WORD WITHIN THE WORD

List 53

incuse (adj.)

Stems:

in = in

The copper plate had an incuse design.

cud = strike

INCUSE

hammered in

incise (v.)

Stems:

cise = cut

The surgeon had to incise into the knee to repair the damage.

INCISE

to cut in

rhinoplasty (n.)

Stems:

rhino= nose

The expensive rhinoplasty did not correct his broken nose.

plasto= molded

RHINOPLASTYplastic surgery on the nose

necromancy

Stems:

necro= death

The Haitian necromancer claimed the dead told her the future.

NECROMANCY

sorcery

exeunt omnes (n.)

Stems:

omni= all

At the end of the play, the playwright had written the direction, exeunt omnes.

EXEUNT OMNESStage direction meaning, “all leave”

quadrilateral (n.)

Stems:

quadr= four

In geometry he was studying a quadrilateral polygon.

QUADRILATERAL

four-sided

ipse dixit

Stems:

dict= say

His statement was ipse dixit – completely without proof.

IPSE DIXITarbitrary statement

aqua vitae

Stems:

aqua= water

He detected the pungent aroma of aqua vitae through the tavern window.

AQUA VITAEAn alcoholic drink from the Middle Ages

isocracy (n.)

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iso= same

The remote tribe was an isocracy and had no appointed leader.

ISOCRACYa government in which all citizens have equal power

phantasmagoria (n.)

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phan= appearance

In his nightmare he saw a phantasmagoria of faces and objects.

PHANTASMAGORIArapidly changing, fantastic images – as in a dream

prescience(n.)

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sci= knowledge

His prescience gave him a warning before the calamity hit.

PRESCIENCE

foreknowledge

anomaly (n.)

Stems:

a= same

The result from the experiment was an anomaly .

homo= without

ANOMALY

an abnormality

recant (v.)

Stems:

cant= sing

Galileo was forced to recant his statement about the universe, in favor of one that

was geocentric.

RECANT

retract

preclude (v.)

Stems:

clude= close

Your application was incomplete, which precludes you from being considered for

the scholarship.

PRECLUDEclosed prior to beingconsidered

circumscribe (v.)

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circum= around

The behavior of students is carefully circumscribed.

CIRCUMSCRIBElimit