| A | B |
|---|
| POLY | MANY |
| POLYCHROMATIC | MANY COLORS |
| POLYPHONY | MANY HARMONIES |
| AMBI | ON BOTH SIDES |
| AMBIGUOUS | UNCLEAR IN MEANING |
| AMBIENT | PRESENT ON ALL SIDES |
| AMBIVALENT | HOLDING OPPOSITE FEELINGS |
| AMBIDEXTROUS | ABLE TO USE BOTH HANDS |
| DUC | TO LEAD |
| CONDUCIVE | TENDING TO PROMOTE |
| DEDUCTION | ARRIVING AT A CONCLUSION THROUGH REASON |
| INDUCE | TO PERSUADE |
| GROTESQUE | UGLY |
| FLU | TO FLOW |
| AFFLUENT | RICH |
| CONFLUENCE | A FLOWING TOGETHER |
| EFFLUENT | POLLUTING WASTE |
| PREHEND | TO SEIZE |
| APPREHENSIVE | ANXIOUS ABOUT THE FUTURE |
| PREHENSILE | ABLE TO GRASP BY WRAPPING AROUND |
| REPREHENSIBLE | DESERVING STERN BLAME |
| PURG | TO CLEAN OR TO CLEANSE |
| EXPURGATE | TO REMOVE OBJECTIONABLE PARTS |
| PURGATIVE | CLEANSING OR PURIFYING |
| PURGE | TO CLEAR OR GUILT OR TO GET RID OF SOMETHING |
| PURGATORY | A STATE OF TEMPORARY MISERY |
| ACRIMONIOUS | HARSH OR SHARP IN TONE |
| VIV | TO LIVE |
| VIVACIOUS | LIVELY |
| REVIVIFY | TO BRING BACK TO LIFE |
| CLUD/CLUS | TO CLOSE |
| OCCLUSION | A BLOCKAGE |
| RECLUSE | A PERSON WHO WITHDRAWS FROM SOCIETY |
| PEL/PULS | TO MOVE OR TO DRIVE |
| REPULSION | A FEELING OF DISGUST |
| EXPEL | TO FORCE OUT |
| BEHEMOTH | SOMETHING OF TREMENDOUS SIZE |
| MOR | DEATH |
| MORIBUND | IN THE PROCESS OF DYING |
| MORTIFY | TO HUMILIATE OR EMBARRASS |
| LUC | LIGHT |
| ELUCIDATE | TO EXPLAIN OR CLARIFY |
| LUCUBRATION | DIFFICULT STUDY |
| TRANSLUCENT | PARTLY TRANSPARENT |
| PAN | ALL |
| PANACEA | A CURE-ALL |
| PANDEMONIUM | AN UPROAR |
| PANEGYRIC | A FORMAL SPEECH OF HIGH PRAISE |
| MAL | BAD |
| MALEVOLENT | SHOWING HATRED OR ILL WILL |
| MALIGN | TO MAKE HARSH AND FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT |
| ADAMANT | INFLEXIBLE, UN YIELDING, UNBREAKABLE |
| LOG | WORD, SPEECH, OR REASON |
| EULOGY | A SPEECH AT A FUNERAL |
| MONOLOGUE | A SPEECH BY ONE PERSON |
| NEOLOGISM | A NEW WORD OR EXPRESSION |
| EU | GOOD OR WELL |
| EUPHEMISM | AN INOFFENSIVE PHRASE IN PLACE OF AN OFFENSIVE ONE |
| EUPHORIA | A FEELING OF GREAT ELATION |
| CURR/CURS | TO RUN |
| CONCURRENT | HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME |
| CURSORY | QUICKLY AND CARELESSLY DONE |
| DISCURSIVE | PASSING FROM TOPIC TO TOPIC |
| CARN | FLESH |
| CARNAGE | A HUGE SLAUGHTER |
| CARNIVOROUS | MEAT-EATING |
| COAGULATE | TO CLOT OR THICKEN |
| UND | WAVE OR WAVES |
| INUNDATED | FLOODED, OVERFLOWED |
| UNDULANT | WAVY IN FORM |
| REDOUND | TO REFLECT |
