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| PUT | to think; consider or believe |
| disputatious | inclined to argue are debate |
| impute | to attribute |
| putative | generally supposed; assumed to exist |
| reputed | believe to be a a certain way by popular opinion |
| LOG | word; speech; reason |
| eulogy | a speech or a praise of someone; often of someon who has died |
| monologue | a speech or dramatic scene spoken by one person or one actor;talk that demonstrates conversation |
| neologism | a new word usage or expression |
| geneology | a descent of a person or family from an ancestor or a history of such descent |
| TERR | earth; firm ground |
| parterre | a decorate garden with paths between the bed of plants |
| parterre | the back area of the ground floor of a theater often under the balcony |
| subterranean | underground |
| terrestrial | having to do with the earth or its inhabitants |
| MAR | sea |
| aquamarine | a pale blue or greenish blue that is the color of seawater in sunlight |
| aquamarine | a transparent gem that is blue or blue green |
| mariner | a seaman or sailor |
| maritime | bordering on or having to do with the sea |
| maritime | having to do with navigation or commerce on the sea |
| PATH | suffering |
| apathetic | showing or feeling little or no emotion; having little interest |
| empathy | the feeling of or the ability to feel the emotion or sensation of another |
| pathology | the study of diseases |
| pathology | the abnormalities that characteristic of diseases |
| sociopath | a mentally ill or unstable person who acts in a way that harms people and society |
| PEN/PUN | to punish |
| impunity | freedom from punishment; harm or loss |
| penal | having to do with punishment or penalities; or an institution where punishment is given |
| penance | a act of self punishment or religious devotion that shows sorrow or regret for sins or wrongdoing |
| punitive | giving; involving or aiming at punishment |
| MATR/METR | mother |
| maternity | the state of being a mother or motherhood |
| matriculate | to enroll as member of a group; especially in a school or college |
| matrilineal | based on or tracking the family through the mother |
| metropolitan | having to do with large important cities; sometimes also in surrounding suburbs |
| MONI | to warn or to scold |
| admonish | to warn or criticize mildly |
| monitory | to give warning or cautionary |
| monitor | to keep track of or watch usually for a special reason |
| premonition | a previous warning or notice; forewarning |
| premonition | a feeling about an event or situation before it happens |
| cereal | a plant that produces grain that can be eaten as food |
| cereal | food made from grain |
| Junoesque | having mature poised and dignified beauty |
| martial | having to do with war or military life |
| Promethean | new or creative in a daring way |
| Sisyphian | endless and difficult |
| titanic | having great size, strength or power, collossal |
| Triton | a being with a human upper body and the lower body of a fish or merman |
| vulcanize | to treat crude or synthetic rubber or plastic so that is become elastic and strong; resist decay |
| crypt/cryph | The Greek word or hidden |
| apocryphal | A doubtful genuineness or authenticity |
| cryptic | Mysterious, puzzlingly short |
| cryptic | acting to hide or conceal |
| cryptography | secret writing |
| cryptography | the encoding and decoding of messages |
| crypt | a room completely or partly underground, especially under the main floor of a church; a room or area in a large aboveground tomb |
| ab/abs | Coming from the Latin word that means "from" or "away". |
| abscond | To depart in scret and hide |
| abstemious | Restrained, especially in the consumption of food or alcohol |
| abstraction | The consideration of a thing or idea without associating it with a particular example. |
| abstruse | Hard to understan; deep or complex |
| Ped | comes fromt eh Greek word for "child" |
| pedagogy | The art or profession of teaching; the study of teaching |
| encyclopedic | Of or relating to an encyclopedia; Covering a wide range of subjects |
| pediatrician | A doctor who specializes in the diseases, development, and care of children. |
| pedant | A formal, unimaginative teacher; A person who shows off his or her learning |
| NASC/ NAT/ NAI | Comes from the Latin word nasci meaning "to be born" |
| cognate | Related or alike by nature,. related because descended from the same language |
| innate | Present from birth onward; inborn |
| nascent | Coming or having just come into being |
| renaissance | Rebirth or revival; The period of European history between the medieval and modern times, from about the 14th to the 17th century, which saw the revival of classical culture, a flowering of the arts and literature, and beginnings of modern science. |
| Fer | from thenLating verb ferre, meaning "to carry" |
| deferential | showing respect or esteem |
| fertile | bearing great quantities of fruit or imaginative ideas; productive or inventive |
| fertile | able to support abundant plant growth |
