WWW Lists 1-30: Word Within the Word Volume 1 Yellow Book

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

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