| SACR/SANCT | HOLY |
| SACRILEGE | DISRESPECT TOWARDS SOMETHING HOLY |
| SACROSANCT | MOST HOLY |
| SANCTUARY | A SAFE OR HOLY PLACE |
| SANCTION | TO GIVE APPROVAL TO |
| LOC/LOQUE | TO TALK |
| CIRCUMLOCUTION | TO TALK AROUND A SUBJECT |
| LOQUACIOUS | OVERLY CHATTY |
| COLLOQUIAL | INFORMAL WAY OF WRITING/SPEAKING |
| ELOCUTION | TO ART OF EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPEAKING |
| DESICCATED | DEHYDRATED, DRIED UP |
| VIR | MAN |
| TRIUMVIRATE | A LEADERSHIP OF 3 |
| VIRAGO | AN OVERBEARING WOMAN |
| VIRILITY | ENERGETIC MANHOOD |
| VAL | STRONG |
| VALOROUS | BRAVE, COURAGEOUS |
| PREVALENT | WIDESPREAD |
| VALIDATE | OFFICIALLY APPROVE |
| SOLV/SOLU | TO FREE, LOOSEN, OR RELEASE |
| ABSOLVE | TO FREE FROM AN OBLIGATION |
| SOLUBLE | ABLE TO BE DISSOLVED IN WATER |
| RESOLVE | TO CLEAR UP A PROBLEM |
| EMULATE | TO IMITATE |
| ANT/ANTI | OPPOSITE |
| ANTAGONIST | AN OPPONENT |
| ANTIPATHY | AN INTENSE DISLIKE |
| ANTITHESIS | THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE |
| STRING/STRICT | TO BIND OR DRAW TIGHT |
| CONSTRICT | TO MAKE NARROW |
| STRINGENT | VERY STRICT |
| TORS/TORT | TO TWIST OR WIND |
| EXTORT | TO OBTAIN BY FORCE |
| TORTUOUS | HAVING MANY TWISTS |
| PLAC | TO SOOTHE OR TO CALM |
| PLACEBO | FAKE MEDICINE |
| PLACID | PLEASANTLY CALM |
| IMPLACABLE | NOT CAPABLE OF BEING PLEASED |
| FASTIDIOUS | METICULOUS, HAVING HIGH STANDARDS |
| FUND/FUS | TO POUR OUT OR MELT |
| DIFFUSE | TO SCATTER |
| EFFUSIVE | EMOTIONAL |
| PROFUSION | A LARGE AMOUNT |
| VERB | WORD |
| VERBOSE | OVERLY WORDY |
| VERBATIM | WORD FOR WORD |
| PROVERB | AN OFT-REPEATED STATEMENT |
| FLECT/FLEX | TO BEND |
| DEFLECT | TO TURN ASIDE |
| GENUFLECT | TO KNEEL AND RISE RESPECTFULLY |
| PAC/PEAS | PEACE |
| PACIFY | TO SOOTHE ANGER |
| IMPECUNIOUS | POOR |
| SUPER/SUR | ABOVE |
| SURPASS | TO EXCEED |
| SUPERSEDE | TO REPLACE IN POWER |
| SUPERFICIAL | LACKING DEPTH, SHALLOW |
| SURMOUNT | TO PREVAIL OR GET OVER |
| MUT | CHANGE |
| IMMUTABLE | UNCHANGEABLE |
| TRANSMUTE | TO CHANGE INTO ANOTHER FORM OR SUBSTANCE |
| PLE | TO FILL |
| DEPLETE | TO USE UP |
| REPLETE | ABUNDANTLY FILLED |
| IMPLEMENT | TO PUT INTO PRACTICE |
| PRESTIDIGITATOR | A MAGICIAN |
| SCI | TO KNOW |
| OMNISCIENCE | INFINITE KNOWLEDGE |
| PRESCIENT | SHOWING ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE |
| CONSCIENTIOUS | GOVERNED BY MORALITY |
| TEND/TENT | TO STRETCH |
| CONTENTIOUS | QUARRELSOME |
| DISTEND | TO SWELL |
| PORTEND | TO GIVE A WARNING BEFOREHAND |
