form a patternsynergy (sin'er-je) combined actionsynopsis (si-nop'-sis) condensed outlinesynthesis (sin'-the-sis) combination of parts to form a whole

tachy-: fasttachyphagia (tak-e-fag'-i-a) eating fast or rapidlytachyphemia (tak-e'-fem'e-) speak in a fast and disordered mannertachyphrasia (tak-e-frez'-ia) to speak fasttachyphrenia (tak-e-fre'-ne-e) rapid, disordered condition of mental functions

tele-: distancetelegnosis (tel-eg-no'ses) knowledge of distant happenings by unknown meanstelegraphy (te-leg'ra-fi) the use of a telegraph machinetelemechanic (tel'e-me-kan'ik) relating to a devise for operating mechanisms from a

distancetelemetry (te-lem'e-tri) the science of measuring a quantity, transmitting data, and

recording the quantities measuredtelephoto (tel'e-fo'to) giving a large image to a distant object in a camera of short

focal length

trans-: acrosstransaction (trans-ak'shun) dealtranscend (tran-send') to rise above or beyond limitstranscribe (tran-scrib') to make a written copytransfigure (trans-fig'ur) to change something's form or appearancetransfix (trans-fiks') to impale; to make motionlesstransfuse (trans-fuz') to transmittransgress (trans-gres') to go beyond the limitstransitory (tran'si-to-ri) temporary; to pass from place to

placetranslucent (trans-lu'sent) cleartransmogrify (trans-mog'ri-fi) to transformtransom (tran'sum) horizontal crossbar; a transverse piece in a structuretranspire (tran-spir') to exhale; to occur

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transpose (trans-poz') to transform; to transport; to translate

uni-: oneunilateral (yoo'ni-lat'er-el) affecting only one sideuniped (u'ni-ped) having only one footunipotent (u-nip'o-tent) one poweruniversal (yoo'ne-vur'sel) affecting everyone

xeno-: foreignxenogenous (zen-e'-jen-es) caused by a foreign bodyxenomania (zen'o-man'e-e) madness for foreign customs

xylo-: woodxyloid (zo'loid) similar to woodxylomancy (zi'lo-man'si) prophecy from woodxylophagous (zi-lof'e-ges) feeding on woodxylotomous (zi-lot'-o-mes) capable of cutting wood

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andro-: manandrocentric (an-dro-sen'trik) centered around manandrogyne (an-dro-jin) person with the characteristics of both sexesandromorphous (an-dro-mor'fes) formed like a manandrophagous (an-drof'a-gus)man-eatingandrophobia (an-dro-fo'be-e) fear of man

an: yearannals (an'elz) historical recordsannuity(e-noo'e-te) yearly payment or incomesemiannual (sem'e-an'yoo-el) happening twice a yearsuperannuate (soo'per-an'yoo-at') to make obsolete; to retire and pensiontrienniel (tri-en'e-el) occurring every three years; consisting of or lasting for

three years

arch: governmentanarchy (an'er-ke) absence of political authority or government;

disorderarchaic (ar-ka'ik) ancient; antiquatedarchetype (ar'ke-tip') original model from which copies are madearchives (ar'kivz) organized public records or historical documentsdemarchy (de'mar-ki) popular governmentdiarchy(di'ark-ke) government by two joint rulersmatriarch (ma'tri-ark) woman who rules a family, group, or state

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oligarchy (ol'i-gar'ki) government in which a small group holds powerpatriarch (pa'tri-ark) father of a family or tribe

auto: selfautocrat (o'to-krat) ruling by oneself; dictatorautomation (o'to-ma'shen) making a system operate by itself; a system in which the steps of

production or mechanically performedautomaton (o-tom'e-ten) one that behaves in a mechanical fashionautonomy (o-ton'e-mi) self-government

Bacchus: god of winebacchanal (bak'e-nal') any drunken or riotous celebrationbacchanalian (bak'e-nal'yen) characterized by riotous, drunken revelry

bath: waterbathos (ba'thos') anticlimax; triteness; sentimentalitybathymeter (be-thim'me-ter) used in measuring depth of waterbathyseism (be-this'si'zem) earthquake under waterbathysmal (ba'this-mal) impure or dirty water

biblio: bookbibliogenesis (bib'le-e-jen'e-sis) the creation of books; the first book of

the Biblebiblioklept (bib'le-e-klept') person who steals booksbibliolater (bib'le-ol'e-ter) person overly devoted to books; person having excessive reverence

for the biblebibliopegy (bib'le-op'e-je) the art of binding booksbibliophagic (bib'le-e-fa'-jik) state of being an ardent reader;

eating booksbibliophile (bib'le-e-fil') person who loves or collects booksbibliosoph (bib'le-e-sof) person who knows everything about booksbibliothecary (bib'le-e'-the-ke-ri) collection of books; library

bio: liveamphibious (am-fib'e-es) able to live on land and in waterbiochemistry (bi'o-kem'is-tre) branch of chemistry dealing with plants and animalsbiopsy (bi'op-se) removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from the living bodybioscopy (bi-os'ke-pe) examination of the body to tell whether it is alive or notbiosphere (bi'e-sfer') part of the world in which life can existsymbiosis (sim'bi-o'sis) the living together of two dissimilar organisms in a mutually

beneficial relationshipsymbiotic (sim'bi-o'ik) living together

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cephal: headacephalic (a'-sef-e'-ik) lacking a headcephalalgia (sef-el'-je-a) headachecephalic (se-fal'ik) of or relating to the headcephalopod (sef'e-le-pod') having a group of muscular arms around the front of the head,

usually with suckers, eyes, and a bag of inky fluidfor defence or concealment

encephalitis (en-sef'e-li'tis) inflammation of the brain encephalopathy(en-sef'e-lop'-e-fee)

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chrom: colorachromatic (a'kro-mat'ik) free from colorchromogenic (kro'me-jen'ik)producing colorchromometer (kro'me-met'er) instrument for measuring colormonochrome (mon'e-krom') painting or drawing in a single hueanachronism (e-na'kro-niz'em) person, event, or object out of time; error in chronomologychronic(kron'ik) recurring frequentlychronicle (kron'i-kel) time-sequenced record of eventschronology (kro-nol'e-je) the sequential order in which events occurchronometer (kro-nom'i-ter) instrument for measuring timesynchronize (sing'kro-niz') to occur at the same time

cide: killfratricide (fra'tri-sid') murder of a brothergenocide (jen'e-sid') deliberate extermination of a racial, political, or cultural groupherbicide (hur'bi-sid') substance used to kill plantsinsecticide (in'sek'te-sid) agent used to kill insectsmatricide (mat're-sid) murder of a mother by a daughter or son

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patricide (pat're-sid) murder of a father by a daughter or son

cis: cutincisive (in-si'siv) penetrating; cutting; bitingincisor (in-si'zer) tooth adapted for cutting

cluse, clude: closecloister(klois'ter) place devoted to religious seclusiondisclose (dis-kloz') to expose or revealexclusive (eks-kloo'siv) sole; single; limitedpreclude (pri-klood') rule out in advancerecluse (ri-kloos') marked by withdrawal from society; person who lives in solitudeseclude(si-klood') to remove; to make private

corps: bodycorporal (kor'pe-rel) of the body; noncommissioned officer in the army above a private

and below a sergeantcorporate (kor'pe-rit) unite or combine; formed into an association with the capacity for

transacting business as an individualcorps de garde (kor-de-gard') a body of people who guard a placecorpulence (kor'pye-lens) fat; obesecorpus (kor'pes) the main part of a bodily structurecorpus juris (kor'pes-joor'is) body of lawincorporate (in-kor'pe-rat) to merge or combine

cred: truthcredence (kre'dens) acceptance as truthcredentials (kri-den'shels) testimonials showing the bearer is entitled to confidence, credit, or

authoritycredible (kred'-e-bel) believablecredulity (kre-joo'le-te) undue readiness to believecredulous (kre'joo-les) to believe too readilycreed (kred) formal statement of religious belief

crypt: hiddencryptic (krip'tik) mysterious; mystifyingcryptogram (krip'-te-gram) a communication in codecryptography (krip-tog're-fe)secret writing; enciphering and deciphering of coded messagescryptology (krop-tol'-e-je) study of codes

culp: blameculpable (kul'pel-bel) blameworthyculpatory (kel'pe-tor-e) censorious; accusing

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culprit (kul'prit) person guilty of a crime or a faultmea culpa (me-a-kul'pa) formal acknowledgment of personal fault or error

dem: peopledemagogue (dem'e-gog') leader who uses popular prejudices and false claims and promises

to gain powerdemocracy (di-mok're-se) majority ruledemocratic (dem'e-krat'ik) characterized by fairness to all peopledemographics (dem'e-graf'iks) statistical characteristics of human

populationsendemic (en-dem'ik) native to a particular people or countrypandemic (pan-dem'ik) affecting an exceptionally high proportion of people

derm: skindermatitis (dur'me-ti'tis) inflammation of the skindermatology (dur'me-tol'e-je) the medical study of physiology and pathology of the skindermatophagic(dur'me-to-pha'-gik) eating skindermutation (dur'mu-ta'shen) change in the skinectoderm (ec'te-derm) outer membrane of a jellyfish or diploblastic

animalhypodermic (hi-po-der'mik) injected under the skinpachyderm (pak'e-derm) nonruminant hoofed mammals with thick skin

dia: through, throughout, acrossdiaphonous (di-e'fen-es) characterized by extreme delicacy of

texturediatherm (di'e-therm) transmittal of infrared radiation

dic, dict: speechabdicate (ab'-de-kat') to discard; renounce; resigndedicate (de'de-kat) to become committed to as a goaldiction (dik'shen) vocal expressiondictum (dik'tem) formal announcement of a principle or opinionedict (e'dikt) commandindict (in-dit') to charge with a fault or offensejurisdiction (joor-es-dik'shen) the authority of a power to govern;

the power to interpret the lawmalediction (mal'e-dik'shen) cursevaledictorian (val'e-dik-tor'e-en) student usually with highest grades

who gives the farewell oration atcommencement

verdict (vur'dikt) findings or decision of a jury at a trialabduction (ab-dukt'shen) the unlawful carrying away of a person

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duc, duct: leadaqueduct (ak'we-dukt') structure for conveying a canal over a riverconducive (ken-doo'siv) contributivededuce (di-doos') to determine; to inferinduce (in-doos') to influence; to causeinduct (in-dukt') to introduce, initiate,or installviaduct(vi'e-dukt') bridge carrying a road or a railroad over an obstruction

dyn: powerdynamic (di-nam'ik) powerful; energeticdynamo (di'ne-mo) forceful, energetic individualdynasty (di'ne-ste) succession of rulers of the same line of descent

equa: fair, balancedequabale (ek'we-bel) steady; evenequanimity (e'kwe-nim'e-te) evenness of mind under stress; balanceequilateral (e'kwa-lat'er-el) having all sides equalequilibrium (e'kwe-lib're-em) state of balanceequitable (ek'we-te-bel) dealing fairly and equally with all concernedequivocal (ek-wiv'e-kel) undecided; confusing; having a doubtful meaninginequity (in-ek'wo-te) injustice

ethn: nationethnarch (eth'nark') the governor of a peopleethnic (eth'nik) related to large groups of people classified by racial,national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural originethnocentric (eth-no-sen'trik) characterized by attitude that one's

own group is superiorethnocracy (eth-nok'ra-si) racial ruleethnogeny (eth-noj'e-ni) science dealing with origin of races and ethnic groupsethnography (eth-nog're-fi) study of human culturesethnologist (eth-nol'o-jist) expert in the study of cultural anthropology

fac: easebenefactor (ben'e-fak'ter) a patron; a helper; one who does goodfacile (fas'el) easily gained; superficialfacilitate (fe-sil'e-tat) to make easierfacility (fe-sil'e-te) ease in performancefacsimile (fak-sim'e-le) exact copymalefactor (mal'e-fak'ter) felon; one who commits a crime

fid: faithbona fide (bo'ne-fid) made in good faith; sincereconfidant (kon'fe-dant) person trusted with secrets