| inference | A conclusion arrived at from facts or statements taken as true |
| inference | A guess or assumption made on the assumption of little or no evidence |
| proliferate | To grow or increase by rapid production of new units; to multiply |
| Trans | comes from the Latin to indicate movement "through, across or beyond" |
| transfiguration | A change in form or appearance, a glorifying spiritual state |
| transfuse | To spread into or throughout; to permeate. |
| transfuse | To transfer into a vein of a person or animal |
| transient | Not lasting long; short lived |
| transient | passing through a place or staying only briefly |
| transcendent | Exceeding or rising beyond limits; surpassing; supreme |
| transcendent | Beyond comprehension, beyond ordinary experience or material existence |
| PON/ POS | from the Latin verb ponere meaning "put" or "place" |
| component | A seperate part of a whole |
| disposition | Tendency; inclination |
| disposition | basic outlook or attitude |
| repository | A place or container where something is stored |
| superimpose | To put or place one thing over something else |
| abstinence | Holding oneself back voluntarily from indulging an appetite or craving |
| tenacious | Stubborn or persistent in clinging to a thing |
| tenable | Capable of being held or defended; reasonable |
| sustenance | Something that give support or strength |
| sustenance | food, nourishment |
| MONO | Is Greek for "one" or "only" |
| monogamous | being married to one person or having one soul mate |
| monograph | A scholarly essay written on a single small topicn and published seperately |
| monolithic | Appearing to be huge; featureless; often rigid whole |
| monolithic | Made up of material with no joints or seams |
| monotheism | The worship of a single god |
| UNI | the Latin word for "one" |
| unicameral | Having only one lawmaking chamber |
| unilateral | Done by one person or party; one sided |
| unilateral | Affecting one side of the body |
| unison | Perfect agreement; Sameness of musical pitch |
| unitarian | Relating or belonging to a religious group that believes that God exist only in one person and stresses individual freedom of belief |
| Umbr | From the Latin umbra, shadow |
| Adumbrate | To give a sketchy outline or disclose in part. To hint at or foretell |
| Penumbra | The partial shadow surrounding complete shadow, as in an eclipse |
| Penumbra | The fringe or surrounding area where something exists less fully |
| Umber | A darkish brown mineral containing manganese and iron oxides used for coloring paint. |
| Umbra | A color that is greenish brown to dark reddish brown |
| Umbrage | A feeling of resentment at some slight or insult, often one that is imagined rather than reall |
| Vest | Comes from the Latin vestire meaning to clothe, or to dress |
| Divest | To get rid of or free oneself of property, authority, or title |
| Divest | To strip of clothing, ornaments, or equipment |
| Investiture | The formal placing of someone in office |
| Transvestite | A person, especially a male, who wears clothing and adopts the mannerisms of the opposite sex |
| Travesty | An inferior or distorted imitation |
| Travesty | A broadly comic imitation in drama, literature, or art that is usually grotesque and ridiculous |
| The/Theo | Comes from the Greek meaning god |
| Apotheosis | Transformation into a god. The perfect example |
| Atheistic | Denying the existence of God or divine power |
| Pantheistic | Seeing the power of God in all the natural forces of the universe. Worshiping all gods of all creeds and cults |
| Theocracy | Government by officials who are regarded as divinely inspired. |
| Theocracy | A state governed by theocracy |
| De/Div | Comes from two related Roman words deus,"god" and divus "divine" |
| Deity | A god or goddess |
| Deus ex machine | In Greek and Roman drama, a god who enters above the stage by means of a crane and decides the play's outcome |
| Divinatory | Seeking to foresee or foretell the future, usually by interpreting or asking for supernatural help |
| Divinity | The state of being a god or goddess |
| Demo | Comes from the Greek word meaning people |
| Demographic | Having to do with the study of human populations, especially their size, growth, density and patterns of living |
| Endemic | Found only in given place or region. |
| Endemic | Often found in a given occupation, area or environment |
| Pandemic | Widespread and affecting a large portion of the people |
| Demotic | Popular or common |
| Popul | Comes from the Latin word meaning people |
| Populist | A believer in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people |
| Populace | The common people or masses. Population |
| Populous | Numerous, densely settled, or having a large population |
| Vox populi | Popular sentiment or opinion |
| Polis/Polit | Comes from the Greek word for city |
| Acropolis | The high, fortified part of a city, especially an ancient Greek city |
| Megalopolis | A very large city. A thickly populated area that includes one or more cities width the surrounding suburbs |
