Etymology 6/14/06
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- in/clin/at/ion
- N. Tendency; preferred; a slope or slant.
- De/clin/e
- V. To turn away from doing or to refuse; to cause to bend or slope down.
- Pro/cliv/ity
- N. Tendency; inclination.
- Ac/cliv/ity
- An upward scale.
- Di/verg/ent
- Adj. Drawing apart; moving away from each other.
- Con/verg/e
- V. To come together.
- Ad/jace/nt
- Adj. Having a common border or not distant; nearby.
- Con/ject/ure
- N. A conclusion drawn from a prediction; a guess.
- Pro/ject/ile
- N. Adj. Capable of being thrust forward.
- De/ject/ed
- Adj. Depressed.
- Re/ject
- V. To refuse to accept.
- Tra/ject/ory
- N. The parth of something thrown or moving through space.
- Sub/ject/ive
- Adj. Rel. to personal opinion.
- Ob/ject/ive
- Adj. Unviased, factual or not influenced by personal opinion.
- Inter/ject
- V. To come between or interrupt.
- E/ject
- V. To throw out.
- E/miss/ary
- N. One sent one a mission as an agent of another,
- Miss/ile
- N. An object that's thrown.
- Manu/miss/ion
- N. The act of freeing from slavery.
- De/mise
- N. Death or end of existence.
- Re/miss
- Adj. Careless; negligent.
- Inter/mitt/ent
- Adj. Not continuous on and off.
- Re/mit
- V. to send (usu. $)
- Re/mitt/ance
- money sent in payment.
- Pre/mise
- N. A basis for a conclusion.
- Un/re/mitt/ing
- Adj. persistent; continuous; not yielding; not stopping.
- Sur/mise
- V. To conclude; to make a guess or conjecture.
- Com/miss/ion
- N. Fee or percentage allowed to a salesmen for his sales.
- Pend/ent
- Adj. Overhanging or suspended in the air.
- Pend/ant
- N. Hanging object on a necklace.
- Ap/pend/age
- N. Anything added on or attached (as a limb).
- De/pend
- V. To place trust in or rely on.
- Pend/ul/ous
- Adj. Hanging loosely.
- Pro/pens/ity
- N. A natural inclination or tendency.
- Im/pend
- V. To be about to happen.
- Im/pend/ing
- About to happen.
- Ap/pend/ix
- N. Something added at the end.
- Pens/ive
- Adj. Thinking deeply or seriously.
- Pond/er/ous
- Adj. Very heavy and builky; dull; burdensome.
- Pre/pond/er/ance
- N. Superiority in weight; power; importance.
- Com/pend/ium
- N. Summary; a collection of literary works.
- Dis/pens/at/ion
- N. The act of distributing in portions; the act of making an exception (as in rule, law).
- In/dis/pens/able
- Adj. Essential; incapable of being replaced.
- Com/pens/ate
- V. To be equivalent to counterbalance; restitution.
- Re/com/pens/e
- V. To repay or award payment to.
- Ex/pend
- V. To spend or use up.
- Ex/pend/able
- Subject to use, suitable for sacrifice.
- Pens/ion
- N. Sum of money regularly paid as a retirement benefit.
- Ex/pans/ive
- Adj. Tending to increase in size; spreading.
- Sur/pass
- V. To go beyond the limit of; exceed.
- En/com/pass
- V. to surround or enclose; encircle.
- Im/pass/ive
- Adj. Lacking emotion; apathetic.
- Com/pass/ion
- N. Sympathetic concern.
- Com/pati/ble
- Adj. Capable of living in harmony or agreemtn.
- De/pos/e
- V. to remove from a position.
- De/posit/ion
- Act of removing from position; testimony under oath.
- Op/pon/ent
- N. One who is in conflict with another.
- Com/pon/ent
- N. An ingredient or part of something.
- Pro/pon/ent
- N. One who argues in favor of something.
- Ex/pon/ent
- N. One that interprets a person or thing that's an example or symbol.
- juxta/posit/ion
- N. The act of placing 2 or more things side by side.
- Post/pon/e
- V. To delay or put off to a later date.
- Im/posit/ion
- N. The act of forcing oneself on others.
- Con/tent/ious
- Adj. Quarrelsome; argumentative.
- Dis/tend
- V. To stretch out.
- Dis/tend/ed
- Stretched out.
- Ex/tens/ive
- Adj. Vast; broad; having great range.
- Tens/ile
- Adj. Capable of being stretched.
- Por/tent/ous
- Adj. Ominous; threatening; amazing.
- Por/tent
- A marvel; an omen.
- Pre/tent/ious
- Adj. Char. by acting impt. when you're not; claiming to be greater than u are.
- At/tent/ive
- Adj. Observant and considerate.
- Os/tent/at/ious
- Adj. Showing off (esp. wealth)
- Os/tens/ible
- Apparently true.
- Tenu/ous
- Adj. Thin and weak; flimsy.
- At/tenu/ate
- V. To make slender or thin.
- At/tenu/ated
- Tapering off to an end.
- Ex/tenu/at/ing
- Adj. Tending to lesson or decrease the severity; serving to excuse.
- Tent/at/ive
- Adj. Not fully worked out or developed; indefinite; experimental.
- Ten/ant
- N. One who holds or posseses real estate; an occupant.
- Ten/able
- Adj. Reasonable; valid; logical; defensible.
- Ten/ac/ious
- Adj. Not easily pulled apart; stubborn and persistent.
- Ten/et
- N. A principle, belief or doctrine; generally held to be true.
- Re/tent/ive
- Adj. Having the power to hold on to what one has. (usu. mind)
- Per/tin/ent
- Adj. Relative and to the point; appropriate; suitable.
- Per/tin/ac/ious
- Adj. Very persistant.
- Im/per/tin/ent
- Adj. Off the subject; irrelevant; rude and disrespectful.
- Sus/tain
- V. To support or maintain.
- Ten/or
- N. A general attitude.
- Ad/her/e
- To give support or to stick
- Ad/hes/ive
- Adj. Tending to hold fast or stick.
- Co/hes/ive
- Adj. Sticking together.
- Co/her/ent
- Adj. Flowing together logically.
- In/co/her/ent
- Adj. Loose; not flowing together.
- Hes/it/ate
- V. To hold back in doubt or decisiosn.
- In/her/ent
- Adj. Belonging by nature; existing naturally.
- Misc/ell/an/eous
- Adj. Having various traits.
- Misc/ible
- Adj. Capable of being mixed; mixable.
- Pro/misc/uous
- Adj. Not selective in choosing lovers; lacking standards in relationships.
- Clin, Cliv
- Lean; incline; slope
- Verg
- Tend toward; bend
- Jace
- Lie
- Jaci, ject, jacu
- Throw
- Mitt, miss, mise
- Send; let go.
- Pend, Pens
- Pay
- Pend, Pens, Pond
- Weigh
- Pand, Pans, Pass
- Spread; extend
- Pati, pass
- Suffer; feel; endure;permit
- Pon, Pos, Posit (Pound, post)
- Put; place
- Tend, Tens, Tent
- Stretch
- Tenu
- Thin
- Tempt, tent
- Try out; test
- Ten, tin, tent (tain)
- Hold
- Her, Hes
- Stick; cling