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subordinate: lower
ag: to do
loquacious: talkitive
epi: on
vore: eating
prognosis: medical forecast
ex: out
hedron: sided object
cata: down
pugn: fight
ness: quality
heliotropic: sun-following
epigram: witty comment
sacrosanct: sacred
rat: think
prim: first
germ: vital or related
precursor: forerunner
ethno: race or culture
meso: middle
pleo: more
proto: first
acronym: initials-name
rid: laugh
emia: blood
entomology: insect zoology
digit: finger
hum: earth
expatriate: banish
phag: eat
phos: light
ign: fire
phyll: leaf
perfidious: treacherous
mega: large
ego: I
dichotomy: two part division
matri: mother
lign: wood
ferro: iron
mela: black
branchio: gills
luminary: enlightening person
enter: intestine
se: apart
dorm: sleep
sol: alone
recant: retract
cant: sing
polyphonic: multi-melodic
bi: two
nov: new
platy: flat
de: down
omnifarious: of all kinds
gamy: marriage
renovate: restore
volv: roll
ideo: idea
rupt: break
amour-propre: self-love
schizo: divide
hagiocracy: government of saints
monomania: obsession with one thing
effusion: outpouring
intra: within
intervene: come between
grat: pleasing
paleo: old
vivacious: lively
cogn: know
spir: breath
sonorous: full-sounding
tempor: time
anti: against
nym: name
sequ: follow
arthro: joint
disingenuous: insincere
tropo: turn
bootless: useless
cognizant: aware
malevolence: evil intent
un: not
verisimilitude: similarity to truth
mis: bad
path: feeling
bonhomie: good-naturedness
vid: look
poly: many
hetero: different
intercede: mediate
retrograde: backward
pedagogue: teacher
mob: move
equi: equal
circum: around
exorbitant: unreasonable
non: not
cardio: heart
synthesis: combination
ate: cause
retro: backward
hydro: water
somnambulist: sleepwalker
impute: attribute discredit
elucidate: explain
disconsolate: inconsolable
octa: eight
trib: pay
anthropoid: manlike
primate: monkeys, apes, humans
nondescript: of no category
ish: like
mono: one
mir: wonder
homo: same
vermi: worm
nuc: center
excoriate: verbally flog
struct: build
fin: end
per: through
kleptomaniac: pathological theif
loqu: talk
parl: speak
son: sound
improvident: without foresight
apotheosis: raising to god status
specious: false
atmo: vapor
perspicacity: insight
pac: peace
agoraphobia: fear of openness
circumspect: cautious
cide: kill
transpose: switch
post: after
in loco parentis: in place of parents
calor: heat
antho: flower
multi: many
vice: in place of
urb: city
bio: life
subterfuge: evasive dodge
xenophobia: fear of foreigners
saur: lizard
polis: city
patho: disease
ovi: egg
ann: year
emollient: softener
gress: step
polyglot: multi-linguist
fug: flee
supersede: replace
luc: light
phylo: kind
super: over
vita: life
vas: vessel
blasto: embryo
eco: house
preponderance: bulk
ante: before
dign: worthy
tion: act or state
leg: read
fus: pour
lat: side
rhiz: root
crypt: hidden
tude: state of
impending: overhanging
dict: say
interregnum: time between rulers
audiophile: stereo buff
xeno: stranger
sym: together
neo: new
troph: nourishment
topo: place
voc: voice
carn: flesh
posthumous: after death
port: carry
somniferous: bringing sleep
para: beside, near
temporize: delay
cardiovascular: of the heart and vessels
intracranial: within the skull
uni: one
atom: vapor
cred: believe
plasm: form
tang: touch
meta: city
nav: ship
meter: measure
flect: bend
corpulent: full-bodied
pugnacious: combative
logy: science
lite: mineral or fossil
petr: rock
chlor: green
zo: animal
spor: seed
liber: free
tort: twist
hema: blood
phsych: soul
condescend: lower oneself
baro: pressure
fore: front
misanthropist: people-hater
viv: life
cyan: blue
pond: weight
cracy: government
neophyte: beginner
pathological: diseased
diatribe: abusive criticism
brachy: short
gno: know
terr: land
sedentary: sitting
eccentricity: oddness
culp: blame
megalomania: delusions of greatness
sine: without
pandemonium: demonic clamor
filigree: lacy design
mal: bad
moribund: dying
sanct: holy
oscu: mouth
gest: carry
euphenism: pleasent name
phile: love
supercilious: scornful
austro: south
aur: gold
magnum opus: greatwork
andro: man
stereo: solid
chronic: lasting
curr: run
vect: carry
