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ANTI-
AGAINST

antidote: remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etcetera

antiseptic: free from germs
APO-
AWAY

apology: an expression of one's regret or sorrow for having wronged another

apocalypse: revelation; discovery; disclosure
ARCH/ARCHI/ARCHY-
CHIEF, PRINCIPAL, RULER

architect: the devisor, maker, or planner of anything

Anarchy: a state or society without government or law
AUTO-
SELF

Automatic: self moving or self-acting

Autocrat: an absolute ruler
BE-
TO BE; TO HAVE A PARTICULAR QUALITY;TO EXIST

belitte: to regard something as less impressive than it apparently is

bemoan: to express pity for
BEL-
WAR

Antibellum: before the war

Rebel: a person who resists authority, control or tradition
BEN/BON-
GOOD

Benefit: anything advantageous to a person or thing

Benign: having a kindly disposition
BI-
TWICE, DOUBLE

Binoculars: involving two eyes

Bilateral: pertaining to or affecting two or both sides
CAD/CID-
TO FALL; TO HAPPEN BY CHANCE

Accident: happening by chance; unexpected

Decadent: decaying; deteriorating
CANT/CENT/CHANT
TO SING

Accent: prominence of a syllable in terms of pronounciation

Enchant: to subject to magical influence
CAP/CIP/CEPT
TO TAKE; TO GET

Capture: to take by force or stratagem

Anticipate: to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee
CAP/CAPIT/CIPIT
HEAD, HEADLONG

Capital: the city or town that is the official seat of government

Precipice: a cliff with a vertical face
CARD/CORD/COUR
HEART

Encourage: to inspire with spirit or confidence

Concord: agreement; peace, amity
CARN
FLESH

Reincarnation: rebirth of a soul in a new body

Incarnation: a being invested with a bodily form
CAST/CHAST-
CUT

Cast: to throw or hurl

Castigate: to punish in order to correct
CED/CEED/CESS
TO GO; TO YIELD, TO STOP

Antecedent: existing, being, or going before

Cessation: a temporary or complete discontinuance
CENTR-
CENTER

Concentrate: to bring to a common center; to converge, to direct toward one point

Centrifuge: an apparatus that rotates at high that separates substances if different densities using force
CERN/CERT/CRET/CRIM/CRIT
TO SEPARATE; TO JUDGE; TO DISTINGUISH; TO DECIDE

Discrete: detached from others, separate

Hypocrite: a person who pretends to have beliefs that she does not
CHRON-
TIME

Synchronize: to occur at the same time or agree in time

Chronic: constant, habitual
CIRCU-
AROUND, ON ALL SIDES

Circumference: the outer boundary of a circular area

Circuit: the act of going or moving around
CIS
TO CUT

Scissors: cutting instrument for paper

Incisive:penetrating, cutting
CLA/CLO/CLU
SHUT, CLOSE

Conclude: to bring to an end; finish; to terminate

Disclose: to make known, reveal, uncover

Preclude: to prevent the presence, existence, or occurence of
CLAIM/CLAM
TO SHOUT; TO CRY OUT

Exclaim: to cry out or speak suddenly and vehemently

Clamor: a loud uproar
CLI
TO LEAN TOWARD

Decline: to cause to slope or incline downward

Proclivity: inclination, bias
CO/COL/COM/CON
WITH; TOGETHER

Connect: to bind or fasten together

Coerce: to compel by force, intimidation, or authority
COUR/CUR
Running; A Course

Recur: to happen again
Cursive: handwriting in flowing strokes
Incursion: a hostile entrance in to a place
CRE/CRESC/CRET
TO GROW

Accrue: to be added as a matter of gain
Accretion: an increase by natural growth
CRED
To believe, To Trust

Credulity: willingness to believe or trust too readily

Credit: trustworthiness
CRYP
Hidden

Apocryphal: of doubtgul authorship or authenticity
CUB/ CUMB
TO LIE DOWN

Succumb: to give away

Incumbent: holding an indicated position
CULP
BLAME

Culpable: deserving blame or censure

Inculpate: to charge with fault
DAC/DOC
TO TEACH

Indoctrinate: to imbue a person with learning

Docile: easily managed or handled, tractable
DE
AWAY, OFF, DOWN, COMPLETLY, REVERSAL

Defame: to attack a good name

Deferential: respectful
DEM
PEOPLE

Pandemic: general, universal
Demographics: vital and social statistics of populations
DI/DIA
APART/THROUGH

diagnose: identify something from the symptoms

Dichotomy: division into two parts
DIC/ DICT/DIT
TO SAY; TO TELL; TO USE WORDS

Predict: to tell in advance

Verdict: judgement, decree

Interdict: to forbid; prohibit
DIGN
WORTH

Condign: well deserved, fitting, adequate
DIS/DIF
AWAY FROM, APART, REVERSAL, NOT

