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| portage | the carrying of boats or goods overland from one body of water to another; also a regular route for such carrying |
| portfolio | a flat case for carrying documents or artworks; the investments owned by a person or an organization |
| comport | to be in agreement with ; to behave |
| deportment | manner of conducting oneself socially |
| appendage | something joined on to a larger or more important body or thing |
| pendant | someting that hanags down, especially as an ornament |
| append | to add as something extra |
| suspend | to stop something or to force someone to give up some right or position for a limited time; to hand something so that it is free on all sides |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties; cureall |
| pandemonium | A wild uproar or commotion |
| pantheism | a system of belief that regards God as identical with the forces and laws of the universe |
| panoply | a magnificent or impressive array; a display of all appropriate accessory items |
| extradite | to deliver an accused criminal from one place to antoher where the trial will be held |
| extrapolate | to extend or project facts or data into an area not known in order to make assumptions or to predict facts or trends |
| extrovert | a person mainly concerned with things outside of himself or herself; a sociable or outgoing person |
| extraneous | existing or coming from the outside |
| photoelectric | involving an electrical effect produced by the action of light or other radiation |
| photovoltaic | involving the direct generation of electricity when sunlight or other radiant energy falls on the boundary between dissimilar substances |
| photon | a tiny particle or bundle of radiant energy |
| photosynthesis | the process by which green plants use light to produce organic carbon dioxide and water |
| elucidate | to clarify by explaining |
| lucid | very clear and easy to understand; able to think clearly |
| lucubration | hard and difficult study |
| translucent | partly transparent; allowing light to pass through by diffusing it so that objects beyond cannot be seen clearly |
| mortality | the quality or state of being alive and therefore certain to die; the number of deaths that occur in a particular time or place |
| moribund | in the process of dying or approaching death |
| amortize | to pay off by making small payments over a period of time |
| mortify | to subdue or deaden the body by self- discipline or self-inflicted pain |
| mortify | to embarrass greatly; humiliate |
| atrophy | gradual loss of muscle or flesh,usually because of disease or lack of use; a decline or degeneration |
| hypertrophy | excessive development of an organ or part; exaggerated growth or complexity |
| dystrophy | any of several disorders involving the nerves and muscles, especially muscular dystrophy |
| eutrophication | the process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients |
| aeolian harp | a box with strings that produce musical sounds when wind blows on them |
| cynosure | a guide |
| cynosure | a center of attention |
| laconic | using extremely few words |
| mnemonic | having to do with assisting the memory |
| platonic | involving a close relationship in which romance and sex are absent |
| sapphic | lesbian; relating to a poetic verse pattern associated with Sappho |
| platonic | Relating to the philosopher Plato or his teachings |
| Socratic | Relating to the philosopher Socrates or with his teaching method, in which his systematically questioned the student in conversation in order to draw forth truths |
| solecism | a grammatical mistake in speaking or writing ; blunder in etiquette or proper behavior |