pop: people
string: bind
punct: point
sine qua non: essential element
infra: beneath
idio: peculiar
centri: center
deduction: reasoning down from principles
euphoria: joy
dactylo: finger
stringent: binding
dec: ten
analgesic: pain-killer
disputatious: argumentative
co: together
cosmology: study of the universe
anarchist: one against government
aden: gland
cranio: skull
Russophobe: one who fears Russia
resurgeance: rising again
con: together
par: equal
diplo: double
confluence: a flowing together
fic: make
scrib: write
agog: leader
eu: good
grav: heavy
congetial: at birth
socio: society
hypo: under
ambul: walk
Anglo: English
osis: condition
lum: light
acr: sharp
mony: condition
log: word or reason
cur: care for
kilo: thousand
tox: poison
cognomen: nickname
phen: appearance
jus: law
re: again
belligerant: warring
alb: white
liter: letter
meteor: high
taxis: arrangement
plasto: molded
tract: pull
collateral: side by side
act: to do
pater: father
inexorable: inescapable
unequivocal: direct
vociferous: loudly-voiced
pulse: drive
cognoscenti: those who know
im: not
gon: angle
corp: body
macro: large
moll: soft
sapro: rotten
somn: sleep
form: shape
capit: head
cyt: cell
surg: rise
erythro: red
-a: plural
via: road
captious: fault-finding
trans: across
aqua: water
bon vivant: indulger in luxury
algia: pain
in: in or not
pan: all
bene: good
dicho: in two pairs
chronicle: a history
vac: empty
extra: beyond
colloquy: conversation
ad: to
prestidigitation: slight of hand
morph: shape
amphi: both
stell: star
lepsy: attack
itis: inflammation
here: stick
loco: place
magn: great
gram: writing
fiss: split
equivocate: to hedge
fy: make
sen: old
sat: enough
dissonant: inharmonious
hippo: horse
nomy: law
oid: appearance
incredulous: not believing
curs: run
ase: enzyme
alumni: graduates
ventri: belly
pos: put
amorphous: shapeless
sci: know
tortuos: twisting
mund: world
amat: love
protero: early
calli: beautiful
refractory: stubborn
ject: throw
omniscient: all-knowing
exculpate: free from blame
muta: change
syn: together
sed: sit
rub: red
polychrome: many-colored
cad: fall
numer: number
dox: opinion
eulogy: words of praise
rect: right
unilateral: one-sided
sangui: blood
com: together
diaphanous: semitransparent
ician: specialist
micro: small
emissary: messenger
gerontocracy: government of the old
glott: tongue
fidelity: faithfulness
antediluvian: from before the Flood!
vest: clothes
abrogate: annul
dyna: power
haplo: single or simple
ine: nature
flu: flow
plu: more
mort: death
-i: plural
-ar: relating to
joie de vivre: joy of living
grade: step
sur: over
cephalo: head
und: wave
oligo: few or small
phon: sound
acro: high
gyn: woman
invective: bitter denunciation
comport: behave
adherent: supporter
hemi: half
archy: government
ultima: last
di: two
ef: out
carnage: butchery
ard: always
apt: fit
oma: tumor
audi: hear
ecto: outer
benefactor: helper
migr: wander
ver: true
demi: half
benediction: blessing
som: body
ponderous: weighty
fort: strong
tele: far
expeditiously: rapidly
ize: make
viable: able to live
erg: work
inherent: built-in
germane: related
lith: rock
superfluos: unnecessary
mens: measure
counter: against
opthal: eye
panegyric: elaborate eulogy
oligarchy: government by few
put: think
mutable: changeable
cent: one hundred
rectilinear: right-angled
android: robot
philanthropy: love of mankind
strat: layer
il: not
ortho: straight
hemo: blood
syndrome: complex of symptoms
alt: high
sanction: authorize
bellicose: warlike
chiromancy: palm reading
fil: thread
metamorphosis: change of shape
ics: art
sta: stop
punctilious: precise in conduct
chron: time
frat: brother
anthology: literary collection
gregarious: sociable
ium: an element
condign: worthy
peri: near or around
hexa: six
irrevocable: beyond recall
solv: loosen
potent: power
intractable: stubborn
myria: many
gyro: turn
nano: billionth
fract: break
bas: low
err: wander
anthropomorphic: man-shaped
ose: sugar
psuedo: false
ess: female
introspective: inward looking
revoke: cancel
foli: leaf
ornith: bird
mont: mountain
bon: good
commensurate: of like measure
ocul: eye
dendr: tree
aer: air
reg: rule
semi: half
diction: word choice
