Etymology 6/12/06

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Pugn/acious: Adj. Having a belligerant nature; quarrelsome.
Pugn/ac/ity: N. The Desire to fight.
Pug/il/ist: N. One who fights with his fists.
Re/pugn/ant: Adj. Incompatible; distaste.
Im/pugn: V. To cause to doubt
Pung/ent: Adj. Sharp in Smell or taste sharply painful.
Pung/ency: State of being sharp in smell or taste.
Punct/ure: V. To pierce with a pointed instrument or object.
Com/punct/ion: N. A feeling of guilt; anxiety from guilt.
Punct/il/ious: Adj. Concerned with details.
Punct/ual Adj.: Prompt; on time.
Ex/pung/e: V. To cancel or delete.
Stimul/ate: V. To excite to activity, growth or greater activity.
Stimul/ant: An agent that produces a temporary increase in activity.
Stimul/us: N. Something that rouses or incites to activity.
Di/stinct: Adj. Distinguishable; unique.
Di/stingu/ish: V. To perceive as being separate and different.
In/di/stingu/ish/able: Adj. Not easily defined.
In/stinct N.: N. Natural, in born ability or impulse.
Ex/tingu/ish: V. To put out a light or fire.
In/stig/ate: V. To provoke urge.
Sting/ent: Adj. Constricted; imposing strict rules; severe.
Con/strict: V. To make narrow by drawing together; to stop; to inhibit.
Con/strict/ion: Act of making together; narrow.
A/string/ent: Adj. Able to draw.
Re/strict: V. To confine with in bonds or limits.
Lig/at/ure: N. Something that's used to bind.
Lig/a/ment: N. A band of tissues connecting bone to bone.
Ob/lig/at/ion: N. Duty (moral/legal); responsibility.
Ob/lig/at/ory: required or mandatory.
Al/leg/iance: N. Loyalty
Il/leg/al: Adj. Not authorized by law; unlawful.
Leg/al: Adj. Lawful, according to specific law.
Extra/leg/al: Adj. Not regulated by law.
Leg/itim/ate: Adj. Lawful; according to laws of reason.
Leg/acy: N. Something inherited.
De/leg/ate: N. The person appointed with power to act.
De/leg/at/ion: A group of representatives.
Al/leg/e: V. To assert as true without much evidence.
Al/leg/at/ion: An assumption.
Rel/leg/ate: V. To send back to a lower position- to demote.
Leg/at/ion: N. Sending of official representatives.
Leg/ible: Adj. Capable of being read.
Il/leg/ible: Adj. Not capable of being read.
E/lig/ible: Adj. Qualified to be chosen; entitled.
Se/lect: V. To make a choice; to pick out.
Se/lect/iv/ity: N. The act of choosing; pickiness.
Se/lect/ive: Choosing carefully.
Leg/ion: N. A very large number or gathering.
Neg/lect: V. To give little or no attention; to disregard.
Neg/lig/ent: Careless; disregarding proper care.
Pre/di/lect/ion: N. A preference or choice.
Di/lig/ent: Adj. Having steady, persistant work; hard working.
In/e/lig/ible: Adj. Not qualified to be chosen.
E/lect: V. To choose by vote.
Litig/ate: V. To dispute in a court of law to take part in a lawsuit.
Litig/at/ion: Act of carrying on a legal contest by judicial process.
Litig/ant: N. One engaged in a lawsuit.
Litig/ious: Adj. Contentious- prone to engage in lawsuits; quarrelsome.
Liter/at/ure: N. The production of literate work, esp. as an occupation.
Feder/ate: Adj. Joined by common agreement.
Liter/al: Adj. Accurate.
Al/liter/at/ion N.: The repitition of initial consonant sounds in a phrase/line.
Feder/at/ion: N. The act of uniting.
Il/liter/ate: Adj. Having little or no education; can't read/write.
Ob/liter/ate: V. To do away with completely; to wipe out; to erase.
Feder/al: Adj. Having to do with a central government.
Liter/ate: Adj. Educated; able to read/write.
in/script/ion: N. Something that's written, engraved or printed as a lasting record.
Circum/scribe: V. To surround by a boundary.
Feder/al/ism: The belief in a strong central gov.
Tran/script/ion: N. Process of making a copy of something.
Con/feder/at/ion: N. A league or alliance.
Tran/scrib/e: To write over again or copy.
Tran/script: Written copy.
Fid/el/ity: N. Loyalty; Faithfulness.
Con/script/ion: N. Required or mandatory enrollment of people; draft.
Con/script: To draft.
A/scrib/e: V. To attribute to a given cause.
Fid/uc/iary: Adj. Of, rel. to, or involving..confidence of trust.
Pre/scrib/e: V. To set down as a rule to be followed;to recommend.
Con/fid/ent/ial: Adj. Private; communicating secretly.
Pro/scrib/e: V. To prohibit or restrict, usu. an activity.
Sub/script/ion: N. The act of supporting.
In/fid/el/ity: N. Lack of belief in a religion.
Non/de/script: Adj. Lacking individual character.
Super/script/ion: N. Something written on outside.
Super/script: Something written above where there are other letters.
In/fid/el: N. One who's renounced his religious beliefs.
Post/script: N. A note added below the signature.
Dif/fid/ent: Adj. Lacking faith in oneself; shy; timid.
Scrib/e: N. A writer.
Re/fer/e/ndum: N. A public vote for final approval or rejection.
Ag/e/nda: N. A schedule of things to be done.
Con/fid/ant: N. A much trusted person; one who u would trust with private info.
Oss/eous: Adj. Bone or bone-like.
Memora/nda: N. A written reminder.
Af/fid/avit: N. A sworn written statement.
Propaga/nda: N. Ideas deliberately spread to further one's own cause.
Oss/uary: N. A depository for the bone of the dead.
Pe/fid/y: N. An act of disloyalty or betrayal.
Oss/i/fy: V. to turn to bone; or to harden like bone.
Oss/i/ficat/ion: The Natural process of bone formation.
Oscill/ate: V. To swing backward and forward like a pendulum; vibrate (an object).
Per/fid/ious: Disloyal.
Negat/e: V. To deny or reject the existence or truth of.
Vacill/ate: V. To waver or hesitate like a person.
Dub/ious: Adj. Giving rise to doubt.
In/dubit/able: Adj. Too evident to be doubted; unquestionable.
Ab/negat/e: V. to surrender or deny; to renounce.
Dub/iety: N. Uncertainty.
Doc/ile: Adj. Easily taught; teachable.
Re/nag/e: V. to fail to adhere to a promise.
Doc/il/ity: The quality of being teachable.
In/doct/rin/ate: V. To teach; to force; to accept without any critical thought.
re/naga/de: n. a traitor; outlaw; rebel.
Doc/um/ent/ary: Adj. Contained or certified in writing; factual; objective.
nega, negat: deny
Doct/rine: N. Instruction, principal.
Doc/ent: N. A teacher or tutor w/o regular faculty rank.
Fid: Faith
Feder: League; Alliance; Bond.
Doc, Doct: Teach
Dub, Dubit: Doubt
Vacill: Waver
Oscill: Swing
Oss: Bone
-ndum, -nda: To be.
Scrib, script: Write
Liter: Letter
Litig: Dispute; quarrel; sue.
Leg, Lig, Lect: Choose; gather.
Leg, Lect: Read.
Leg: Law
Lig: Bind
String, strict (strain, straint): Bind
Pung, punct (point): Point; prick.
Stingu, Stinct: Prick; Prick out; Quench
Stimul: Goad; rouse
Pugn, Pug: Fight; Fist.

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