| Politic | Cleverly tactful. Wise in promoting a plan or plan of action |
| Politicize | To give a political tone or character to |
| Circu/Circum | It comes from the Latin meaning "around" |
| Circuitous | Having a circular or winding course |
| Circumference | The perimeter or boundary of a circle |
| Circumspect | Careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences;cautious |
| Circumvent | To manage to get around, especially by clever means |
| Aquiline | Relating to eagles |
| Aquiline | Curving like an eagle's beak |
| Asinine | Foolish; brainless |
| Bovine | Relating to cows or oxen |
| Bovine | Placid, dull, unemotional |
| Canine | Relating to dogs or the dog family;doglike |
| Feline | Relating to cats or the cat family |
| FelinE | Like a cat in being sleek,graceful, sly, treacherous, or stealthy |
| Leonine | Relating to lions |
| Porcine | Relating to pigs or swine; piglike |
| Vulpine | Relating to foxes,sneaky.clever or crafty;foxy |
| accord | to grant ; to be in harmony, to agree |
| concordance | an inde of the important wordsin a book or in an author's works, in the passages in which they occur |
| cordial | warm,friendly, gracious;sometig that warms and revives, especially a liqueur |
| discordant | Being at odds, conflicting, not in harmony |
| culpable | deserving to be condemned or blamed |
| exculpate | to clear from accusations of fault or guilt |
| inculpate | to accuse or incriminate; to show evidence of someone's involvement in a fault or crime |
| edict | an official announcement that has the force of a law; an order or command |
| interdiction | an edict prohibiting something; the destruction of or the cutting off ofan enemy's line of supply |
| jurisdiction | the power or right to control or exercise authority; the territory where power may be exercised |
| malediction | a curse |
| cognitive | having to do with the process of knowing, including awareness, judgment, and understanding; basd on factual knowledge that has been or can be gained by experience |
| diagnosis | the identification of a disease by its symptoms; an investigation of and conclusion about a situation or problem |
| incognito | in disguise or with one's identity concealed |
| prognosis | the chance of recovery from from a given disease or condition; forecast or prophecy |
| adaptation | adjustment to conditions of an environment, or to a new or different use |
| aptitude | natural tendency, talent, or ability; ability to learn |
| adept | expert or highly skilled |
| inept | foolish, incompetent, bungling |
| artful | skillful, wiley, crafty, sly |
| artifact | an unusually simple object, such as a tool or ornament, made by human workmanship or modification |
| artifice | clever skill, a clever trick |
| artisan | askilled worker or craftsperson |
| cadaver | a dead body, especially one that is to be dissected; a corpse |
| casualty | a person, especially a military person, or a thing that is injured, lost, or destroyed; a victim |
| decadent | self-indulgent; decaying or declining |
| recidivism | a tendency to fall back into earlier habits or modes of behaving, especially criminal habits |
| concise | brrrief and condensed, especially in expression or statement |
| excise | To cut out, especially surgically |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive |
| precision | exactness of definition or statement; accuracy of performance or measurement |
| apiary | place where bees are kept for their honey |
| caper | a playful leap; a prank or mischievous adventure |
| equestrian | having to do with horseback riding |
| lupine | like a wolf, wolfish |
| lycanthropy | hte taking on fo the form and the behavior of a wolf by means of magic or witchcraft |
| ornithologist | a person who studies birds |
| serpentine | like a snake or a serpent in shape or movement; winding |
| simian | having todo with monkeys or apes; monkeylike |
| indeterminate | not precisely determined; vague |
| interminable | Having or seeming to have no end; tiresomely drawn out |
| terminal | Forming or relating to an end or limit; fatal |
| terminology | The words wwith a specialized or precise meanings used in a field or subject |
| evince | To be outward evidence of; show or reveal |
| invincible | Incapable of being conquered or overcome |
| provincial | Having to do with a province; lacking polish, culture, and borad experience |
| victimize | To make a victim of; trick, deceive, or injure |
| stratosphere | part of the earth;s atmosphere that extends from about 7 to 31 miles above the surface; a very high or the higest region |
| biosphere | the part of the world in which life can exist; living things and their environment |
| hemisphere | half a sphere, especially half the global sphere as divided by the equator or a meridian |
| spherical | relating to a sphere; shaped like a sphere or one of its segments |
| divert | To turn from one purpose or course to another; to give pleasure to by distracting from burdens or distress |
| perverse | Corrupt; improper, incorrect; stubbornly or obstinately wrong |
| avert | To turn away or aside; To avoid or ward off; prevent |