zym: ferment
labor: work
nounce: tell
pathogen: disease-causer
cise: cut
mar: sea
infraction: breaking
sect: cut
opia: sight
quasi: somewhat
circumlocution: talking in circles
petroglyph: rock carving
perihelion: orbital point nearest the sun
ven: come
urbane: sophisticated
zygo: yolk
spec: look
apo: away or up
hemiplegia: paralysis on one side
prolific: productive
egregrarious: blatant
cirr: hair
cle: small
cyclo: circle
rectify: correct
quadr: four
radi: ray
convivial: jovial, festive
nihilism: belief in nothing
malediction: a curse
sub: under
dia: across
necro: death
myo: muscle
omni: all
monger: seller
hibern: winter
exo: out
histology: study of living tissues
caust: burn
magniloquence: great eloquence
narco: sleep
tachy: quick
gymno: naked
sis: condition
magnate: powerful person
fractious: uruly
pnuemo: lung
fer: carry
pyro: fire
contra: against
graph: write
inter: between
lin: line
sanctimonious: affectedly holy
greg: group
discursive: rambling
mollify: make soft
sens: feel
rubicund: red
vert: turn
ist: one who
synopsis: summary
chiro: hand
retribution: revenge
clud: close
scope: look
decadent: downfallen
cede: go
derm: skin
phobia: fear
iso: equal
pellucid: crystal clear
tomy: cut
man: hand
alter: other
fid: faith
lachry: tear
penta: five
pot: drink
less: without
cap: take
credible: believable
schism: division
oss: bone
an-: without
pro: forward
theo: god
chrom: color
coron: crown
pend: hang
magnanimous: great-minded
casus belli: cause of war
quin: five
val: worth
bilateral: two-sided
dors: back
plutocracy: government of the wealthy
luna: moon
invidious: causing envy
egocentric: self-centered
egomania: self-obsession
a: not
epiphany: revelation
enumerate: to list
anthropo: man
ob: against
anim: mind
phan: appearance
clam: cry out
vol: will
thermo: heat
phor: carry
mania: madness
mot: move
pussillanimous: small-minded
primeval: of the first ages
pre: before
euphony: beautiful sound
-be: life
pithec: ape
melancholy: dark sadness
miss: send
lent: full of
bell: war
duct: lead
mobocracy: mob rule
ingenuous: innocent and naive
advocate: speak for
gen: origin
endo: within
octagenarian: an eighty-year-old
geo: earth
brachio: arm
leuko: white
ous: full of
demo: people
lys: break down
terra firma: solid ground
narcolepsy: attacks of sleep
ab: away
dys: bad
mem: remember
preclude: foreclose
pter: wing
mundane: worldly
ichtyoligist: fish-scientist
mel: song
helio: sun
cumu: heaped
ultra: beyond
anomaly: abnormality
brev: short
photo: light
rhodo: rose
xylo: wood
sol: sun
sinecure: an easy lucrative job
depose: topple from power
insurgence: uprising
phyt: plant
intansigent: not compromising
inanimate: lifeless
acrophobia: fear of heights
phasia: speech
incisive: sharp
trich: hair
animadversion: criticism
tri: three
let: little
caustic: burning
prescience: foreknowledge
status quo: the present state
sanguinary: bloody
pico: trillionth
neuro: nerve
circumscribed: limited
isosceles: having two equal sides
ethnocentrism: racial or cultural prejudice
milli: thousandth
paradigm: model
cacophony: bad noise
soliloquy: speech to oneself
osteo: bone
rogat: ask
hist: tissue
medi: middle
veracity: truthfulness
caco: bad
sess: sit
cosmo: world or universe
intro: into
astr: star
delinate: to outline
tetra: four
demagogue: corrupt politician
ism: doctrine
circumvent: get around
cryptologist: code breaker
sept: seven
soror: sister
diffident: shy
neologism: new-word
platitude: flat trite remark
orb: circle
tangible: touchable
gastro: stomach
tact: touch
icthy: fish
hyper: over
pod: feet
abjure: renounce
lingu: tongue
surfeit: excess
soph: wisdom
tractable: docile
sacro: holy
holo: whole
jur: swear
idiosyncrasy: peculiarity
dis: away
junct: join
auto: self
androgynous: masculine or feminine
hyperbole: overstatement
bath: deep
bona fide: good faith
nat: born
nesia: island
dom: rule
biblio: book
cor: heart
glyc: sweet
prototype: first model
perspiuous: brilliantly clear
ped: foot or child
saturnine: gloomy and remote
induction: factual reasoning
kin: motion
oo: egg
infidel: unbeliever
cryptic: having hidden meaning
dextro: right or clockwise

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