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diffident (dif'e-dent) unassertive due to lack of self-confidence; shyperfidious (per-fid'i-us) treacherousperfidy(per'fe-di) treachery; disloyalty

fin: enddefinitive (di-fin'e-tiv) final; conclusiveinfinitessimal (in'fin-e-tes'e-mel) infinately small

frac: breakfracas (fra'kes) noisy fightfractious (frak'shes) unruly; peevishrefractory (ri-frak'te-ri) disobedient; hard to manage

gen: borncongenital (ken-jen'e-tel) existing from birthengender (en-jen'der) to bring into existencegenealogy (je'ni-al'e-ji) pedigree; record of descent from a certain ancestorgenerate (jen'er-at) to produce; creategenesis(jen'i-sis) the coming into being of somethinggenetics (je-ne'tiks) branch of biology dealing with hereditygenocide (jen'e-sid) deliberate extermination of a racial, political, or cultural groupprogeny (proj'e-ne) children

hippo: horsehippocrepian (hip'e-krap'ian) hurt or damaged horsehippodrome (hip'e-drom') oval stadium for horse and chariot races in ancient Greecehippometric (hip'e-met'rik) units by which a horse is measuredhippophagous (hip'e-fa-gos) person who eats horsehippophile (hip'e-fil) lover of horses

geo: earthgeography (je-og're-fe) science dealing with the earth and its lifegeology (je-ol'-o-je) science dealing with the history of the earth and its life, especially

as recorded in rocksgeoscopy (je-o'skop-e) to view the earthgeothermal (je'o-thur'mel) of the internal heat of the earth

gnos: knowledgeagnostic (ag-nos'tik) person who believes that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown

and probably unknowablecognition (kog-nish'en) the mental process by which knowledge is acquiredcognitive (kog'ni-tiv) mental functionsdiagnosis (di'eg-no'sis) process of identifying a disease from its signs and

symptoms

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gnosis (no'sis) esoteric knowledge of spiritual truths held by the Gnostics to be essential to salvation

gnostic (nos'tik) process of intellectual spiritual knowledgephysiognomy (fiz'e-og'ne-me) art of judging character from facial gesturesrecognition (re-kog-nish'en) taking notice of something;

acknowledging; knowledge that someone orsomething has been met before

gram, graph: write, drawanagram (an'e-gram') word or phrase made by transposing the letters

of another word or phrasecardiogram (kar'de-e-gram') curve traced by a machine used to detect heart defectscartographer (kar-tog'ref-er) person who makes mapschoreography (kor'e-og're-fe) art of creating and arranging dancescryptogram (krip'te-gram') communication in codeepigram (ep'e-gram') terse, sage, or witty, often paradoxical,

sayinggraphic(graf'ik) formed by writing or drawing; expressed vividly; represented by a

graphmonograph (mon'e-graf') learned treatise on a small area of learning

greg: gatheraggregate (ag're-git) formed by combining others; sum totalcongregation (kong'gre-ga'shen) assembly of people; gatheringegregious (i-gre'jes) conspiciously badgregarious (gri-gar'e-es) tending to associate with others of one's kind; sociablesegregate (seg're-gat) to separate or set apart from others

gyn: womenepigynous (i-pij'e-nes) having the main parts of the flower separate from the centergyneolatry (gin'e-o'-la-tre) the worship of womengyniatric (gin'e-a'trik) the care of womenperigyny (pe-rig'-e-ny) flower surrounded by petals

hem: bloodautohemotherapy (o'te-he'ma-ther'e-pe) giving oneself therapy by means of bloodhematology (hem'e-tol'e-je) branch of biology that deals with nature, function, and disease of the bloodhemophile (he'me-fil) lover of bloodhemorrhage (hem'er-ij) copious discharge of blood from a ruptured blood vesselhemostat (he'me-stat') instrument used to stop hemorrhaging blood vessels

hir: hair

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hirsute (hur'soot) roughly hairy; shaggy

ichth: fishichthyic (ik'the-ik) fishyichthyoid (ik'the-oid') any fishlike substanceichthyophagous (ik'the-of'e-ges) eating or subsisting on fishichthyophile (ik'the-o-fil) lover of fish

icon: imageicon (i'kon) picture, image, or other representationiconic (i-kon'ik) like or similar to a picture, image, or other representationiconoclast (i-kon'e-klast') person who attacks religious beliefs or

imagesiconolatrous (i'kan-ol'e-tres) worshiping iconsiconomachy (i-kon'e-mach'e) fighting one's likenessiconophile (i-kon'e-fil) loving one's image

lact: milklactarium (lak-ter'-e-um) milk factory; place pertaining to milklactary (lak'tor-e) person involved with the production of milklactate (lak'tat) to produce milklacteous (lak'te-as) milky; of the color of milklactescence (lak-tes'sens) act of becoming milky or secreting milklactic (lak'tik) of, pertaining to, or obtained from milklactification (lak-te-fi-ka'shen) making or producing milklactinate (lak-ten-at) to milk something

lith: rocklithography (li-thog're-fe) process of printing on a flat plate on

which the image to be printed is ink-receptiveand the blank area ink-repellantmonolith (mon'e-lith) single block of stone of considerable sizeneolithic (ne'e-lith'ik) noting or pertaining to the final state of the Stone Atepaleolithic (pa'le-o-lith'ik) second period of the Stone Age characterized by chipped stone

implements

loc, loq: speechcolloquial (ke-lo'kwe-el) characterized by ordinary or familar

conversationcolloquium (ke-lo'kwe-om) an informal conference or group

discussioneloquent (el'e-kwent) having the power of fluent, forceful, and

appropriate speech

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grandiloquent (gran-dil'e-kwent) speaking in a lofty or pompous style

log: wordanalogy (a-nal'e-je) similarity between like features on which comparisons can

be madedecalogue (dek'e-log') the Ten Commandmentsepilogue (ep'e-log') concluding part added to a literary workmonologue (mon'e'log) long speech by one personprologue (pro'log) introduction; prefacetravelogue (trav'e-log) talk or lecture on travel usually accompanied by a film or slideselucidate (i-loo'si-dat') to explainlucid (loo'sid) easily understood; shining or bright

lum: lightluminary (loo'me-ner'e) body that gives light; person of prominenceluminous (loo'me-nes) radiating or emitting lighttranslucent (tranz-loo'sent) permitting the passage of light; clear

magna: greatmagnanimity (mag-nan-im'i-te) quality of being generous in forgivingmagnanimous (mag-nah'e-mes) being generous in forgivingmagnate (mag'nat) person of great importance or influencemagnifico (mag-nif'-e-ko) person of high positionmagniloquent (mag-nil'e-kwent) speaking in a grandiose, often

bombastic stylemagnipotent (nag-ne'-pot-ent)exercising great power or influence

man: handmanacle (man'e-kel) restraings; to restrain or hampermanipulate (me-nip'ye-lat) to influence by artful skillmanual (man'yoo-el) operated by hand; a handbookmanuscript (man'ye-skript) handwritten or typewritten book or

document

mast: teethmastadon (mast'-e-don) any large elephant-like mammal

meter, metr: measureasymmetrical (a'se-me-tri-kal) not identical on both sides of a

central linechronometer (kre-nom'i-ter) highly accurate timepieceisometric (i'se-me'trik) having the same measure; muscles that are in oppositionmetronome (me'tre-nom') instrument used to mark time

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odometer (o-dom'i-tor) instrument used to measure distance traveledparameter (pe-ram'i-ter) determining factor; characteristic elementpedometer (pi-dom'e-ter) an instrument that gauges the approximate distance traveled on

foot by registering number of steps takenpentameter (pen-tam'e-ter) line of verse composed of five metrical

feet

mis, mit: sendemissary (em'e-ser'e) messenger or agent sent to represent the interests of anotheremit (i-mit') to release or send forthintermittent (in'ter-mit'ent) not continuousmissive (mis'iv) letter or written messagepremise (prem'is) previous statement that serves as the basis of an argumentremission (ri-mish'en) state or period during which something is sent back, stopped, or

forgivenremit (ri-mit') to give back or stop

morph: shapeamorphous (a-mor'fes) without definite form; shapelessendomorph (en'de-morf') mineral enclosed in a crystal; an individual with a heavy rounded

body tending to fat; of abnormal physical type

mort: deathimmortal (i-mor'tel) living or lasting forevermortal (mor'tel) subject to deathmortify(mor'te-fi) to subdue or punish by self-denial or self-inflicted pain; shamemortuary (mor'cho-wer'e) place in which dead bodies are kept until burial or

cremation

nom, nomen: namenom de plume (no'men-kla'cher) pseudnym; pen namenomenclature (ak'te-gan') system or set of names used in a specific branch of learning or activity

oct: eightoctagon (ak'te-gan') plane figure with eight angles and eight sidesoctennial (ak-ten'e-el) occurring every eight years; period of eight yearsoctet (ak-tet') group of eight; composition for eight performersoctive (ak-tiv') register of eight musical notesoctocentenary (ak-to-sen'ten-e-re) anniversary of eight hundred years

or its celebrationoctocular (ak-to'-kya-ler) having eight eyesoctodont (ak'-to-dont) having eight teethoctogamy (ak-to'-ga-me) union of eight people in marriage

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octogynous (ok-to'ji-es) pertaining to eight women

onym: nameacronym (ak're-nim) word formed by combining initial lettersanonymous (e-non-'e-mes) having no acknowledged namepseudonym (soo'de-nim) fictious namesynonymous (si-non'e-mis) alike in meaning or significance

ornith: birdornithocephalic (or'ne-tho-se-fal'ik) having the head of a birdornithography (or'ne-thol'e-je) writing about birdsornithoid (or'ne-thoid) resembling a birdornithology (or'ne-thol'e-je) branch of zoology dealing with birdsornithomorph (or'ne-tho-morphe) bird shapeornithotrophy (or'ne-thot'rophe) bird growth

ortho: straightorthodontist (or-the-dont'-ist) dentist specializing in

irregularities of the teeth and theircorrectionorthodox (or'-the-doks) conforming to established doctrine, especially in religionorthopedics (or'the-pe'diks) marked by deformities or crippling

para: besideparable (par'able) short fictitious story illustrating a religious principle or moral

attitudeparabola (par-a'bol-e) intersection of a right circular cone with

a plane parallel to an element of the coneparadigm (par'e-dim) outstandingly clear or typical exampleparadox (par'e-doks) statement seemingly contradictory or absurd, yet perhaps

trueparagon (par'e-gon) model of excellenceparalegal (par'a-le'gal) relating to a paraprofessional who assists a lawyerparamedian (par'a-me'di-en) adjacent to the middle lineparameter (pa-ram'e-tor) determining factor; characteristic elementparaphernalia (par'a-fer-na'le-a) personal effectsparaprofessional (par'e-pre-fe'she-nel) trained aide who assists a professional personparasite (per'e-site) organism living in or on another organism

pathy: feelingsantipathy (an-tip'-e-the) settled aversion or dislikecompathy (kom'-pat-the) feeling with someoneempathy (em'-pe-the) capacity for participating in the feelings or ideas of anotherpathos (pa'-thas) emotion of sympathetic pity

