| A | B |
|---|
| acrid (ACR sharp) | a sharp, foul odor or taste; violently bitter |
| acerbic (ACR/ACER sharp) | with bitterness; giving sharp, or cutting, remarks |
| synopsis (SYN together + OPIA sight) | a summary (literally, looking over everything together) |
| biopsy (BIO life + OPIA sight) | the removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from the living body |
| sedentary (SED sit) | sitting |
| assiduous (AS/AD to + SID/SED sit) | persisting; not giving up (e.g., one who sits down and refuses to budge) |
| sedition (SED sit) | resisting lawful authority (e.g., sitting down and refusing to move) |
| dormant (DORM sleep) | asleep |
| somniferous (SOMN sleep + FER carry) | sleep-inducing; bringing, or carrying, sleep |
| microcosm (MICRO small + COSMOS world or universe) | a small or little word, usually seen as representative of a larger group |
| psychology (PSYCH mind + LOGY study of) | the study of the human mind |
| psyche (PSYCH mind) | mind |
| psychopath (PSYCH mind + PATHO disease) | one with a diseased mind; a person with a severe or dangerous mental illness |
| euphony (EU good + PHON sound) | pleasant sounding |
| phonograph (PHON sound + GRAPH write) | literally, writing with sound; an instrument for reproducing sounds encoded in hard plastic |
| consonance (CON together + SON sound) | harmony or agreement between components; all together and sounding beautiful |
| interstellar (INTER between + STELL star) | located, taking place, or traveling between stars |
| stellar (STELL star) | of or relating to stars; standing out like a star |
| egress (E/EX out + GRESS step) | exit (where one steps out of a place) |
| digress (DIS apart or away + GRESS step) | to step away from the subject or matter at hand |
| ingress (IN in + GRESS step) | entrance (where one steps into a place) |
| loquacious (LOQU talk + OUS full of) | talkative |
| eloquent (E/EX out + LOQU talk) | beautiful or pleasing speech |
| monologue (MONO one + LOGU talk) | one person speaking |
| prologue (PRO forward + LOGU talk) | the introduction to a literary work |
