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| allege | to declare or assert |
| arraign | to call before a court, summon to trial |
| bequeath | to give or bestow in ones will |
| diburse | to pay out, expend, money |
| encroach | to intrude, trespass |
| exonerate | to clear from blame or guilt |
| incriminate | to involve or implicate in a crime |
| actuary | an insurance analyst and statistician |
| alibi | the claim of having been elsewhere, when and offense was commited |
| debenture | interest bearing bond, voucher or indebtness |
| increment | an increase usually in intervals |
| libel | written or printed defamation |
| litigation | a lawsuit, or legal disputation |
| option | choice or right of choice |
| solvency | ability to meet all financial obligations |
| bereavement | loss or desolation, especially by death |
| condolence | formal expression of sypathy |
| dirge | funeral hymn or song, poem of grief |
| epitaph | tombstone or inscription |
| interment | burial |
| abridge | to shorten or condense |
| aquiesce | to consent, agree passively |
| allude | to refer to or mention casually |
| constitute | to form or make up |
| contrive | to plot, scheme, devise a way |
| corroborate | to verify, confirm, substantiate |
| culminate | to reach its highest point |
| depreciate | to decrease in value |
| dialate | to expand or enlarge |
| discriminate | to observe differences, to make unfair judgements |
| arid | dry, barren |
| chronic | habitual, constnant, recurring |
| dubious | doubtful, uncertain, causing doubt |
| indulgent | yeiling, lenient, easy-going |
| internal | inside, within (body, country, etc.) |
| lethal | deadly, fatal |
| livid | pale, lead-colored, grayish blue |
| overt | open, unconcealed |
| senile | characteristic of old age |
| virtual | almost, for all practical purposes, being something in effect ,but not actually |
| accelerate | to increase in speed |
| compensate | to make up for, pay, remunerate |
| exaggerate | to overstate, magnify, inflate |
| humiliate | to lower self respect, mortify |
| impale | to pierce, thrust through |
| jeopardize | to endanger |
| perpetrate | to perform, carry out |
| promulgate | to make known, spread widely |
| resuscitate | to revive, bring back to life |
| stimulate | to feign, pretend, imitate |
| metaphor | an implied comparison |
| moron | person of low intelligence, fool |
| nonentity | a person or thing of no importance |
| parity | equality, equivalence |
| satellite | small planet revolving around larger one; person, gorup, nation dependent on another |
| scroll | ancient rolled manuscript |
| simile | an expressed comparison |
| sovereign | supreme ruler, monarch |
| stratum | layer or level |
| tenacity | unyeilding firmness |
| affinity | attraction, kinship |
| despot | ruler with absolute power, tyrant |
| effigy | image, likeness |
| hybrid | cross btwn two varieties |
| illusion | something not when it appears to be |
| opulence | wealth, abundance |
| precision | exactness, accuracy |
| proximity | nearness |
| reminiscence | calling to mind, recollection |
| reprisal | act of retalliation, especially in war |
| adriot | skillful, clever |
| facile | easily done, moving easy or quickly |
| feline | catlike, sly, stealthy |
| mediocre | average,commonplace |
| prodigious | enormous, marvelous, superhuman |
| prosaic | dull, monotonous, uninteresting |
| punitive | intended to punish, bringing punishpent |
| spontaneous | arising naturally from within, bubbling up |
| subtle | delicate, artful, requiring acuteness |
| transient | fleeting, short lived |
| austere | rigorous, stern, severely simple |
| avid | eager, greedy |
| capricious | subject to whims, changeable |
| competent | capable, skillful, well qualified |
| demure | modest, quietly charming, sedate |
| diminutive | undersized, small |
| formidable | hard to overcome, causing fear or dread |
| inexorable | unyeilding, unrelenting |
| inscrutable | mysterious, unfathomable, beyond comprehension |
| inveterate | habitual, deeply established |
| lugubrious | mournful, doleful, dismal |
| melencholy | gloomy, brooding, sadly thoughtful |
| meticulous | scrupulous about details |
| munificent | very generous, lavish |
| opportune | timely, advantageous, seasonable |
| plebian | common, ordinary, low- class |
| precipitious | very steep |
| precocious | already in development, especially mental |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome inclined to fight |
| querelous | fretful, complaining |
| a- | no, not |
| anti-, ant- | against, opposing, opposed to |
| counter-, contra- | against, opposing, opposed to |
| in- | not |
| mis- | wrongly, incorrectly |
| non- | not |
| ob | against, opposing, opposed to |
| un- | not |
| -duce, -ducate, -duct | lead |
| -fer, -late | carry out or bear, bring |
| -pel, -pulse | drive, push |
| -port, -portat- | carry or bring |
| -serve | keep, save |
| -sist | stand, set |
| -tain, -ten(t) | hold |
| -vene, -vent | come |
| -vert, verse, -verge | turn |
| -voke, -vocat | call |
| -ambul, -ambulat | walk |
| -cur(r), -curs, -course | run, running |
| -migr(a) | travel, move from place to place |
| scend, -scent | climb |
| -dict, -dictat, -loqu, -locu | say, command,talk, speak |
| -logue, -logy | speaking, speech, science |
| -mand | order, command |
| -nounce, -nunci, sert | declare, state |
| -parle- | talk, speak |
| -rog, -quir, -quisit | ask, say declare |
| -don(a), -ded | give |
| -junc(t), -juga | join |
| -merge, -mers | dip, plunge, sink |
| -plac, -placa | please, appease |
| -sequ, -secut | follow |
| -somn, -dorm | sleep |
| -stringe, -strict | draw together, tighten |
| -struct | build |
| -sume, -sump(t) | take upon |
| -tend, -tense | stretch |
| -vince, -vict | conquer, overcome |
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