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pathological (path-e-laj'-i-kel) abnormality of structure and function of a diseasesympathy (sim'-pe-thel) compassion; pity

pecc: sinimpeccable (im-pek'-e-bel) faultless; not capable of wrong doingpeccadillo (pek'-e-dil'-o) slight offensepeccant (pek'ant) sinningpeccavi (pe'ka-we) acknowledgement of sin

ped: feetexpedient (ik-sped'-e-ent) adapted for achieving a particular endexpedite (ek'-spe-dit) to carry out promptlyimpede(im-ped') to obstruct the progress of somethingimpediment (im-ped'-e-ment) hindrance; speech defectpedicure (ped'-i-kyur) care of the feet, toes, and nailsquadruped (kwad'-re-ped) animal with four feet

pend: hangappend(e-pend') to attachappendix (e-pen'-diks)supplementary material added at the end of a bookimpending (im-pend'-ing) to hover or hang over threateninglypendant (pen'-dent) hanging ornamentpending (pen'-ding) during; imminentpensive (pen'-siv) musingly, dreamily, or sadly thoughtful

phon: soundantiphonal (an-tif'-e-el) performed by two alternating groupscacophany (ka-kaf'-e-ne) harsh or discordant soundeuphonious (yu-fo'-ne-es) pleasing or sweet in soundpolyphonic (pol'i-fon'ik) two or more sounds

phot: lightphotic (fo'tik) penetrated to light; relating to lightphotoglyphic (pho'to-glif'ik) art of engraving by means of lightphotographee (fo'to-graf-e') person photographedphotogyric (fo'to-ji'rik) of, or, produced by lightphotophile (fo'to-fil) lover of lightphotophobic (fo'to-fo'bik) shunning or avoiding lightphotosynthesis(fo'to-sin'the-sis) process of chemical changes cause by action of light

plac: peaceplacable (plak'a-bel) capable of being appeased or pacifiedplacate (plak'at) to appease or pacify

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placebo (pla-se'bo) pacifier; medication prescribed more for mental relief of the patient thanfor its actual effect

placid (plas'id) gentle; quiet; undisturbed

opolos: cityacropolis (e-krop'o-lis) upper fortified part of an ancient Greek citymegalopolis (meg-e-lop'o-lis) region made of several large cititesmetropolis (me-trop'o-lis) the chief city or capital of a kingdompolitic (pol'i-tik) characterized by shrewdness in managing, contriving, or dealingpolity (pol'ite) political organizationcomport

port: carrycomport (kom-port') to be suitable; agree; fit; suitdeportment (di-port'ment) conduct or behaviorportfolio (port-fo'li-o) flexible case for carrying loose papers, pictures, or

pamphlets

psycho: mindpsychopathic (si-ko-path'ik) affected with a mental disorder, usually antisocial behaviorpsychosis (si-ko'sis) mental derangement marked by defective or lost contact with

realitypsychosomatic (si-ko-so-mat'ik) involving both mind and body;

concerned with bodily symptoms caused bymental disturbance

pugn: fightimpugn (im-pun') to attack or challenge as falsepug (pug) prize fighter; small sturdy dog with wrinkled facepugilist (pug'-il-ist) fighterpugnacious (pug-na'shus) having a beligerant nature; combative

pyro: firepyroballogy (pi-ro-bal'o-ji) art of throwing firepyrogenesis(pi-ro-gen'e-sis) process of developing heatpyrogenic (pi-ro-gen'ik) produced by heatpyrography (pi-rog'ra-fi) process of burning designs into woodpyromachy (pi'-ro-mok-e) destruction by firepyromancy (pi'ro-man-si) prophesy by means of firepyromorphous (pi-ro-mor'fes)capable of being made crystalizeable by heat; shaped by heatpyrophile (pi'ro-fil) person who loves fire

quin: fivequinary (kwi'na-ri) arranged by fives

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quincuncial (kwin-kun'shel) five twelfths of anythingquindecagon (kwin-dek'e-gon) plane figure with fifteen angles and sidesquindecennial (kwin'di-sen'e-el) happening once every fifteen yearsquinquagenerian (kwing'kwe-je-nar'e-en) fifty-year-old personquintuple (kwin-tu'pel) to make five times as many

rap: seizerapacity (re-pas'i-te) act of seizingrapine (rap'in) carrying away by forceraptorial (rap-tor'e-el) adapted to seize preyrapture (rap'cher) state of being carried away by emotion; ecstacy

rrheo: flowhemorrhage (hem'er-ij) copious discharge of blood from a ruptured blood vessellogorrhea (lo'ge-re'-e) excessive or often incoherent talkativenessrheometer (re-om'i-ter) instrument that measures electric currencyrhinorrhea (ri'no-re-e) runny nose

salu: healthsalutary (sal'-ye-ter-e) remedial; promoting healthsalutation (sal-yu-ta'shen) act of saluting; gesture; greetingsalutatorian (se-lu'te-to'rian) student who delivers the salutary

at the commencement exercises, usually thestudent with the second highest grade point averagesalutatory (se-lu'te-to-ri) expressing a welcome or greetingsalute (se-lut') to address with expression of kind wishes; greet

scrib: writeascribe (e-skrib') to refer to a supposed cause or source; creditconscript (kon'skript) to enroll; enlistinscription (in-skrip'shen) dedication of a book; epigraphmanuscript (man'yu-skript) handwritten or typewritten book or

documentnondescript (non'di-skript) lacking distinctive qualities; not easy to describescribe (skrib) official or public secretary or clerk; copier of manuscriptsscripture (skrip'chur) passage from the Bible; writings considered sacred or

authoritativetranscribe (tran-skrib') to make a written copy

sed, sid: sit, settleassiduous (a-sid'yu-us) careful constant attention; busyinsidious (in-sid'i-us) treacherous; harmful but enticingpreside (pri-zaid) to occupy the place of authorityresidue(rez'i-diu) that which is left after part is taken away: remainder

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sedate (si-det') keeping a quiet steady attitude; unruffledsedentary (sed'en-te-ri) settled; doing or requiring much sittingsubside (sub-said') to sink or fall to the bottom; abatesubsidiary (sub-sid'i-e-ri) assisting or supporting; of secondary importancesubsidy (sub'si-di) grant or gift of money

sens, sent: sensedissent (di-sent') to disagree in opinioninsensate (in-sen'sat) lacking sense or understandingpresentiment (pri-sen'ti-ment) premonitionsensory (sen'so-ri) pertaining to the sensessensual (sen'shoo-al) consisting of the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite

spec, spic: viewaspect (as'pekt) position facing a particular direction; appearance to the eye or

mindauspicious (os-pish'us) favorable; propitiouscircumspect (sur'kum-spekt) careful to consider all circumstances

and possible consequencesconspicuous (kon-spik'u-us) obvious to the eye or minddespicable (des-pi'-ka-bel) contemptible; fit or deserving to be

despisedintrospection (in'tro-spek'shun) looking inwards to examine internal thoughts and feelingsperspective (per-spek'tiv) point of view; a visible sceneperspicacious (pur'spi-ka'shus) of acute mental vision; clear

sightedprospect (pros'pekt) act of looking forward; an extensive view;

mental picture of something to comeretrospect (ret'ro-spekt) review of past events; reflectspecious (spe'shus) having deceptive attraction; having a false look of truthspecter (spek'ter) visible disembodied spirit; apparitionspeculate (spek'u-lat) meditate, contemplate, or theorize

somn: sleepsomnambulant (som-nam'bu-lant) walking or addicted to walking while

asleepsomnambulist (som-nam'bu-list) sleepwalkersomnial (som'ni-al) pertaining to sleep or dreamssomniferous (som-nif'er-us) causing to tending to cause sleep;

soporificsomnifugous (som-nif'u-gus) driving away sleepsomniloquent (som-nil'o-kwent) prone to talking in one's sleepsomnolence (som'no-lens) sleepiness

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stas, stat: reststasis (sta'sis) slowing of circulating blood currentstatic (stat'ik) pertaining to bodies at rest; characterized by a lack of movement, animation, or

progressionstatistic (sta-tis'tik) systematic computation of instances for the inference of

general truthsstatuesque (stat'u-esk') resembling a statue, especially in dignity or shapelinessstatute (stach'ut) law enacted by a legislative body

taut: sametautochronous (taw ta'krun-us) having the same colortautology (taw-tol'e-ji) needless repetition of an idea, statement, or wordtautomerism (taw-tom'e-riz'em) isomers changing into each other with great ease so that they ordinarily live together in

equilibriumtautophony (taw-to'-fon-e) having the same sound

terr: earthterrace (ter'is) flat raised piece of land; group of row houses; terra cotta (ter'e-kot'e) glazed orunglazed brownish-orange fired clayterra firma (ter'e-fer'me) dry land; solid ground

theis: religionatheist (a'the-ist) person who denies the existance of Godpolytheist (pol'i-the-ist) person who believes in more than one Godtheocracy (the-ok're-si) government by divine guidance or by officials regarded as

devinely guidedtheogony (the-ag'-e-ne) account of the origin and descent of the

godstheology (thi-ol'e-ji) study of religious faith, practice, and experiencetheomania (the-o-ma'ne-e) crazy about God or religiontheophile (the'o-fil) lover of God or religion

therm: heatisotherm (i'se-therm) line on a map connecting points with the same temperaturethermal (ther'mel) pertaining to heatthermogenesis (ther-mo-jen'e-sis) production or generation of heatthermology (ther-mol'e-je) study of heatthermostat (thur'me-stat') automatic device for regulating

temperature

tort: twistcontortion (ken-tor'shen) violent twist; distortion

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tort (tort) wrongful act for which a civil action will lie, except one involving a breach ofcontract

tortious (tort'-shes) implying or involving torttortuous (tor'tu-us) winding; crooked; involved

ven: comeadvent (ad'vent) coming or arrival of something momentouscircumvent (sur'kem-vent) to go around somethingconvene (kon-ven') to come together as a body; to cause to assembleeventuate (i-ven'choo-at) resultintervene (in-ter-ven') to come between

ver: truthaver (e-vur') to confirm as authentic; to declare in a positive mannerveracious (ve-ra'-shes) truthful; honestveracity (ve-ras'i-te) truthfulnessverdict (vur'dikt) the decision reached by a jury at a trialverify (ver'e-fi) confirm; to prove to be true or accurateverily (ver'e-le) certainlyveritable (ver'i-te-bel) authenticverity (ver'i-te) condition or quality of being real or correct

vers: againstadversity (ad-vur'si-te) state of hardship or afflictionaversion (a-vur'zhen) intense dislikeconverse (kon'-vurs) something reversed in order, action, or relation; social interactiondiverse (di-vurs') differing from one anotherextrovert (ek'stre-vurt') interested in others or the environment over themselvesintrovert (in'tre-vurt) to turn or direct inwardssubversive (seb-vur-siv) destructive; attempting to overthrow a government or political

system from withinversatile (vur'se-tel) capable of doing many things competentlyversus (vur'ses) againstvertigo (vur'ti-go) dizzy confused state of mind; giddiness

vis: seeenvision (en-vizh'en) picture to oneself; thinkprovident (prov'i-dent) making provision for the futurerevise (ri-viz') to look at again; to prepare a new, correct versionvisionary (vizh'e-n-er'e) imaginary; impracticable; unreal; dreamer; seervisor (vi'zer) front piece of a helmet; projecting piece on a cap for shading the eyesvisual (vizh'-oo-el) used in vision; attained by sight; vivid

vir: male

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virify (vir'e-fi) to make like a manvirile (vir'il) having masculine characteristics; vigorous; forcefulvirtue (vur'choo) moral excellencevirtuoso (vur'choo-o'so) one who excels in the technique of an art

viv: lifeconvivial (ken-viv'e-el) fond of feasting, drinking, and good companyvivacious (vi-va'shes) full of life and spiritvivacity (vi-vas'e-te) in a state of being livelyviviparous (vi-vip'er-es) producing living young instead of eggs within the bodyvivarium (vi-ver'e-em) place for keeping and observing animals or plants indoorsvivify (viv'e-fi) to give life to something; to impart vitalityvivisepulture (viv'e-sep'el-cher) entombing the living

voc: voiceequivocal (i-kwik've-kel)undecided; confusing; having a doubtful

meaningequivocate (i-kwik've-kat) using ambiguous language with intent to

deceiveevoke (i-vok') to conjure; to call or summon forthinvocation (in-vo-ka'-shen) prayer of entreaty; to petition for help or supportirrevocable (i-rev'e-ke-bel) unalterablevociferous (vo-sif'er-es) making a loud outcry; clamorous

