| A | B |
|---|
| naive | innocent; gullible |
| naturalize | to give citizenship to one foreign born |
| innate | inborn |
| factious | argumentative; inclined to dissent |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| facile | easy |
| abdicate | to give up; renounce |
| aberration | a straying from the norm; abnormality |
| abjure | to renounce (upon oath); to swear away |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide |
| complacency | state of smugness; self-satisfaction |
| belligerence | quality of having a fighting spirit |
| opulence | wealth |
| tenacious | stubborn; holding fast |
| retentive | retaining knowledge easily (a retentive memory) |
| tenable | able to be defended or upheld |
| preclude | to hinder; to make impossible |
| occlusion | the shutting up of an opening |
| exclusion | shut away; hermit-like |
| exclusion | the act of shutting out (noun form of "exclude") |
| CLUD | shut |
| TEN | hold |
| ENCE | state of |
| AB | away from |
| FACT | make |
| NAT | born |
| POLY | many |
| pologamy | having many wives |
| polyglot | knows many languages |
| polychromatic | many colors |
| APO | away from |
| apocalypse | a revelation of the future destruction of the world |
| apogee | pt. of orbit farthest from the earth |
| HUM | earth; ground; man |
| exhume | to dig up a body |
| humiliate | to shame |
| humane | compassionate to living things |
| humanities | languages and literature |
| MIS/MISEN | wrong |
| miscreant | evil-doer |
| misogynist | hater of women |
| misnomer | an incorrect name |
| misgivings | feelings of uneasiness or guilt |
| misanthrope | a hater of mankind |
| OMNI | all |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| omnivorous | eating both plants and animals |
| FORT | strong |
| forte | strong point |
| fortify | to strengthen |
| FORTUNA | fortune |
| fortuitous | hapening by chance; accidental |
| TUDE | state of |
| lassitude | n. weariness; state of being limp |
| aptitude | n. state of being capable; ability |
| fortitude | n. bravery and strength; endurance |
| pulchritude | n. state of beauty |
| MAN | hand |
| manacles | n. handcuffs |
| manifest | adj. obvious; apparent |
| emancipate | v. to set free |
| legerdemain | n. sleight of hand; magic |
| FIDE | faith |
| infidelity | n. disloyalty |
| bona fide | adj. genuine ("In good faith") |
| confidant | n. a person in whom secrets are confided |
| perfidious | adj. deceitful |
| cognizance | n. awareness |
| incognito | adj., adv. in disguise |
| prognosis | n. a foretelling of the course of a disease |
| prognosticator | n. one who can predict |
| compulsory | adj. required; mandatory |
| GNOSI | know |
| PUL | drive; push |
| impulsive | adj. driven to act quickly (without thinking things through) |
| repulse | v. to drive back (as an army) |
| expulsion | n. the act of throwing out (noun form of "expel") |
| NAT | born |
| naive | innocent; gullible |
| naturalize | give citizenship to one foreign born |
| innate | inborn (born with it) |
| FACT | make |
| factious | argumentative |
| facile | easy |
| facsimile | exact copy |
| AB | away from |
| abdicate | to give up; renounce |
| aberration | abnormalility |
| abjure | to renounce (under oath) |
| abscond | to depart secretely and hide |
| ENCE | state of |
| complacency | smugness; self-satifcation |
| belligerence | fighting spirit |
| opulence | weath |
| TEN | hold |
| tenacious | stubborn; holding fast |
| tenable | about to be defended |
| retentive | retaining knowledge easily |
| CLUDE | shut |
| preclude | to hinder; make impossible |
| occlusion | shutting up of an opening |
| reclusive | shut away; hermit-like |
| exclusion | shutting out (to exclude) |
| automaton | robot |
| autocratic | rul by one supreme ruler |
| auto | self |
| autobiography | one's life story written by oneself |
| autonomous | self-governing |
| ile | related to |
| docile | easy to teach |
| agile | flexible |
| versatile | having varoius talents |
| projectile | an object that is thrown |
| futile | ineffectual; useless |
| tactile | perceived by touch |
| leg | law |
| legacy | inheritance |
| legislative | power to make a law |
| legitimate | legal |
| illegitimate | unlawful; unmarried parents |
| evoke | to call from the past |
| voc | call; voice |
| vociferous | shouting loudly |
| invoke | to call on a blessing |
| convocation | an assembly |
| provoke | to call forth anger |
| advocate | to speak/write in favor of |
| sub | under |
| subdue | to conquer |
| substantiate | to establish by proof or evidence |
| subversive | wishint to overthrow government |
| subterraneous | underground |
| subterfuge | deception; underhandedness |
| mal | bad or evil |
| maladroit | clumsy |
| malapropism | humours misuse of words |
| malice | spite or ill wil |
| malediction | curse or slander |
| post | after |
| posterity | descendants |
| posthumous | after one's death |