| MIT/MIS | TO SEND |
| EMISSARY | ONE SENT OUT TO REPRESENT ANOTHER |
| MANUMISSION | THE ACT OF FREEING FROM SLAVERY |
| PATH | TO FEEL PAIN OR SUFFERING |
| APATHETIC | SHOWING NO EMOTION, NOT CARING |
| SOCIOPATH | A MENTALLY ILL PERSON WHO WANTS TO HARM SOCIETY |
| SYCOPHANT | A SERVILE FLATTERER, A SUCK UP |
| PHAN | TO APPEAR OR TO SEEM |
| PHANSTASM | AN ILLUSION OR A GHOST |
| DIAPHANOUS | FLIMSY, UNSUBSTANTIAL |
| TURB | TO THROW INTO CONFUSION |
| PERTURB | TO CONFUSE OR UPSET |
| TURBULENT | AGITATED,STIRRED UP |
| THEO | GOD |
| APOTHEOSIS | A TRANSFORMATION INTO A GOD |
| MONOTHEISM | THE BELIEF IN 1 GOD |
| PANTHEON | ALL THE GODS OF A MYTHOLOGY |
| CIRCU/CIRCUM | AROUND |
| CIRCUITOUS | HAVING A WINDING COURSE |
| CIRCUMVENT | TO GET AROUND CLEVERLY |
| IRKSOME | BOTHERSOME, ANNOYING |
| PUT | TO THINK OR TO BELIEVE |
| DISPUTATIOUS | INCLINED TO ARGUE |
| TERR/TERRA | EARTH |
| SUBTERRANEAN | BELOW EARTH'S SURFACE |
| TERRESTRIAL | HAVING TO DO WITH EARTH |
| APT/EPT | TO BE FIT |
| ADEPT | HIGHLY SKILLED |
| INEPT | CLUMSY |
| APTITUDE | A NATURAL ABILITY |
| CAD/CID/CAS | TO FALL OR TO DROP |
| CADAVER | A DEAD BODY |
| RECIDIVISM | A TENDENCY TO FALL BACK INTO BAD HABITS |
| BEFUDDLED | CONFUSED OR PERPLEXED |
| VOR | TO EAT |
| OMNIVOROUS | FEEDING ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS |
| VORACIOUS | HAVING A LARGE APPETITE |
| TRANS | ACROSS, THROUGH, OR BEYOND |
| TRANSIENT | TEMPORARY |
| BELL | WAR |
| BELLICOSE | WARLIKE, HOSTILE |
| ANTEBELLUM | EXISTING BEFORE A WAR |
| AM/IM | LOVE, FRIENDSHIP |
| AMICABLE | FRIENDLY |
| INIMICAL | HOSTILE, UNFRIENDLY |
| OSTRACIZE | A BANISH OR EXCLUDE |
| TERM/TERMINE | LIMIT, BOUNDARY |
| INTERMINABLE | ENDLESS |
| TERMINAL | FATAL |
| LEV | TO LIGHTEN |
| ALLEVIATE | TO EASE PAIN |
| LEVITY | LACK OF SERIOUSNESS |
| TRACT | TO DRAG OR DRAW |
| DETRACT | TO DECREASE VALUE |
| RETRACTION | A TAKING BACK |
| INTRACTABLE | STUBBORN, NOT EASILY LED |
| SEC/SEQUE | TO FOLLOW |
| OBSEQUIOUS | EXCESSIVELY SUBMISSIVE,SYCOPHANTIC |
| SEQUENTIAL | ARRANGED IN A CERTAIN ORDER |
| MERCURIAL | HAVING UNPREDICTABLE MODD CHANGES |
| JAC/JEC | TO THROW OR HURL |
| ADJACENT | NEAR, SHARING A BORDER |
| CONJECTURE | A GUESS |
| DEJECTED | DEPRESSED |
| HYPO/HYP | UNDER, BENEATH |
| HYPOTHERMIA | SUBNORMAL BODY TEMPERATURE |
| CRYPT | HIDDEN |
| ENCRYPT | TO PUT INTO CODE |
| PED | CHILD |
| PEDAGOGY | THE ART OF TEACHING |
| MALINGER | TO PRETEND TO BE ILL TO AVOID WORK |