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-iac: pertaining to, consisting of...cardiac (kar'de-ak) pertaining to or affecting the heartelegiac (el'e-ji'ek) consisting of two dactylic hexameter lines; elegyexpressing sorrow for something now pastinsomniac (in-som'ne-ak) individual suffering from sleeplessnessmaniac (ma'ne-ak) lunatic; frantic

-algia: pain in the...cephalgia (se-fal'je-a) headachedermalgia (der-mel'-je-a) skin acheotalgia (o-tal'je-a) earachepantalgia (pan-tal'-je-a) pain everywherepedalgia (ped-al'je-a) footache

-clasm: destruction of...autoclasm (o'to-klaz'm) self-destructionbiblioclasm (bib'le-o-klas'm) destruction of books

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bioclasm (bi'-o-klaz'm) destruction of lifeiconoclasm (i-kan'o-klaz'm) doctrine of attacking religious beliefs or imagespanclasm (pan'-klaz'm) destroying everything

-cracy: government of...androcracy (an-drek'-res-e) government ruled by mendemocracy (de-mak'res-e) government of the people, by the people, for the peopleisocracy (i-sok'res-e) equal form of governmentmonocracy (mo-nok'res-e) single form of governmentneocracy (ne-ok'res-e) new form of governmentplutocracy (ploo-tok'res-e) government by the wealthy

-ia: having to do with...Bacchanalia (bak'e-na'le-e) Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and

revelryectopia (ek-to'pe-a) occurring in an abnormal position or unusual

mannermania (ma'ne-e) excessive or unreasonable enthusiasmmilitia (me-lish'e) part of organized armed forces liable to call only in emergenciesparaphernalia (par'e-fer-na'le-e) personal effectsutopia (yoo-to'pe-e) place of ideal perfection

-ic: having to do with...aphonic (a-fon-'ik) soundlessarchaic (ar-ka'ik) ancient; antiquated; belonging to a former periodeccentric (ek-sen'trik) deviating from established patterns; strangeendemic (en-dem'ik) belonging or native to a particular people or countryphilanthropic (fil'en-throp'ik) humanitarianskeptic (skep'tik) suspending judgment; questioning truth of apparent factssporadic (spo-rad'ik) occurring occasionally; infrequenttherapeutic (ther'e-pyu'tik) medicinal; treating disease by remedial agents

-ine: resembling...[usually a certain kind of animal]bovine (bo'vin) resembling an ox or cowfeline (fe'lin) cat-likeserpentine (ser'pen-tin) snake-likeelephantine (el'e-fan'tin) elephant-like

-ism: condition of...barbarism (bar'-ba-riz-em) uncivilized social and intellectual conditiondespotism (des'pe-tiz-em) system of government in which the ruler has unlimited

poweregotism (e'go-tiz-em) exaggerated sense of self-importance

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heroism (her'o-iz-em) conduct fulfilling a high purpose or attaining a noble endmisoneism (mis'o-ne'iz-em) hatred, fear, or intollerance of innovation or changeneologism (ne-ol'e-jiz-em) new word or termostracism (os'tre-siz-em) exclusion from common privileges or social acceptanceplagiarism (pla'je-riz-em) stealing and passing off the work of another as one's owntruism (tru'iz-em) an undoubted or self-evident truth

-ist: one who...bigamist (big'e-mist) individual married to more than one person at one timeflautist (flo'tist) individual who plays the flutehedonist (he'don-ist) individual living for pleasuremisogynist (mi-soj'e-nist) individual who hates womenmisoneist (mis'e-ne-ist) individual who hates what is newoculist (ok'u-list) one who specializes in eye diseasesphilologist (fi-lo'lo-jist) individual who loves learning and literaturepopulist (pop'ye-list) member of a political party claiming to represent the

common peoplesocialist (so'shel-ist) individual in favor of collective or governmental ownership of the

means of production and distribution of goods

-itis: inflammation of...arthritis (ar-thri'tis) inflammation of the joint or jointsbronchitis (bron-ki'tis) inflammation of the bronchial tubesbursitis(ber-si'tis) inflammation of the bursa, especially of the shoulder or elbowencephalitis (en-sef'-e-li'tis) inflammation of the brainphrenitis (fre-ni'tis) inflammation of the brain or the meninges

-olatry: worship of...dendrolatry (den-dro'la-tre) worship of treesgrammatolatry(gram'a-tol'a-tri) worship of letters or wordsiconolatry (i'-con-ol'e-tre) devotion to imagesidolatry (i-dol'e-tre) worship of idolszooaltry (zo-ol'e-tre) worship of animals

-lysis: freeing, looseningcatalysis (ke-ta'li-sis) increase rate of chemical reaction by adding a substanceglossolysis (glo-so'-li-sis) loosening of the tongue, language, or speechhydrolysis (hi-dro'li-sis) chemical process of decomposition by splitting a bond and adding

waterparalysis (pa-ra'li-sis) loss of the ability to move

-machy: destruction of...angelomachy (an-jel-om'a-ki) contest between angelschiromachy (ki-rom'a-ki) contest between hands

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iconomachy (i'ko-nom'a-ki) fighting against imageslogomachy (lo-gom'a-ki) war of wordsnaumachy (no'ma-ki) mock sea fight or spectacle representing a naval battletheomachy (the-om'a-ki) fighting against the gods

-mancy: fortunetelling by means of...chiromancy (ki'ro-man'si) palmistrynecromancy (nek'ro-man'si) conjuring spirits of the dead to reveal the future

-mania: excessive enthusiasm for...Anglomania (ang'glo-ma'ni-a) fondness of English customs and institutions on the part of

a foreignerkleptomania (klep-to-ma'ni-a) compulsion to stealpyromania (pi're-ma'ni-e) compulsion to set things on firetheatromania (the-a-tro-ma'ni-a) inordinate propensity for

playgoing

-poid: resembling a...anthropoid (an'thro-poid) resembling a human beingasteroid (as'ter-oid) any of the small planets between Mars and Jupiter; resembling a

starCaucasoid (cau-ca'soid) resembling the white racecycloid (cy'cloid) curve generated by a point on the circumference as itrolls along a straight linehippoid (hi'-poid) horse-likeornithoid (or'ni-thoid) resembling a bird; bird-likeschizoid (schiz'oid) individual with a split personalityspheroid (sphe'roid) figure that is almost but not quite a perfect sphere

-ology: study of...anthropology (an-thro-pol'o-gy) scientific study of human beingscriminology (crim-i-nol'o-gy) scientific study of crimedermatology (der-ma-tol'o-gy) branch of medicine dealing with the skinentomology (en-to-mol'o-gy) study of biology dealing with insectsetymology (et-y-mol'o-gy) study of word origins, tracing back as far as possiblegenealogy (gen-e-al'o-gy)pedigree; record of descent from a certain ancestormeteorology (me"te-or-ol'o-gy) study of atmosphere and weatherornithology (or-ni-thol'o-gy) branch of zoology dealing with birdspathology (path-ol'o-gy) branch of medicine dealing with the nature of diseases

-ous: having the characteristics of...billious (bil'i-us) looking like the wave of the seabulbous (bulb'us) swelling like a bulbcantankerous (can-tan'ker-us) ill-natured

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fatuous(fat'u-us) silly; foolishpolygamous (po-lag'a-mus) having more than one spouse at the same

time

-phile: lover of...bibliophile (bib'le-e-fil) book loverdemophile (dem'o-fil) individual who loves people or crowdsgastrophile (gas'-tro-fil) individual who loves eatingiconophile (i-kon-o-fil) individual who worships icons or imagesnecrophile (nek're-fil) individual attracted to dead bodiespteridophile (te-rid'e-fil) fern loverxenophile (zen'-e-fil) individual attracted to foreign people or strangerszoophile (zo'e-fil) animal lover

-phobia: fear of...acrophobia (ak're-fo'be-e) fear of heightsdemonophobia(de'men-o-fo'-be-e) fest of demonsdermataphobia(dur-mat'e-fo'be-e) fear of skin diseaseFrancophobia (fran'ko-fo'be-e) fear of anything Frenchhydrophobia (hi'dre-fo'be-e) fear of waterneophobia (ne'o-fo'be-e) fear of anything new; fear of changephobophobia (fo'bo-fo'-be-e) fear of fearsphotophobia (fo'te-fo'be-e) fear of lightpyrophobia (pi'ro-fo'-be-e) fear of firetoxicophobia (tok'si-ko-fo-be-e) fear of being poisonedRussophobia (rus'e-fo'be-e) fear of anything Russianxenophobia (zen'e-fo'be-e) fear of strangers; fear of foreign people

-phoria: feeling of...euphoria (yoo-for'e-e) feeling extremely well or happyheterophoria (het'er-e-for'e-e) a different feelinghyperphoria (hi'per-for'e-e) excessive emotional state; an energetic feeling

-poly: control of...monopoly (me-nop'o-le) possession or control by one group

-scopy: study of...cryoscopy (kri-os'ke-pe) the study of freezing points of solutionsfluoroscopy (flo-ros'ke-pe) examination of the internal structure of an opaque object by X-rayslaryngoscopy (lar'in-gos'ke-pe) examination of the interior of the larnyxmicroscopy (mi-kros'ke-pe) examination with a microscopepolariscopy (po'-lar-is'-ke-pe) examination of substances in polarized lighturanoscopy (yoor'e-nos'ke-pe) examination of the heavens

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APPENDIX B

GGLLOOSSSSAARRYY:: AADDDDIITTIIOONNAALL WWOORRDD EELLEEMMEENNTTSS

PREFIXES

brev-: shortabbreviate (e-bre've-at') to reducebreviary (bre'vi-er-e) book containing daily prayers, hymns, psalms, and readings;

abridgmentbrevifoliate (bre'vi-fo'-li'et) with short leavesbreviloquence (bre-vi'lo-qo'ence) speaking for a short timebreviped (bre'vi-ped) having small feetbreviradiate (brev'i-rad'-i-ate) sending out short raysbrevity (brev'i-te) briefness

cent-: one hundredcentenarian (sen'te-ner'e-an) 100-year-old individualcentenary (sen-ten'e-re) 100-year anniversarycentennial (sen-ten'e-el) occurring every 100 years

