VPP
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- micro
- small
- catalyst
- n. a person, thing, or agent that causes or speeds up a reaction or change without itself being changed
- duc or duct
- to lead
- opiate
- n. a narcotic used to cause sleep or bring relief from pain
- harp
- v. to persist in talking continuouse
- lethal
- adj. deadly; fatal
- desist
- to stop;to discontinue
- corp and corpor
- body
- berserk
- adj.in a state of violent or destructive rage
- mono
- one
- belated
- adj. delayed
- pallid
- adj. pale; faint in color
- caricature
- n. an exaggerated portrayal of one's features
- gait
- n. a manner of walking
- affiliate
- v. to bring in to close association n. an associate;a partner
- chauvinist
- n. one having a fanatical devotion to a country, gender, or religioun, and displaying contempt for other countries, genders, and other beliefs
- efface
- v. to obliterate;to wipe out
- elated
- adj. in high spirits
- chicanery
- n. the use of tricks or clever talk to deceive or evade
- gird
- v. to prepare for an event or action
- lax
- adj. careless or negligent
- choleric
- adj. easily angered
- denizen
- n. an occupant;an inhabitant
- cret
- to separate to decide or distinguish
- nov and neo
- new
- flagrant
- adj. graringly; outrageous
- patr and patern
- father
- deci
- ten
- blatant
- adj. obvious;too conspicuous
- ogre
- n. a brute
- envisage
- v. to form a mental picture
- scop
- to watch
- foible
- n. a minor weakness in character
- inter
- between or among
- emissary
- n. one sent on a special mission to represent others
- demise
- n. death; a cesing to exist
- biblio
- book
- mandarin
- n. an influential person;a member of an elite group
- mono
- one
- dawdle
- v. to wast time
- gape
- v. to stare with an open mouth
- deify
- v. to make a god of
- prevaricate
- v. to lie
- narcissistic
- adj. conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration
- quaff
- v. to drink in lage quantities; to gulp
- egalitarian
- n. one who promotes equality adj. promoting equal rights for all people
- chroma
- color
- debonair
- adj. carefree and self confident in manner
- anti
- against
- embroil
- v. to draw into a conflict or fight
- macabre
- adj. horrible
- ostentatious
- adj. marked by a conspicuous, showy, or pretentious display
- fabricate
- v. to concoct; to make up a story in order to decieve
- entice
- v. to attract by offering reward or pleasure
- adjunct
- adj. connected or attached to in a dependent, subordinat, or auxiliary manner, but not an inherent part of (Part time)
- deluge
- n. a flood or overwhelming rush
- cadaverous
- adj. of or like a corps; pale; gaunt;thin
- penchant
- n. a strong liking
- benediction
- n. the act of blessing
- cache
- n. a concealed store of goods or valuables
- aqu
- water
- chafe
- v. to wear or irritate, often through rubbing or friction
- pot and poss
- to be able
- gorge
- n. a deep narrow pass v.to eat or swallow greedily
- impel
- v. to push into motion
- dem and demos
- people
- filch
- v. to steal
- imbibe
- v. to drink(espescially alcohol)
- nemisis
- n. someone or something a person cant conquer or achieve; a hated enemy
- graph
- writing
- mitigate
- v. to make less severe; to become milder
- havoc
- n. great destruction; chaos
- martial
- adj. warlike; relating to the military
- educe
- v. to draw or bring out
- gist
- n. the main point
- rupt
- break
- bibliophile
- n. a lover of books
- queue
- n. a line of people or vehicles
- epigram
- n. a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
- alienate
- v. to turn away feelings or affections
- beneficiary
- n. one who receives benefits
- hab and hib
- to have or possess
- minion
- n. a fawning servile follower
- delude
- v. to mislead;to fool
- mort
- death
- knead
- v. to work dough or clay into a uniform mixture
- licentious
- adj. Morally unrestrained
- amalgamate
- v. to combine
- am
- friend or to love
- aplomb
- n. self confidence
- pensive
- adj. dreamily thought
- mesmerize
- v. to hypnotize
- decadence
- obundance n. moral deterioration
- oust
- v. to drive out; to expel; to deprive
- advocate
- n. an advisor, lawer v. to recommend; to speak in favor of
- futile
- adj. useless; pointless
- equivocal
- adj. ambiguous; intentionally vague
- daub
- v. to paint coarsely or unskillfully
- lacerate
- v. to tear (flesh) jaggedly
- bane
- n. the cause of ruin, harm, and distress
- allude
- allusion-n.indirect reference v. to hint at; to refer to indirectly
- fallible
- adj. capable of error
- demented
- adj. mentally ill;insane
- morph
- form or shape
- rancid
- adj. having a bad taste or smell; spoiled
- gambit
- n. a maneuver or action used to gain an advantage
- ver
- true
- affliction
- n. anything causing great suffering
- spir
- to breathe
- prefix: pro
- before or in front
- effrontery
- n. shameless boldness
- impervious
- adj. incapable of being affected
- farcical
- adj. absurd or riduculously clumsy
- calumny
- n. a false and malicious accusation
- scrib
- to write
- gull
- v. to cheat; to fool or hoax
- imperturbable
- adj. not easily excited, even under pressure
- urb
- city
- frivolous
- adj. trivial;silly
- glean
- v. to collect bit by bit; to gather with patient labor
- nadir
- n. the lowest point
- query
- n. a question v. to ask; to inquire
- admonish
- v. to warn; to caution in counsel
- stru and struct
- build
- paen
- n. a fervent expression, or song of joy or praise
- termin
- end or boundary
- defunct
