Kaplan's Root List
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- Agnostic
- one who questions the existence of God
- ABhor
- to hate, detest
- ABdicate
- to renounce or relinquish a throne
- ABstruse
- hard to understand; secret, hidden
- ACerbic
- sour or astringent in taste; harsh in temper
- ACrid
- sharp or biting to the taste or smell
- ACrimonious
- caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature
- exACerbate
- to increase bitterness or violence, aggravate
- ProdigAL
- wastefully or recklessly extravagant
- pedAGogue
- a teacher
- ADdict
- to give oneself over, as to a habit or pursuit
- ALtruist
- a person unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others
- ALlegory
- figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another
- AMatory
- of or pertaining to love or lovers
- AMenity
- agreeable ways or manners
- AMicable
- characterized by exhibiting good will
- AMBient
- moving freely, circulating
- AMBush
- the act of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise
- perAMBulator
- one who makes a tour of inspection on foot
- AMBIguous
- open to various interpretations
- AMPHibian
- any cold blooded vertebrate
- ANIMus
- hostile feeling or atitude
- equANIMity
- mental or emotional stability, especially under tension
- magnANIMous
- generous in forgibving an insult or injury
- ANNUal
- pertaining to a year
- ANNUIty
- a specified income payable at stated intervals
- perENNIal
- lasting for an indefinite amount of time
- anteDILUVIAN
- belonging to the period before the biblical flood; very old or very old-fashioned
- misANTHROpe
- one who hates humans or mankind
- philANDERer
- one who carries on flirtations
- ANDRogynous
- being both male and female
- ANDRogen
- any substance that promotes masculine characteristics
- ANTHROpocentic
- regarding man as the central fact of the universe
- ANTIpathy
- aersion
- ANTIpodal
- on the opposite side of the globe
- APOcalypse
- revelation; discovery; disclosure
- APOgee
- the highest or most distant point
- APOcryphal
- of doubtful authorship or authenticity
- APOstasy
- a total desertion of one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc.
- ARCHenemy
- chief enemy
- monARCHY
- a government in which the supteme power is lodged in a sovereign
- anARCHY
- a state or society without government or law
- oligARCHY
- a state or society ruled by a select group
- AUTOcrat
- an absolute ruler
- BElie
- to misrepresent; to contradict
- BENevolent
- desiring to do good to others
- deCADent
- decaying; deteriorating
- reCIDivist
- one who repeatedly relapses, as in crime
- enCHANT
- to subject to magical influence; bewitch
- emanCIPate
- to free from restraint
- perCIPient
- having perception; discerning; discriminating
- preCEPT
- a commandment or direction given as a rule of conduct
- preCIPIce
- a cliff with a vertical face
- CAPITulate
- to surrender unconditionaly or on stipulated terms
- conCORD
- agreement; peace, amity
- conCORDance
- agreement, concord, harmoy
- CARNage
- the slaughter of a great number of people
- reinCARNation
- rebirth of a sould in a new body
- inCARNation
- a being invested with a bodily form
- ecCENTRic
- off center
- CENTRist
- of or pertaining to moderate political or social ideas
- CERTitude
- freedom from doubt
- CRITerion
- a standard of judgment or criticism
- anaCHRONism
- an obsolete or archaic form
- CHRONometer
- a time piece with a mechanism to adjust for accuracy
- CIRCUmambulate
- to walk about or around
- CIRCUitous
- roundabout, indirect
- inCISive
- penetrating, cutting
- CLOister
- a courtyard bordered with covered walks, esp. in a religious institution
- preCLUde
- to prevent the presence, existence, or occurence of
- proCLIvity
- inclination, bias
- disinCLInation
- aversion, distaste
- CONciliate
- to placate, win over
- inCURsion
- a hostile entrance into a place, esp. suddenly
- CURsory
- going rapidly over something; hasty; superficial
- acCREtion
- an increase by natural growth
- CREDo
- any formula of belief
- CREDulity
- willingness to believe or trust too readily
- inCULPate
- to charge with fault
- mea CULPa
- through my fault; my fault
- DOCile
- easily managed or handled; tractable
- diDACtic
- intended for instruction
- DEferential
- respectful,; to yield in judgment
- DIlatory
- inclined to delay or procrastinate
- DIchotomy
- division into two parts, kinds, etcetera
- interDICT
- to forbid; prohibit
- DEIGN
- to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity
- conDIGN
- well deserved; fitting; adequate
- DISsipate