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centifolious (sen'te-fo'li-us) having 100 leavescentigrade (sen'te-grad) temperature measurement divided into 100 degrees on a scalecentipede (sen'te-ped) any long, multisegmented anthropods with many legscentuple (sen-te'-pel) 100 times as greatcentury(sen'che-re) period of 100 years

dec-: tendecade (dek'ad) period of ten yearsdecagon (dek'e-gon') polygon with ten angles and ten sidesdecalogue (dek'e-log) Ten Commandmentsdecempedal (des-em'-ped-el) having ten pedalsdecennial (de-sen'e-el) occurring every ten yearsdecimal (des'e-mel) numbered in tens; any real number in base tendecimate (des'i-mat') to kill every tenth man; to destroy a large part of somethingdecurion (de-kyoor'e-en) commander of ten people

demi-: halfdemiatheism (sem'e-a'the-iz'em) beliefs of those who half deny the existence of Goddemiglobe (dem'e-glob) half of the globedemigod (dem'e-god) mythological being with more power than a mortal but less power than a

god; a half goddemitasse (dem'e-tas') small cup of strong black coffee

dys, dis: baddislogy(dis'lo-ge) badly sluggish from over eatingdismnesia (dis-mne'-zha) bad memorydysfunction (dis-funk'shen) impaired or abnormal functioningdysgnosia (dis-no'zha) false spiritual insightdyslogistic (dis'le-jis'tik) uncomplimentarydyslexia (dis-lek'se-e) disturbance of the ability to readdyspepsia (dis-pep'se-e) indigestiondysphoria (dis-for'e-e) abnormal feelings of unhappinessdystrophy (dis'tro-fe) condition produced by faulty nutrition; any myogenic

atrophy

hept-: sevenheptaglot (hep'te-glot) speaking seven languagesheptagon (hep'te-gan') plane figure with seven angles and seven sidesheptagynous (hep'te-gen-us) seven female organs on pistilsheptahedral (hep'te-hed'-rel) solid figure with seven sides or surfacesheptandrous (hep'te'tan-rus) seven male organs on stamensheptangular (hep-ten'-gu-lar) seven-sided figureheptarchy (hep'tar-ke) government by seven people

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hex-: sixhexaglot (hek'se-glot) speaking six languageshexagonal (hek-sag'o-nal) having six angles and six sideshexagram (hek'sa-gram) figure formed by an equilateral triangle on both sides of a

hexagonhexameter (hek-sam'i-ter) line of verse with six metrical feethexapod (hek'sa-pod) having six feethexarchy (hek'sa-ar-ke) government by six people

myria-: ten thousandmyriad (mir'e-ad) ten thousand; indefinite; immense numbermyriagram (mir'e-gram) ten thousand beansmyriapod (mir'e-a-pod) many-legged animalmyriarch (mir'e-ark) indefinite number of rulersmyriatheism (mir'e-the'iz-om)belief in an infinite number of gods

omni-: allomnibus (om'ni-bus) public vehicle designed to carry many people; book containing many

pieces by one author, or many pieces on the same subjectomnicorporeal (om'ni-kor-por'e-al) the whole bodyomnifarious (om'ni-far'e-us) of all formsomniloquent (om-ni'-lo-qu-ent) speaking all the timeomniparous (om-ni'-pa-rus) giving birth to allomnipotent (om-ni'-po-tent) having virtually unlimited authorityomnipresent (om'ni-prez'ent) present in all places at all timesomniscient (om-ni'shent) understanding everythingomnitude (om'ni-tude) having all personalitiesomnivorous (om-niv'er-us) eating both animal and vegetable substances

pauc-: fewpaucidentate (pa'si-den'tat) having a small amount of teethpauciflorous (pa-si'-flor-us) having small or few flowers paucilocular(pa'si-lok'u-ler) having

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pauciloquent (pa-si'-lo-qu-ent) not speaking oftenpaucity(pa'si-te) smallness of number

pent-: fivepentacle (pen'ta-kl) five-pointed starpentaglot (pen'-ta-glot) speaking five languagespentagon (pen'-ta-gan) polygon of five angles and five sidespentahedron (pen-ta-he'dron) solid bounded by five facespentalogue (pen'ta-log) set of five rules or lawspentangle (pen-tan'-gel) figure with five anglespentangular (pen-tang'gu-ler) characterized by five angles and five sidespentarchy (pen-tar'ke) government of five people or rulerspentathlon (pen-ta'thlen) athletic contest made up of five different events

preter-: beyondpretergress (pre'ter-gres') to go beyond the limit of naturepreterition (pret'er-ish'un) passing by or overpreternatural (pret-er-nach'er-el) beyond what is naturalpreternuptial (pre'ter-nup'shel) beyond marriage

quasi-: seeminglyquasicongenial(kwa'-zi-kon-jen'-yel) seemingly of the same

temperamentquasicynical (kwa'-zi-sin'e-kel) seemingly pessimistic and contemptuousquasihistorical (kwa'-zi-his-tor'e-kel) resembling or concerned with historyquasijudicial (kwa'zi-ju-dish'el) judicial in character but not within the judicial power or

functionquasiknowledge (kwa'zi-nol'ej) seeming acquaintance with fact or truth

retro: backretroactive (ret'ro-ac'tive) made effective as of a date prior to enactmentretrocede (re'-tro-sed') to give backretroflex (re'-tro-fleks') turned or bent abruptly backwardretrograde (re'-tro-grad') moving contrary to the general motion of similar bodiesretrogression (re'tro-gresh'-en) return to a former and less complicated levelretrospect (re'-tre-spekt') review of past events; reflectretrovert (ret'ro-vurt') to turn backsemiannual (sem'i-an'yoo-el) occurring every half-yearsemicentennial(se-mi-sen-ten'yal) a 50th-year anniversary or celebrationsemicircle (se'mi-sir'kel) half of a circlesemilunar (se'mi-lu'nar) shaped like a crescentsemiviparous (se'mi-vi'pa-rus) partly life renewingsemiweekly (se'mi-wek'le) occurring twice a week

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sesqui: one and one halfsesquialateral (ses'kwi-lat'e-rel) one and a half sidessesquicentennial (ses'kwi-sen-ten'yal) 150th anniversary

sesquipedalian(ses'kwi-pi-dal'yun)characterized by the use of long words

tert-: thirdtertian (tur'shun) occurring every other daytertiary(tur'shi-e-ri) of third rank

ubique-: everywhereubiquitarian (yu-bik'wi-te'ri-on) one who is everywhere at the same timeubiquitous (yu-bik'wi-tus) existing everywhere at the same timeubiquity (yu-bik'wi-ti) presence everywhere at the same time

ultra-: excessivelyultrafastidious (ul'tra-fas-tid'i-us) excessively neatultramontane (ul'-tra-mon'tan) countries beyond the mountainsultramodern (ul'tra-mod'ern) excessively recentultramorose (ul'tra-mo-ros') excessively gloomy and sullenultramundane (ul'tra-mun-dan') excessively commonplaceultraofficious (ul'tra-o-fish'us) excessively dutiful; excessively meddlesomeultrapious (ul'tra-pi'us) excessively religious and reverential

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aesth: perceptionaesthesia (es-the'zi-a) the ability to feel sensationaesthete (es'thet) a person highly sensitive to art and beautyaesthetic (es-thet'ik) related to art, beauty and tasteanesthetic (an'es-thet'ik) producing a loss of feeling or painesthematology (es'thi-me-tol'o-ji) the science of the senses and their organsesthesis (es-the'sis) sensibilityesthetology (es-the-to'lo-gee) the study of beauty and art

ama: loveamateur (am'e-choor) one who practices art for pleasureamatory (am'e-tor'e) exciting loveamiable (a'me-e-bel) friendlyamicable (am'i-ke-bel) showing goodwillamity (am'e-te) peaceful relations

arbit: witness, judge

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arbiter (ar'be-ter) one who has power under sole controlarbitrage (ar'be-traj) simutaneous buy and sell of stocksarbitrament (ar-bit're-ment) settlement by independent judgmentarbitary (ar'be-trar'e) absolute, despoticarbitrator (ar'be-tra'ter) one empowered to settle a matter

arbor: treearbor (ar'bor) an orchardarboreal (ar'bor'e-el) of or like a treearboreous (ar-bor'e-es) woodedarborescent (ar'bot-es'ent) tree like in appearancearboretum (ar'bor-e'tem) an exhibition of trees for educational purposesarborolatry (ar'bor-o'la-tre) worship of trees

cand: lightcandescent (kan-des'ent) a gleam of lightcandid (kan'-did) honest and opencandle (kan'-del) a waxed light producing objectincandescent (in'kan-des'ent) luminousincendiary (in-sen'de-er'e) burning of property

ced: yieldantedecent (an'te-sed'nt) being before, in advancecede (sed) to grant, assignconcede (kon-sed') to admit or acknowledgeintercede (in-ter-sed') to intervene, to plead in behalf of anotherprecedent (pre'-se-dent) going before; coming beforeprocede (pro-sed') before assignmentrecess (re-ses') a secluded nooksecede (se-sed') to withdraw from any fellow-shipsecession (se-sesh'un) the act of separating

cruc: crosscrucial (kroo'shal) cross-shaped; decisivecruciation (kroo-se-a'shun) decisive actcruciferous (kroo-si'fer-ious) one who carries crossescrucify (kroo'si-fi) death on a crosscrux (kruks) a difficult problemexcruciating (eks-kroo'shi-at-ing) torturing

cumb: barriercumbersome (kum'ber-sum) clumsycumbrous (kum'brus) large and troublesomeencumber (en-kum'ber) to load down; burden

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incumbent (in-kum'bent) imposed as a dutyrecumbent (re-kum'bent) lying down

cum: amassaccumulate (a-kyu'myu-lat) to collect and storecumulative (kyu'myu-la-tiv) formed or growing by additionscumulous (kyu'myu-les) of or having the form of a cloudcumulus (kyu'myu'les) heap, pile; thick, rounded cloud

dole: sadcondolence (ken-do'lens) expression of sympathy with a person in pain or sorrowdoldrum (dol'drem) the part of the ocean near the equator where calms or baffling winds

prevail; period of sadnessdoleful (dol'fel) melancholy; to feel paindolesome (dol'sum) one who is filled with sadnessdolorific (dol'le-rif'ik) one who experiences sadness or paindolorous (do'ler-es) sad; mournful

dorm: sleepdormant (dor'ment) asleep, or as if asleepdormient (dor'me-ent) sleepingdormition (dor-mish'en) the act of sleepingdormitory (dor'me-tor'e) a large building with sleeping accommodations for many

persons

dox: praisedoxology (dok-sol'e-je) a hymn or verse of praise to Godheterodox (het'er-e-doks') at variance with accepted or established doctrines or beliefsorthodox (or'the-doks) holding the commonly accepted or established baith; correct or

sound in doctrineparadox (par'e-doks) a statement seemingly absurd or contradictory, yet in fact true

err: mistakeerr (ur) to make a mistakeerrable (ur'a-bel) likely to make a mistakeerrant (er'rent) roving or wandering in search of adventureerratic (e-rat'ik) not conforming to usual standardserratum (e-ra'tem) a writing or printing errorerroneous (e-ro'ne-es) marked by error

ethos: character, customethical (eth'i-kel) conforming to right principles of conduct as accepted by a

specific profession

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ethics (eth'iks) the study of philosphy of human conduct, with emphasis onthe determination of right and wrong

ethno: related to culture, race, or nationalityethnography (eth-nog're-fe) the branch of anthropology concerned with the study of racial and

ethnic groups in origins and culturesethologic (eth'e-loj'ik) the individual-comparative study of animal behavior, including

that of manethos (e'thos) the characteristic spirit, as of a people or institution

fat: foolishfatuity (fa-too'i-te) stupidity; foolishnessfatuous(fach'oo-es) foolish; insaneinfatuate (in-fach'oo-at) to be foolishly in love

feder: league, treatyconfederate (ken-fed'er-it) an associate; allyfederal (fed'er-el) a form of government in which separate states are united under one central

authority while retaining certain powersfederalism (fed'er-e-liz'em) the doctrine or system of federal governmentfederalist (fed'er-e-list) an advocate of federalismfederate (fed'e-rat') to join or unite in a league or federal unionfederation (fed'e-ra'shen) a league, federal union or similar

association

fer: boil, agitateeffervescent (ef'er-ves'ent) being boisterousferment (fur-ment') a state of agitation or unrestfervent (fur'vent) extremely hot; glowingfervescent (fur-ve'sent) to feel extremely hotfervid (fur'vid) fervent; impassionedfervor (fur'ver) intensity of emotion; ardor

fisc: moneyconfiscate (kon'fe-skat') to seizefisc (fisk) treasuryfiscal (fis'kel) pertaining to the public treasury or financesfiscus (fis'kus) treasury

flam: fireflamant (flam'ant) flamingflambeau (flam-bo') a flaming torchflamboyant (flam-boy'ent) highly elaborate; showyflammable (flam'e-bel) capable of igniting easily and burning rapidly