| versatile | Turning easily from one skill to another; having many uses |
| amorphous | Without a definite shape or form; shapeless |
| anthropomorphic | Having or desribed as having human form or traits; seeing human traits in nonhuman things |
| metamorphosis | a physical change, especially one supernaturally caused; a developmental change in an animal that occurs after birth or hatching |
| morphology | the study of the structure and form of plants and animals; the study of word formation |
| confrom | to be similar or identical; to be in agreement or harmony; to follow ordinary standards or customs |
| formality | an established custom or way of behaving that is required or standard; the following of formal or conventional rules |
| formative | giving or able to give form or shape; constructive;having to do with important growth or development |
| format | the shape, size,and general makeup of something; a general plan, arrangement, or choice of material |
| doctrine | Something that is taught; an official principle, opinion, or belief |
| docile | eaaasily ed, tamed, or taught; obedient |
| doctrinaire | tending to apply principles or theories without regard for practical difficulties or individual circumstance |
| indoctrinate | to teach, especially basics or fundamentals; to fill someone with a particular opinion or point of view |
| intuition | the power ofknowing something immediately without mental effort; quick insight |
| tuition | the act of teahing, instruction; the cost of payment for instruction |
| tutorial | a class for one student ot a small group of students; an instructinal program that gives information about a specific subject |
| dichotomy | divisin into two often contradictory groups; sonethng with qualitites that seem to contradict each other |
| diplomatic | relating to negotiations between nations; tactful |
| duplex | having two principal elements, double; allowing electronic communication in two directionsat the same time |
| duplicity | deception by pretending to feel and act one way while acting in another |
| bipartisan | Involving members of two political parties |
| binary | consisting of two things or parts; double;involving a choice between two alternatives |
| biennial | occuring every two years; continuing or lasting over two years |
| bipolar | having two opposed forces or views; having two poles or opposed points of attraction |
| tutelage | instruction or guidacne of an individual |
| cant | sing |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as part of a ritual of magic |
| cantor | an official of a Jewish synangogue who sings or chants the music of the services and leads the congregation in prayer |
| descant | An additional melody sung above the principal melody |
| lud/lus | to play |
| allude | to refer broadly or indirectly |
| collusion | a secret agreement or conspiracy for an illegal or deceptive purpose |
| ludicrous | laughable behavior because of clear absurdity, falseness or foolishness |
| prelude | the performance, action, event, or piece of music that precedes and prepares for the more important thing that follows |
| phan/phen | to appear or seem pr to present to the mind |
| phantasm | an illusion or a ghost produced by imagination or creative invention |
| phantasmagoria | a shifting succession of things seen or imagined |
| phenomenon | a fact or event observed or known with the senses. |
| diaphanous | transparent |
| turb | to throw into confusion or upset |
| perturb | to upset, confuse, disarrange |
| turbine | a rotary engine with blades made to turn and generate power by a current of water, steam, or air under pressure |
| turbulent | stirred up, agitated |
| turbid | thick or murky, especially with churned-up sediment |
| volu/volv | to roll, wind, turn around, or twist around |
| devolution | the transfer of rights, powers, property, or responsibiltyto others from the central to local government |
| evolution | the process of change from a lower, simpler, or worse state to one that is higher, more complex or better |
| vuluble | Speaking readily and rapidly; talkative |
| fac/fec/fic | to make or to do |
| confection | a sweet food or fancy dish prepared from a variety of ingredients. |
| facile | easliy accomplished |
| olfactory | having to do with the sense of smell |
| ut/us | to use, make use of, employ |
| usfruct | the right to use or enjoy something |
| usury | the lending of money with a fee charged for its use, especially lending for an unusually high fee. |
| utilitarian | Aiming at usefulness rather than beauty |
| utility | usefulness. |
| muse | a source of inspiration; a guiding spirit |
| iridecent | Having a glowing, rainbowlike play of color that seems to change as the light shifts |
| mausoleum | a large tomb, especially one built aboveground with shelves for the dead. |
| mentor | a trusted counselor, guide, tutor or coach |
| narcissism | extreme self-centeredness or fascination with oneself |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by offering something desireable |
| thespian | an actor |
| zephyr | a gentle breeze |