- to scatter wastefully
- DOGma
- a system of tenets, as of a church
- inDOLence
- a state of being lazy or slothful
- DOLeful
- sorrowful, maurnful
- DOLorous
- full of pain or sorrow, grievous
- DUBiety
- doubtfulness
- inDUBitable
- unquestionable
- DURess
- compulsion by threat, coercion
- DOUR
- sullen, gloomy
- DYStrophy
- faulty or inadequate nutrition or development
- EXonerate
- to free or declare free from blame
- EFface
- to rub or wipe out; surpass, eclipse
- EPIgram
- a witty or pointed saying tersely expressed
- EPIthet
- a word or phrase, used invectively as a term of abuse
- inIQUity
- gross injustice, wickedness
- ERR
- to go astray in thought or belief, to be mistaken
- ARRant
- downright, thorough, notorious
- obsolESCEnt
- becoming obsolete
- incandESCEnt
- glowing with heat, shining
- EUphemism
- pleasant-sounding term for something unpleasant
- EUgenics
- improvement of qualities of race by control of inherited characteristics
- EUphony
- pleasantness of sound
- EXTRAsensory
- derived by means other than known senses
- EXTRApolate
- to estimate (unknown facts or values) from known data
- afFABle
- friendly courteous
- inefFABle
- too great for description in words; that which must not be uttered
- proliFIC
- producing many offspring or much output
- eFIGy
- sculpture or model of person
- profFER
- to offer
- FIDuciary
- of a trust; held or given in trust
- iGNOramus
- uninformed, lacking knowledge
- diGRESS
- to depart from main subject
- eGRESS
- going out, way out
- reGRESS
- to move backward
- coHERent
- logically eonsistent, having waves in phase and of one wavelength
- adHESive
- tending to remain in memory, sticky
- adHERent
- believer or advocate of a particular thing
- hETEROgenous
- of other origin, not originating in the body
- hETEROdox
- different from acknowledged standard
- HYPERbole
- purposeful exaggeration for effect
- HYPOdermic
- relating to the parts eneath the skin
- HYPOcritical
- affecting virtues or qualities that one does not have
- IDIOm
- one's own language, dialect, style pf speaking
- IDIOsyncrasy
- peculiarity of tmeperament, eccentricity
- IMplicit
- not expressly stated, implied
- INcarnate
- given a bodily, esp human, form
- INdigenous
- native, innate, natural
- INdigent
- deficient in what is requisite
- INTERloper
- one who intrudes on the domain of ithers
- conJECTure
- formation of opinion on incomplete information
- abJECT
- uttterly hopeless, humiliating or wretched
- adJOIN
- to be next to and joined with
- subjugate
- to conquer
- reJOINder
- to reply/retort
- abJURe
- to renounce on oath
- adJURe
- to beg or command
- LEVity
- humor, frivolity, gaiety
- colLOQUial
- of ordinary or familiar conversation
- grandiLOQUent
- pomppous or inflated in language
- LOQUacious
- talkative
- deLUDe
- to mislead the mind
- MALadroit
- clumsy, tactless
- MALapropism
- humorous misuse of a word
- MALfeasance
- misconduct or wrongdoing often committed by a public official
- MALediction
- a curse
- preeMINent
- superior to or notable above all others
- MINatory
- menacing, threatening
- eMISsary
- a messenger sent to represent the interests of another
- MISCegenation
- the interbreeding of races, marriage betw. white and nonwhite persons.
- proMISCuous
- consisting of diverse and unrelated parts or individuals
- reMONstrate
- to say or plead in protect, objewction, or reproof premonition
- MORibund
- dying, decaying
- imMUTable
- unchangeable, invariable
- cogNATE
- related by blood, having a common ancestor
- reNASsance
- rebirth
- NAScent
- starting to develop
- gastrONOMy
- the art or science of good eating
- proNOUNCe
- to articulate
- reNOUNCe
- to give up
- NEOphyte
- a recent convert
- NOUveau riche
- one who has lately become rich
- OBstreperous
- noisily, defiant, unruly
- OBtuse
- not sharp, pointed, or acute in any form
- OBfuscate
- to render indistinct or dim
- OBsequious
- overly submissive
- OMNIbus
- anthology of the works of one author
- OMNI
- having infinite knowledge
- PANegyric
- formal or elaborate praise at an assembly
- PANopoly
- a wide-ranging and impressive array or display
- PANtheon
- public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation
- PANdemic
- widespread, general, universal
- PAUcity
- smallness of quantity
- PAUper
- a person without any personal means of support
- PUsillanimous
- lacking courage or resolution
- PUerile
- childish, immature
- PEDant
- one who displays learning ostentatiously
- antiPODes
- places diametrically opposite each other on the globe
- PENal
- of or pertaining to punishment