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flamulate (flam'u-lat') tinged with redinflammable (in-flam'e-bel) igniting easily and burning rapidly

fort: chance, accidentfortuitous (for-too'i-tes) happening or produced by chancefortuity(for-too'i-te) an accidental occurrenceFortuna (for-too'na) a Roman goddess of fortunefortunate (for'che-nit) having good fortunefortune(for'chen) position in life determined by wealth

fug: fleefugacity (fyoo-gas'i-te) falling or fading earlyfugacious (fyoo-ga'shes) fleeting, transitoryfugitate (fyoo'je-tat) to fleefugitive (fyoo'ji-tiv) a person who is fleeing

funct: performdefunct(di-funkt') deceased deadfunction (funk'shen) proper action or purposefunctional (funk'she-nel) something that works properlyfunctionary (funk'she-ner'e) person who functions in a special wayperfunctory (per-funk'te-re) performed merely to pass time

garr: talkgarrulity (ga-roo'li-te) talkativenessgarrulous (gar'a-les) excessively talkative

grad, gred: movementdegredation (de'gra-da'shen) away from gradual changedegree (di-gre') any of the successive steps in a processdigress (di-gress') to turn aside from the main subjectgradation (grad-a'-shen) arranging in stages or stepsgradient (gra'de-ent) a slope as in a roadgradometer (gra-do'met-er) something that measures slopes on a roadgradual(graj'oo-wel) taking place by degreesgraduate (graj'oo-wit) one who has completed a course at a school or college

gress: moveegress (e'gres) exitingress (in'gres) entranceprogress (prog'res) movement toward a specific or further goalregress (ri-gres') to move in a backward direction

grat: please, favor

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congratulate (ken-grach'e-lat') to convey pleasure and joy to a person

grateful (grat'fel) warmly or deeply appreciative of kindnessgratify (grat'e-fi') to give pleasure to by satisfy-ing desiresgratis (grat'is) without charge or payment; freelygratuitous (gra-too'i-tes) being without apparent reasongratuity (gra-too'i-te) a gift of money, over and above payment dueingrate (in'grat) an ungrateful personingratiate (in-gra'she-at) to establish in the favor of others

gust: tastedisgust (dis-gust') to offend the good tastegustable (gest'e-bel) appetizing, savory, tastygustatory (gus'te-tor'e) of or pertaining to taste or tastinggusto (gus'to) hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating

habit: residehabitable (hab'i-te-bel) capable of being inhabitedhabitat (hab'i-tat') the native environment of an animalhabitation (hab'i-ta'shen) a place of residencehabitual (ha-bich'oo-el) of the nature of a habithabituate (ha-bich'oo-at') to accustom to somethinginhabit (in-hab'it) to live in

hort: plantshortensial (hor-ten-shal) of or relating to plantshorticulture (hor'te-kul'cher) the science and art of cultivating plantshortular (hor'tu-lar) growing plants

ign: fireigneous (ig'ne-es) produced under intense heatignescent (ig-nes'ent) bursting into flameignipotent (igni-po'tent) able to control or influence; having authority or power, mighty.ignipuncture (ig'ni-punc'ture) 1) to perforate or pierce with a sharp point. 2) to reduce or put an

end to, as if by a punctureignition (ig-nish'en) act of lightingignivomous (ig-ni'vom-ous) fire vomiting

itin: travelitinerant (i-tin'er-ent) journeying; traveling from place to place itineracy(i-

tin'

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er-a-cy)traveling

from

place

to

place;

itinerary (i-tin'e-rer'y) an account of a journey; a record of travel.itinerate (i-tin'e-rat) to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit

jac, ject: throwejaculation (e-jak'ye-la'shen) 1) an abrupt exclamatory utterance. 2) an emission

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eject (i-jekt') 1) to force out expel 2) to dismiss, as from office, occupancyinterject (in-ter-ject) to throw in abruptly between two things.project (proj'ekt) 1) something that is contemplated, devised, or planned 2) to throw cast, or

impel forward or onwardprojectile (pre-jek'til) 1) a body projected or impelled forward, as through the airreject (ri-jekt') 1) to refuse to have, take, recognize, accept 2) to throw away, discardtrajectory (tre-jek'ter-e) the curve described by a projectile in its flight through the air.

jud: judge, lawadjudicate (a-joo'de-kat') to pass judgment or determine an issue or dispute judicallyjudicature (joo-di'-ke-cher) 1) the administration of justice, as by judges or courts. 2) the

office, functions, or authority of a judge.judicial (joo-dish'el) pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of

justice.judiciary (joo-dish'yer'i) pertaining to judgment in courts of justice, or to courts or judges;

judicial.judicious (joo-dish'es) using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency;

discreet, prudent, or politic.

junct: joinconjunction (kon-junk'shen) combination of events, circumstancesjunction (junk'shen) act or state of joining; combination.juncture (junk'sher) a point of time, especially on critical or importance; act of joining.

juv: youthjuvenescent (joo've-nes'ent) becoming youthfuljuvenile (joo've-nel) pertaining to, suitable for, or intended for young persons.rejuvenate (ri-joo've-nat) to celebrate with youthful vigor

kines: motionhyperkinetic (hi'per-ki-net'ik) excess, wild motionkinesis (ki-ne'ses) motionkinetic (ki-net'ik) pertained to motionkinofluous (ki-nof'lu-us) yielding motionparakinesia (per'e-ki-ne'sha) combined movementphotokinesis (fo'to-ki-ne'sis) movement as a response to light

lat: sidebilateral (bi-lat'er-el) affecting two or both sideslateral (lat'er-el) affecting one side

laud: praiseapplaud (e-plod') to clap hands; to gesture approval

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laudable (lo'de-bel) praiseworthy or commendablelaudation (lo-da'shen) a praise or tributelaudatory (lo'de-tor'e) containing or expressing praiselaude (lod) praise

lit: strifelitigant (lit'e-gent) person engaged in a lawsuitlitigation (lit'e-ga-shen) a lawsuitlitigious (li-tij'es) to dispute, disagree

lub: smoothlubricant (loo'bre-kent) a substance for lessening frictionlubricate (loo'bre-kat') to apply some oily substance to a mechanism in order to diminish

frictionlubricity (loo-bris'i-tee) having an oily surface; slipperinesslubricious (loo-bre-shes) slippery, unstablelubritorium (loo'bri-to're-um) a place for diminishing friction for a mechanism

lucr: moneylucrative (loo'kra-tiv) profitable; moneymakinglucre (loo'ker) monetary gain

lun: moonlunacy (loo'ne-ce) any form of insanitylunar (lu-nar) of or relating to the moonlunarian (lu-na'-re-en) a supposed inhabitant of the moonlunatic (lu-ne-tik) affected with lunacysublunar (seb'lu-nar) situated beneath the moon

matin: morningmatin (mat-en) of or relating to early morningmatinal(mat-en-el) of or relating to morningmatinee (mat'en-a) a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in

the daytime and especially the afternoonmatutinal (mach-u'tin-el)of, relating to, or occurring in the morning

merc: trademercantile (mer-ken'tel) of or relating to merchants or tradingmercenary (mers-en'er-e) one that serves merely for wagesmerchant (mer'chent) a buyer and seller of commodities for profitmerchandise (mer'chen-diz) the commodities or goods that are bought and sold in business

grat: moveemigrate (e'me-grat) to leave a place of a bode for life or residence elsewhere

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immigrant (im'e-grent) a person that comes to a country for the purpose of permanentresidence

migrant (mi'grant) a person who moves into another area in order to find workmigrate (mi'grat) to move from one place to anothermigratory (mi'gre-tor-e) moving habitually or occasion-ally from one region or climate to

anothertransmigrate (trans-mi'grat) to pass at death from one body being to another

mir: wondermiracle(mir'i-kel) an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishmentmiraclemonger (mir'i-kel-men-ger) an extraordinary event taken to manifest the

supernatural power of God fulfilling hispurposes

miraculous (me-rak'-ye-les) of the nature of a miraclemirage (me'razh) an optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert or over a hot

pavement, that may have the appearance of a pod of water or amirror in which distant objects are seen interverted

mirate (mi'rat)to feel or express surprise or admiration

mnemon: mindfulamnesia (am-ne'zhe) loss of memory due to brain injury, shock, fatique, repression, or illnesscryptomnesia (krip'tam-nezh'ye) the appearance in consciousness of memory images which

are not recognized as such but which appearas original creations

hypermnesis (hi'perm-nezh'ses) abnormally vivid or complete memory or the reawakeningof impressions long seemingly forgotten

mnemonic (ni-man'ik) assisting or intended to assist memorymnestic (nes'tik) of or relating to memorypanmensia (pan-nezh'ye) the continuance in memory of all mental impressions

mob: movementimmobile (im-mo'-bel) incapable of being movedmobile (mo'bel) capable of moving or being movedmobility (mo-bil'et-e) ability to move

mut: changeimmutable (im-yut'-e-bil) not capable of or susceptible to changemutant (myut'ent) of, relating to, or produced by mutationmutation (myu-ta'shen) a significant and basic alterationmutative (myu'tat-iv) to undergo changemutilate (myu'tel-at) to cut off or permanently destroy a limb or essential part ofmutual (myu'chu-el) having the same feelings one for the othertransmutation (tranz'myu-ta'-shen) the conversion of one element or

nuclide into another either naturally or art

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nebul: cloudnebula (neb'ye-le) a slight cloudy opacity of the corneanebulescent (neb'ye-la'sent) composed of successive short curves made to resemble a cloudnebulosity (neb'ye-las'et-e) the quality or state of being cloudlikenebulous (neb'ye-les) indistinct, vague

necro: deadnecremia (nek-re'me-e) those that are dead having a specified thing in the bloodnecrogenic (nek'ro-jen'ik) produced by formed from those that are

deadnecrology (nek-ro'lo-ge) study of the deadnecromancy (nek-ro'man-se) fortunetelling from the spirits of the

deadnecropolis (nek-ro'pal-es) cemetarynecropsy (nek'rop-si) autopsy

neg: denynegate (ni-gat') to deny the existence or truthnegation (ni-ga'shen) a denying or taking awaynegative (neg'a-tiv) expressing denial, refusal, saying nonegatory (neg'a-tor-i) expressing of denialneglect (ne-glekt') to ignore or disregardnegligent (neg'le-jent) not paying attention to something

neur: nerves or nervous systemneuralgia (noo-ral'ja) severe pain along the course of a nerveneurology (noo-ral'e-je) the study of the nervous systemneurosis (noo-ro'sis) motor disorder; worry without causeneurotic (noo-rat'ik) excessive worrying without cause

nihil: destructionannihilate (e-ni'e-lat') destroy completely, demolishnihilism (ni'e-liz'm) belief that there is no meaning or purpose in existencenihilist (ni'e-list) a person who believes there is no purpose in existencenihility(ni-il'e-te) the condition of having no purpose

noct: nightnoctambulant (nok-tam'-bu-lent) walking in one's sleepnoctidial (nak-te'-de-al) comprising sequence of day or nightnoctivagent (nak-tiv'e-gent) night wanderingnocturnal (nak-tur'nel) having to do with or of the nightnocturne (nak'turn) the suggestion of night by a painting or scene