- adj. no longer in existence
- do
- give
- denigrate
- v. to attack the reputation of
- carp
- n. a fish v. to complain or find fault in a petty or nagging way
- multi
- many
- filial
- adj. of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter
- fatalistic
- adj. believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate
- careen
- v. to swerve or lurch from side to side while in motion
- gratify
- v. to please
- pacify
- v. to calm down
- fort
- strong
- palpable
- adj. obvious; capable of being touched or felt
- berate
- v. to scold or rebuke severely and at length
- charisma
- adj. charismatic-spirit filled n. personal appeal or attraction;magnetism
- impermeable
- adj. not permitting passage
- prot
- first or original
- garble
- v. to mix up or distort
- kindred
- adj. having a similar origin, nature, or character
- homily
- n. a sermon
- paucity
- n. a scarcity or a lack
- lateral
- adj. of or relating to the side
- eradicate
- v. to wipe out;to destroy
- ism
- belief in
- humane
- adj. kind; compassionate
- enmity
- n. a deep-seated hostility, often mutual
- despot
- n. a dictator with absolute power
- holocaust
- n. a great or complete destruction of life
- lackadaisical
- adj. uninterested;listless
- facade
- n. a deceptive outward appearance; a misrepresentation
- ghastly
- adj. horrible; frightful adv. horribly
- fab and fess
- to speak
- fester
- v. to grow embittered over time;to rot
- languish
- v. to become weak or feeble
- penury
- n. extreme poverty
- qualm(s)
- n. a feeling of uneasiness
- egress
- n. an exit; a means of going out
- naut and naus
- sailor or ship
- soph
- wise
- genealogy
- n. family history
- liber and liver
- free
- fracas
- n. a loud quarrel or fight
- imbue
- v. to inspire or influence; to saturate
- daunt
- v. to make afraid; to discourage
- hovel
- n. a wretched living place; an open shed
- alacrity
- n. liveliness
- impetuous
- adj. acting suddenly without thought
- dastardly
- adj. cowardly and treachorous
- impede
- v. to hinder
- elude
- v. to escape notice;to get away from
- tempor and temper
- time
- aphorism
- n. a concise statement of a truth or principle
- entity
- n.anything having existence, either physical or mystical
- obtrude
- v. to force oneself into a situation
- numismatist
- n. a coin collector
- patrician
- n. an aristocrat
- dally
- v. to waste time; to dawdle
- gothic
- adj. of the middle ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate syle of fiction
- elite
- n and adj. the choice members or best of a group
- emit
- v. to send out; to give forth, as in sound or light
- jargon
- adj. showing sound judgment
- aghast
- adj. felling great dismay or horror
- blight
- v.to destroy n.anything that destroys, prevents grouwth, or causes devaluation
- flux
- n. a state of continual change or movement
- beget
- v. to produce; to make happen
- felicity
- n. happiness;bliss
- jaded
- adj. worn out; dulled, as from overindulgence (people not things.)
- bandy
- v. to exchange words casually
- ambidextrous
- adj. equally skillful with either hand
- aut
- self
- felonious
- adj. pertainting to or constitutina a major crime
- desolate
- v. to lay waste adj. lonely; forlorn; uninhabited; barren
- declaim
- v. to speak in a dramatic, impassioned, or blustering voice
- neophyte
- n. a beginner
- genesis
- n. beginning;origin
- granary
- n. a storehouse for grain
- lament
- v. to mourn
- laggard
- adj. slow n. a slow person, espescially one who falls behind
- catholic
- adj. universal;wide ranging
- modicum
- n. a small amount
- antiquated
- adj. no longer used or useful; very old
- lampoon
- n. a written satirre used to ridicule or attack someone
- psych
- mind
- fallow
- adj. inactive;unproductive
- mendicant
- n. a beggar
- begrudge
- v. to resent another's success; to envy
- carnage
- n. bloody and extensive slaughter
- impertinent
- adj. rude and disrespectful
- anachronism
- n. something existing outside of its proper time
- ize
- to make
- ediface
- n. a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building
- nepotism
- n. favoritism shown to family or friends by those in power
- voc or vok
- to call
- guile
- n. slyness and cunning in dealing with others
- brev
- short
- oscillate
- v. to swing or move back and forth like a pendulum
- gen
- born or produce or kind
- pall
- n. something that covers or conceals
- fawn
- n. a young deer v. to act slavishly submissive
- glutinous
- gluey;sticky
- nefarious
- adj. very wicked; notorious
- delete
- v. to take out; to remove
- obsequy
- n.a funeral rite or ceremony
- gaff
- v. to take a gaff and hook something
- animate
- v. to give life or motion to
- feign
- v. to pretend
- cent
- one hundred
- mater and matr
- mother
- hone
- v. to sharpen
- beleaguer
- v. to besiege by encircling like with an army
- therm
- heat
- men
- to think
- lackey
- n. a slavish follower
- deplete
- v. to use up gradually
- fealty
- n. obligated loyalty or faithfulness
- obeisance
- n. a bow or similar gesture expressing deep respect
- bilk
- v. to cheat or to swindle
- immaculate
- adj. spotless;perfect
- anthropomorphic
- adj. attributing himan characteristics or qualities to objects, animals or gods
- meter
- measure
- ion
- noun the act of
- haughty
- adj. arrogant;proud
- feisty
- adj. aggressive; lively;energetic
- effusive
- adj. emotionally excessive
- arm
- tools or weapons
- epitaph
- n. an inscription on a tombstone
- eerie
- adj. weird
- sub
- under or below
- poly
- many