| posterior | the buttocks |
| phil | love |
| philanderer | mail flirt |
| philanthropy | desire to improve mankind |
| philogynist | fond of women |
| philatelist | stamp collector |
| soph | wisdom |
| sophist | one who is skilluf in devious argument |
| sophisticated | wise to the ways of the word |
| sophomoric | immature and silly |
| philosopher | loves wisdom |
| hypocrisy | the act of pretending to be what one is not |
| hypocrite | one who pretends to be what one is not to win favor |
| hypothesis | an unproved theory |
| hypothermic | subnormal body temperature |
| anachronism | out of time |
| analogy | comparison |
| anagram | word formed from the scrambled |
| averse | against |
| anrachy | lawlessness |
| divert | turn away/attention away |
| oberse | face to face |
| pervert | corrupt |
| vertigo | dizziness |
| contemporary | current |
| extemporaneously | unrehearsed |
| tributary | branches of a river |
| attribute | characteristics |
| retribution | deserved punishment |
| redistribute | to hand out again |
| temporal | present life or world |
| NAT | born |
| naive | innocent; gullible |
| naturalize | give citizenship to one foreign born |
| innate | inborn (born with it) |
| FACT | make |
| factious | argumentative |
| facsimile | exact copy |
| AB | away from |
| abdicate | to give up; renounce |
| aberration | abnormalility |
| abjure | to renounce (under oath) |
| abscond | to depart secretely and hide |
| ENCE | state of |
| complacency | smugness; self-satifcation |
| belligerence | fighting spirit |
| opulence | wealth |
| TEN | hold |
| tenacious | holding fast |
| tenable | about to be defended |
| retentive | retaining knowledge easily |
| CLUDE | shut |
| preclude | to hinder; make impossible |
| occlusion | shutting up of an opening |
| reclusive | shut away; hermit like |
| exclusion | shutting out (to exclude) |
| TUDE | state of |
| lassitude | n. weariness; state of being limp |
| aptitude | n. state of being capable; ability |
| fortitude | n. bravery and strength; endurance |
| pulchritude | n. state of beauty |
| MAN | hand |
| manacles | n. handcuffs |
| manifest | adj. obvious; apparent |
| emancipate | v. to set free |
| legerdemain | n. sleight of hand; magic |
| FIDE | faith |
| infidelity | n. disloyalty; unfaithful |
| bona fide | adj. genuine ("In good faith") |
| confidant | n. a person in whom secrets are confided |
| perfidious | adj. deceitful |
| cognizance | n. awareness |
| incognito | adj., adv. in disguise |
| prognosis | n. a foretelling of the course of a disease |
| prognosticator | n. one who can predict |
| compulsory | adj. required; mandatory |
| GNOSI | know |
| PUL | push; drive |
| impulsive | adj. driven to act quickly (without thinking things through) |
| repulse | v. to drive back (as an army) |
| expulsion | n. the act of throwing out (noun form of "expel") |
| poly (r) | many |
| polygamy | having many wives |
| polyglot | knowning many languages |
| polychromatic | having many colors |
| apo (r) | away from |
| apocalypse | a revelation of the future destruction of the world |
| apogee | pt. of orbit farthest from the earth |
| hum (r) | earth; ground; man |
| exhume | to dig up a body |
| humiliate | to shame |
| humane | compassionate to living things |
| humanities | languages and literature |
| mis/misen (r) | wrong |
| miscreant | evil-doer |
| misogynist | hater of women |
| misnomer | an incorrect name |
| misgivings | feelings of uneasiness or guilt |
| misanthrope | a hater ofmankind |
| omni (r) | all |
| omnipotent | all-powerful |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| omnivorous | eating both plants and animals |
| fort (r) | strong |
| forte | one's strong point |
| fortify | to strengthen |
| fortuna (r) | chance |
| fortuitous | hapening by chance; accidental |
| FLECT | bend |
| deflect | to turn aside, bend |
| inflection | rise and fall of one's voice |
| reflective | meditative; full of thoughts |
| HYPER | excessive |
| hyperkinesis | abnormal muscle movement |
| hypertension | abnormally hig blood pressure |
| hypochondriac | a person who is abnormally concerned about his health |
| hyperborean | artic; cold |
| ULTIMA | last |
| ultimatum | final offer (or else!) |
| penultimate | next to the last |
| PERI | around |
| perigee | pt. of orbit nearest to the earth |
| peripherail | related to the boundary; lying on the outside |
| periodic | occurring at regular times |
| SUPER | above; over |
| supercilious | looking down on others as worthless |
| superlative | the best; in the highest degree |
| supermacy | state of being the highest in power or authority |
| PARA | beside |
| parabola | a bowl-shaped curve |
| parable | a story with a moral |
| paradox | contradictory statement that makes sense when analyzed |
| paraphrase | to put into your own words |
| parody | a humorous imitation of a literary work |