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nova: newnova (no've) a star that increases and decreases the brightness over a period of months and

yearsnovantique (no'van-tek) existing to or characteristic of New

Englandnovel (nav'el) new and unusualnovelty(nav'el-te) the quantity of being novel, newnessnovice (nav'es) new, inexperiencedinnovation (in'-e-va'shen) the introduction of something new

opt: seeoptic (ap'-tik) of or relating to vision or the eyeoptical (ap'ti-kel) of or relating to science of opticsoptician (ap-tish'en) a maker or dealer of optical items and instrumentsoptemetrist (ap-tam'e-trest) one that grinds spectacle lenses to prescription and despences

specticals

orb: circleorb (orb) any of the concentric spheres in old astronomy surrounding the earth and carrying

the celestial bodies in their revolutionsorbicular (or-bik'yoo-ler) circularorbit (or-bet) one heavenly body's revolution around another

oscillare: to swingoscillate (as'-e-lat) to swing backward and forward like a pendulumoscillation (as'e-la'shen) the act swinging back and forthoscillator (as'e-lat-er) one that swings back and forthoscillatory (as'el-e-tor-e) characterized by swinging back and

forth

oss: boneosseous (as'e-es) bonyossiferous (os-if'e-res) resembling boneossification (as'e-fe-ka'shen) the natural process of bone

formationossify (as'e-fi) to change into boneossivorous (as-e'v-e-res) bone eatingossuary (ash'-e-wer-e) a depository for bones of the dead

ped: childencyclopedia (in-si'kle-ped'e-a) a work that contains information on all branches of

knowledge or treats comprehensively aparticular branch of knowledge usually inarticles arranged alphabetically by subject

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orthopedics (or'the-ped'iks) the correction or prevention of skeletal deformitiespaedarchy (ped'-ar-ke) childhood leadershippaedopsychologist (ped'o-si-ko'laj-ist) one who studies the mind of

a childpedagogue (ped'a-gog) a slave who attended his master's sons to schoolpedagogy (ped'a-go'ji) instruction or disciplinepedant (ped'ant) a schoolmasterpediatrician (pe'di-at-ri'shin) a medical doctor for childrenpediatrics (pe'di-at'riks) the branch of medicine that treats children

palp: touchimpalpable (im-pal'pa-bel) intangiblepalpable (pal'pa-bel) tangiblepalpate (pal'pat) to examine by touchpalpitation (pal'pi-ta'shun) a throbbing

pot: poweromnipotent (om-nip'o-tent) all-powerfulpotence (po'tens) powerpotent (po'tent) having great powerpotentate (po'ten-tat) one that possesses great powerpotential (po-ten'shal) possible as opposed to actual

pot: drinkpotable(po'ta-b'l) drinkablepotation (po-ta'shun) a drinking partypotion (po'shun) liquid medicine or poison

prehend: take hold ofapprehend (ap're-hend') to take or seizeapprehension (ap're-hen'shun) seizurecomprehend (kom'pre-hend') to grasp with understandingprehensile (pre-hen'sel) holding by wrapping around an objectreprehensible (rep'ri-hen'se-bel) blame worthy

pter: wingsapterous (ap'ter-es) having no wingshexapterous (hex-ap'ter-es) having 6 wingspterodactyle (ter'e-dak'tel) any extinct flying reptiles of the pterodactylate reptile familypteroid (ter'oyd) prehistoric dinosaurtrichopterous (trich-opt'-er-ous) always questioning

punc: piercepunctilious (punk-til'e-es) attentive to the finer points of etiquette and formal conduct

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punctual (punk'choo-el) acting or arriving at the exact time appointedpunctuate (punk'choo-at) to provide with puncuation markspuncture (punk'cher) to pierce with a pointed objectpungent (pun'jent) affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation

quest: searchinquest (in'kwest) a judicial inquiry of some matter usually held beforea jury especially in a matter of deathperquisite (per'kwis-sit) extra privilegequerulous (kwer'e-les) giving to complaining peevishquery (kwir'e') a question; inquiryquest (kwest) the act or instance of seeking or pursuing something; searchquestion (kwes'chen) an expression of inquiry that invites or calls for a replyrequire (ri-kwir) to have as a requisite; need

ratio: thinkirrational (i-rash'e-nel) not endowed with reasonratio (ra'she-o) relation in degree or number between 2 similar thingsratiocination (rash'e-o-so-na'chen) the act of reasoning methodically and

logicallyration (rash'en) a fixed portion especially an amount of food allottedrational (rash'en-el) having or excersing the ability to reasonrationalize (rash'e-ne'liz') to agree to, or reason with

rot: turnrotary (ro'te-re) turning or capable of turning around on an axisrotate (ro'tat) to cause to go through a cycle of changesrotation (ro-ta'shen) a cyclerotativism (ro'ta-tiv-iz'em) the condition of turning or cyclingrotatodentate (ro'ta-to-den'tat) having rotary toothlike projections

rupt: breakabrupt (e-brupt') sudden, quick, and unexpectedcorrupt (ke-rupt') guilty of dishonest practicesdisruptive (dis-rup'tiv) causing disorder or turmoileruption (i-rup'shen) a sudden violent outburstinterrupt (in'te-rupt') to break off or cause to cease in the middle of somethingrupture (rup'cher) the act of breaking or bursting

sag: wisesagacious (se-ga'shes) having or showing keen practical sensesagactiy (sa-gas'i-te) mental discernment and judgmentsage (saj) wise, judicious, or prudent

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sap, sip: flavorinsipid (in-sip'id) without distinctive, interesting, or attracting qualitiessapid (sap'id) having pleasing taste or flavorsapient (sa'pe-ent) wisesaporous (sap'er-es) full of flavor or taste

sarc: fleshsarcasm (sar'kaz-em) harsh or bitter ironysarcocarp (sar'ko-karp') any fruit of fleshy consistencysarcogenous (sar'ko-jen-es') having to do with the production of fleshsarcoid (sar'koid) resembling flesh; growth resembling fleshsarcophagy (sar-kof'e-ge') eating fleshsarcophilous (sar-ko'fil-es') flesh lovingsarcophagus (sar-kof'e-ges) stone coffinsarcosepsis (sar'ko-sep'sis) flesh poisoning

sate: fullinsatiable (in-sa'she-bel) extremely greedysate (sat) to satisfy fullysatiate (sa'she-at) satisfy fullysatiety (sa'she-i-te) the feeling of having had too muchsatisfy (sat'is-fi) meet or fulfill hopes or desiressaturate (sach'e-rat) to soak thoroughly

soph: wisepansophism (pan'se-fiz-em) the professed possession of universal knowledgephilosophy (fe-los'e-fe) the study of the truthsophist (so-f'ist) one who argues through fake reasoningsophistication (se-fis'te-ka'shen) a loss of simplicitysophomore (sof'e-mor) student in the second year of a 4-year high school or college; wise

fool

stell: starconstellation (kon'ste-la'shen) a group of starsstellar (stel'er) of or having to do with the starsstellate (stel'at) spreading out like the points of a starstelliferous (ste-lif'er-es) abounding with stars

temp: timecontemporary (ken-tem'pe-rer'e) of the present timeextemporaneous (ek-stem'pe-ra'ne-es) done without preparationpro tem (pro-tem') temporarytempo (tem'po) a beat in musictemporal (tem'per-el) of or pertaining to time

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temporality (tem'pe-ral'i-te) not permanenttemporary (tem'po-rer'e) not permanent

term: enddetermine (di-tur'min) to settle or decideexterminate (ik-stur'me-nat') destroy totallyterminable (tur'me-ne-bel) that may be endedterminal (tur'me-nel) closing; concludingterminate (tur'me-nat') to bring to an endterminus (tur'me-nes) the end or extreminity of anything

thanos: deathcacothanasia (ca'-ce-tha-na'sia) loud deathelectrothanasia (i-lek'tre-tha-na'sia) death by eloctrocutioneuthanasia (yu'tha-na'zhi-a) an easy death; a mode of death to be desiredthanatognomonic (than'e-to'ne-mon'ic) death lawthanatography (than'e-to'grafe) death writingthanatoid (than'e-toid) resembling deaththanatophobe (than-e'-te-fob) fear of deaththanatopsis (than-e-top'ses) a state in resembling shock

torp: stiff, slowtorpedo (tor-pe'do) underwater bombtorpescent (tor-pe'sent) scent that paralyzestorpid (tor'ped) to be stiff or numbtorpidinous (tor-ped'i-nees) sluggishtorpor (tor'per) a state of mental and motor disability

tox: poisonantitoxin (an'ti-tok'sin) antibody formed in the body as a result of injection of toxindetoxification (de-tok'si-fi-ka'shun) to remove the poison of effect of the poisonintoxicate (in-tok'se-kat') to effect temporarily with diminished control over the physical and

mental powerstoxic (tok'sik) of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a poisontoxicomania (tok'sik-o-ma'nee) excessive excitement or enthusiasm

over toxic materialtoxicophagy (tok'sik-o-fag'e) eating or devouring toxic materialtoxin (tok'sin) poison

turb: agitatedisturb (di-sturb') to interrupt the quite rest or peace ofturbid (tur'bid) being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbedturbine (tur'bin) rotary engine

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turbulent (tur'bye-lent) not clear or transparent because of stirred up settiment or the like;glued

turg: swolenturgescence (tur-jes'ent) becoming swollen, swellingturgid (tur'jid) swollen, distended

unc: oilunction(unk'shen) oily or greasyunctuous (unk'choo-wes) acting in a smooth or oily mannerunguent (un'gwent) a salve or ointmentunguentary (un'gwen-ter'e) like an ointment

vac: emptyevacuate (i-vak'yoo-at) to make emptyvacancy (va'ken-se) the state of being vacant or empty; emtpinessvacate (va'kat) to make vacant or emptyvacatur(va'kat-or) to evict, or to have made vacantvacuity(va-kyoo'e-te) the quality or state of being emptyvacuous (va-kyoo'us) having no substance, intelligence, purposevacuum (vak'yoo-wem) a space with nothing at all in it

vacill: changevacillant (vas'e-lent) to sway to and fro; waver; staggervacillate (vas'e-lat) waver in mind; show indecisionvacillation (vas'e-la'shen) indecisionvacillatory (vas'e-li'tor-e) indecisive

vaga: wanderextravagant (ek-strav'e-gent) excessive, wastefulvagabond (vag'e-band') idle wanderervagary (ve-ger'e) odd conductvagrant(va'grent) tramp; wanderervague (vag) not clear

verd: greenverdant(vur'dent) green; immatureverdigris (vur'di-gres) green deposits on brass or bronzeverdure (vur'jer) green growthverdurous (vur'jer-us) having green growth

vind: clearvindicable (vin'di-ka-b'l) justifiablevindicate (vin'de-kat') clear name

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vindication (vin'di-ka'shun) the result of clearing someones namevindictive (vin-dik'tiv) unforgivingvindictivolence (vin'dik-tiv'o-lens) revengeful

APPENDIX C

BONUS WORDS

abbozzo (o-bot'-so) rough draftabecedarian (a'-be'se'der'-i'en) arranged alphabeticallyabscotchalater (ab-skoch'a-la-ter) one hiding from the policeabsquatulate (ab-skwot'ya-lat) depart hurriedlyacanaceous (a-ken-a'shes) pricklyacquiescence (ak-we-es'-sens) submissive agreementacrocephalic (ak're-sef-al'-ik) pointed headaduncity (a-dun'sit-e) crookednessafflatus(a-fla'tus) artistic inspirationagathokakological (ag'-e-the-kak'-o-loj'i-kel) composed of both good and evilagomphious (a-gom'-fe-es) toothlessagroof (a-groof') flat-facedagrostographer(a-gros-tog'-re-fur) one who writes about grassagrypnia (a-grip'-ni-e) sleeplessnessalgedonica (al-je-don'-ik-a) taking pleasure in painalliceous (al-i-a-shes) smelling of garlic or onionallochroous (a-lok'ro-es) multi-coloredallotriophagy (al'o-tre-of'e-je) craving weird foodalopecia (al-o-pe'shi-e) baldnessanaphalantiasis (an'e-fal'en-ti'e-sis) falling out of the eyebrowsantiphlogistic (an'ti-flo-jis'-tik) reducing feverantisyzygy (an-ti-siz'i-je) union of opposites

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anuptaphobia (an'up'-te-fo'-bi-e) fear of staying singleapopemptoclinic (a'po-pem'to-klin'-ik) inclined towards divorceaprosopia (ap-ro-sop'-i-e) absence of a faceaptyalism (ap-ti'-e-liz'em) loss of salivaatmatertera (at-mo-ter'te-ro) great-grandfather's grand-mother's sisteravuncular (a-vung'-kye-ler) like an unclebedizen (be-di'-zen) over-decorate or -dressbellytimber (bel'e-tim'ber) foodbenthopelagic (ben'-tho-pel-aj'ik) inhabiting the ocean deepblepharospasm(blef'er-o-spa'-zem) persistent winkingbreedbate (bred'bat) mischief-makerbrevirostrate (brev-i-ros'-trat) having a short nosebrobdingnagian (brob-ding-nag'-i-en) giganticbuzznagger (buz'-na-ger) someone who talks too muchcanoodle (ke-noo'-del) caresscarked (karkd) worriedcatawamptious(kat-e-womp'shes) fierce, destructivececutiency (se-ku'shen-se) partial blindnesscercopithecan (ser-ko-pith'-e-ken) pertaining to monkeyscisvestitism (sis-ves'-ti-tiz-em) wearing strange clothes

comiconomenclaturist (ko'-mik-o-no-men-kla'-cher-ist) specialist in funny names

conciliabule (kon-sil'-i-e-bul')secret meeting of plot-hatchersconcupiscent (kon-ku'pi-sent) lustycontumelious (kon-tu-me'li-es) insolent and abusivecornigerous (kor-nij'-e-res) hornedcostermonger (kos'-ter-mung-er) fruit and vegetable sellercrapulous (krap'-yoo-les) sick feeling after overeatingcrurophilous (krur-of'-e-les) liking legscunctation (kunk-ta'-shen) delaycymotrichous (si-mot'-ri-kes) having wavy hairdactylogram (dak-til'-o-gram) fingerpintdecoction (de-kok'-shen) soupdefoedation (def-o-da'shen) pollution, making filthydeglutitious (de-glu-ti'shes) pertaining to swallowingdegustation (de-gus-ta'shen) tasty or savorydendrophilous (den-dro'fil-es) loving trees so much you live in themderf (derf) boldderodidymus (der-o-did'i-mus) two-headed monsterdiscalceate (dis-kals'-e-at) taking off shoesdolichoprosopic (dol'i-ko-pro-sop'ik) having a very long facedwergmal (dwurg'mel) echodzo (dzo) hybrid between yak and cow

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eleemosynary (el'e-mos'-e-ner-e) charitableemphysematous (em-fi-sem'e-tes) swollenepicaricacy (ep'-i-ker-ik'e-se) taking pleasure in other's misfortuneepidermophytosis (ep'i-dur'-mo-fi-to'sis) athlete's footepizeuxis (ep-i-zook'sis) emphatic verbal repetitionerinaceous (er-in-a'-shes) pertaining to the hedgehogerubescent (er-yu-bes'-ent) blushingfabaceous (fe-ba-shes) pertaining to a beanfadoodle (fe-doo'-del) nonsensefedifragous (fed-if'-re-ges) treacherousfizgig (fiz'-gig) flirtatious womanflerd (flerd) fraudfonkin (fon'kin) foolformication (for-mek-a'shen) feeling that bugs are crawling all over youfubsy (fub'ze) chubbyfunambulist (fyoo-nam-'byoo-list) tightrope walkerfurfuraceous (fur'fer-a-shes) covered with dandrufffustilugs (fus'ti-lugz) fat persongalactophagous (gal-ak-to'-fe-ges) milk-drinkinggalligaskins (gal-i-gas'kinz) baggy pantsgelogenic (jel-o-jen'-ik) laughter-provokinggillygaloo (gil-e-ge-loo') mythical bird that lays square eggsgleg (gleg) alertgloze (gloz) gloss overglycolimia (gli-ko-lim'i-e) craving for sweetsgomphiasis (gom-fi'e-sis) toothachegongoozler (gon-gooz'-ler) one who stares endlessly at something unusualgormandizer (gor'man-diz-er) gluttongrobian (gro'-bi-en) person with rude mannersheautontimorumenos (he'-o-ton-tim-o-roo'-men-os) masochisthebetudinous (heb-e-tud'en-es) stupidhesternopothia (hes-tur'-no-poth'-i-e) pathologic yearning for the good old dayshobberdehoy (hob'er-de-hoi) youth entering manhoodhomunculus (ho-mung'-kye-les) dwarfhystricine (his'tri-sin) porcupine-likeinspissate (in-spis'-at) thickenipsedixitism (ip-se-diks'it-iz-em) dogmatismjacation (jak-ta'-shen) braggingjejune (jhi-jhoon') worthlessjitqazzizx (jit'kaz-iks) not minding or not being offendedkreatophagia (kre'-e-to-fa'ji-e) eating raw meatleptorrhinian (lep-to-rin'-i-en) having a long, narrow noselimaceous (li-ma'shes) slug-likelipostomosis (li-po-sto-mo'-sis) absence of the mouth

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lissotrichous (li-sot'ri-kes) having straight hairlucifugous (loo-sif'u-ges) avoiding daylightlucripetous (loo-krip'e-tes) money-hungrylugubrious (lu-gu'bri-es) sad, gloomylutarious (loo-ter'i-es) pertaining to mudmacrosmatic (mak'roz-mat'ik) having a sensitive nosemastigophoric (mas'ti-go-for'ik) carrying a whipmatutolypea (ma-too'to-lip'e-e) getting up on the wrong side of bedmentimutation (men'ti-mu-ta'shen) change of mindmephitine (mef'-e-tin) skunk-likemetagrobolize (me-te-grob'e-liz) puzzle or mystifymolendinaceous (mo-len'-din-a'shes) resembling a windmillmoliminous (mo-lim'in-es) of great importancemorsicant (mor'-si-cent) crazymurfle (mur'-fel) frecklemugwump (mug'wump) person who's unable to make up his mindnapiform (na'-pi-form) shaped like a turnipnasicornous (na-zi-kor'nes) having a horned nose, as does a rhinocerousnepheligenous (nef-e-lij'en-es) producing smokenidificate (nid'-i-fi-kat) build a nestnugatory (nu'ge-to-re) worthless or trivialnummanorous (noo-mam'or-es) money-lovingnychthemeron (nik-the'mer-on) 24-hour-periodogganition (og-en-i'shen) a growlingoikofugic (oik-o-fu'jik) obsessive wanderingologophrenia (ol-o-go-fren'i-e) feeble-mindednessomphaloskepsis (om'fe-lo-skep'sis) meditation while gazing at one's naveloneiromancer (o-ni-ro-man'ser) person who interprets dreamsosculate (os'-kyu-lat) kissoutrecuidance (oo-tre-kwe'dens) insulting conductpagophagia (pa-go-fa'ji-e) eating a tray of ice daily for a months

to help offset iron deficiencypalpebral (pal'pe-bral) pertaining to the eyelidspandiculation (pan-dik'-yoo-la'shen) stretching and yawningpanjandrum (pan-jam'-drem) powerful and pretentious officialpapuliferous (pap-u-lif'er-es) pimplyparorexia (par-o-reks'-i-e) weird appetitepentapopemptic (pen'-te-po-pemp'tik) divorced 5 timespogoniasis (po-gen-i'e-sis) beardedprog (prog) search for, foragepropinquity (pro-pin'kwit-e) nearnesspsittaceous (si-ta'-shes) parrot-likepsychrolusia (si-kro-loo'si-e) bathing in cold waterpunctilious (punk-til'i-es) exact, attentive to detail

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purfle (pur'fel) decoratepusillanimous (pyoo-sil-an'-e-mes) cowardlyquackle (kwak'el) to choke or suffocatequisquous (kwis'-kes) perplexingquockerwodger (kwok'-er-woj-er) marrionettequodlibetic (kwod-li-bet'-ik) book wormquop (kwop) throbquotidian (kwo-tid'i-en) occurring dailyranivorous (ran-iv'or-es) frog-eatingrhinoscopy (rin-os'kep-e) study of the nasal passagesrhonchisonant (rong'ki-so-nent) snoringrixle (riks'-el) rulesanguisugous (sang-wi-soo'ges) blood-thirstysaprostomous (sap-ros'-to-mes) having bad breathsciapodous (si-ap'o-des) having very large feetscolecophagous (skol-e-kof'e-ges) eating wormssepicolous (sep-ik'o-les) living in hedgesserpiginous (ser-pij'en-es) creepingshtchee(shche) cabbage soupsnawky (snaw'ke) nauseatingsolisequious (sol-i-se'kwi-es) following the sunsphagnicolous (sfag-nik'o-les) growing in peat mossspizzerinctum (spiz-er-ink'-tem) great ambitionstentorophonous (sten-tor-of'en-es) having a very loud voicesuperexcrescence (soo'per-eks-kres'-ens) unnecessary growthsusurrant (soo'-sur-ent) whisperingtautoousious (tot-o-oo'-si-es) absolutely the sametaradiddle (tar'-e-did-el) fibtenebrous (ten'-e-bres) dark, gloomy, hard to understandtrochiline (tro'kil-in) hummingbird-likeulotrichous (u-lot'rik-es) having wooly hairumbriferous (um-brif'er-es) shadyutriculus (u-trik'u-les) pertaining to the earuxorodespotism (uks-or'o-des'po-tiz-em) wifely tyrannyvaccimulgence(vak-i-mul'jens) cow milkingvapulation (vap-u-la'shen) floggingvecordious (vek-or'di-es) crazy, senselessvermicular (ver-mik'yoo-ler) worm-likevespertilian (ves-pur-til'i-en) bat-likevituperation (vi-tu'per-a'-shen) abuse, usually verbalvulpecular (vul-pek'yoo-ler) fox-likewiddershins (wid'er-shinz) unluckywowser (wow'zer) excessively moral personwud (wud) crazy

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yarken (yark'en) preparezarf (zarf) coffee cup holderzonesthesia (zon-es-the'-ze-a) feeling of wearing a tight girdle