Dissuade: to deter by advice or persuasion
DOG/DOX
OPINION

Paradox: an opinion or statement contrary to accepted opinion
DOL
SUFFER, PAIN

Condolence: expression of sympathy with one who is suffering

Doleful: sorrowful, mournful
DON/DOT/DOWN
TO GIVE

Donate: to present as a gift

Anecdote: a short narrative about an event
DUB
DOUBT

Dubiety: doubtfulness

Indubitable: unquestionable
DUC/DUCT
TO LEAD

Conductive: contributive

Induct: to install in a position
DUR
HARD

Duress: compulsion by threat, coercion

Dour: sullen, gloomy
DYS
FAULTY, ABNORMAL

Dyspepsia: impaired digestion

Dyslexia: unability to read
E/EF/EX
OUT OF, FROM, FORMER, COMPLETELY

Extricate: to release

Efface: to rub or wipe out
EPI
UPON

Epilogue: concluding part added to a work

Epigram: witty or pointed saying
EQU
EQUAL, EVEN

Adequate: equal to the requirement or occasion

Equidistant: equally distant
ERR:
TO WANDER

Erratic: deviating from the proper or usual course

Arrant: notorious, downright
ESCE
BECOMING

Obsolescent: becoming obsolete

Convalescent: recovering from an illness
EU
GOOD, WELL, HEALTHY

Euphemism: pleasant sounding term for something unpleasant

Eugenics: improvement of qualities for a better race

Euthnasia: killing person painlessly
EXTRA
OUTSIDE, BEYOND

Extradite: to hand over to state where crime was committed

Extrapolate: to estimate from known date
FAB/ FAM
SPEAK

Affable: friendly, courteous

Famous: well known, celebrated
FAC/FIC/FIG/FAIT/FEIT/FY
TO DO; TO MAKE

Profilic: producing many offspring

Ratify: to confirm or accept by formal consent

Counterfeit: imitation, forgery
FER
TO BRING; TO CARRY; TO BEAR

Confer: to grant, bestow

Referendum: to vote on political question open to the entire electorare
FERV
TO BOIL, TO BUBBLE

Fervid: ardent, intense

Effervescent: with the qualites of giving off bubbles or gas
FID
FAITH, TRUST

Affidavit: written statement on oath

Fiduciary: of a trust, held or given in trust
FIN
END

Definitive: decisive, unconditional, final

Infinitesimal: very small
FLAG/FLAM
TO BURN

Flambeau: a lighted torch

Flagrant: blatant, scandalous
FLECT/ FLEX
TO BEND

Inflect: to change or vary pitch

Reflect: to throw back
FLU/ FLUX
TO FLOW

Fluid: substance capable of flowing freely

Confluence: merging into one
FORE
BEFORE

Foresight: care or provision for future

Forestall: to prevent by advance action

Forthright: outspoken, decisive
FORT:
CHANCE

Fortunate: lucky, auspicious
FORT
STRENGTH

Fortify: to provide with fortifications; strengthen

Fortissimo; very loud
FRA/FRAC/FRAG/FRING
TO BREAK

Fracture: breakage

Fractious: irritable, peevish

Infringe: to break or violate
FUS
TO POUR

Fusillade: continous discharge,

Suffuse: to spread throughtout
GEN
BIRTH. CREATION, RACE, KIND

Generous: giving or given freely

Progeny: offspring, descendents

Miscegenation: interbreeding of races
GN/GNO
KNOW

agnostic: existence of GOD is not proveable

Ignoramous: a person lacking knowledge

Incognito: with one's name or idenity concealed
GRAD/GRESS
TO STEP

Aggressive: given to a hostile act or feeling

Egress: going out, way out
GRAT
PLEASING

Ingratiate: to bring oneself into favor
HER/HES
TO STICK

Inherent: constitution or essential character of something

Adherent: able to adhere to something
(H)ETERO
DIFFERENT

Heterogenous: of other origin

Heterodox: holding unorthodox opions
(H)OM
SAME

Homonym: one or two word spelled the same

Anomaly: deviation from a common rule
HYPER
OVER; EXCESSIVE

Hyperactive: excessively active
HYPO
UNDER
IDIO
OF ONE"S SELF

Idiom: language or dialect of a particular culture
IM/IN/EM/EN
INTO

implicit: not expressively stated

Incarnate: given a bodily form
IM/IN
NOT/WITHOUT

Innocuous: not harmful or injurious
INTER
BETWEEN, AMONG

Interim: provisional arrangement

Interloper: one who intrudes in the domain of others
JECT
TO THROW, TO THROW DOWN

Eject: to throw out, expel

Abject: utterly hopeless
JOIN/ JUNCT
TO MEET/ TO JOIN

Abjoin: to be next and joined with

Subjugate: to conquer
JUR
TO SWEAR

Perjury: willful lying while on oath

Abjure: to renounce on oath
LAV/LUT/LUV
TO WASH

dilute: to make thinner by adding water

Antediluvian: before the biblical flood, extremely old
LECT/LEG
TO SELECT, TO CHOOSE

Eclectic: selecting ideas, etcetera from various scenes
LEV
LIFT, LIGHT, RISE

Alleviate: to make easier, endure

Levee: embankment against flooding
LOC/LOG/ LOQU
WORD SPEECH

colloquail: ordinary of familiar conversation

Loquacious: talkative
LUC/LUM/LUS
LIGHT

illustrious: highly distinguished
LUD/LUS
TO PLAY

Allude: to refer to casually

ludicrous: laughable
MAG/MAJ/MAX
BIG

Magnate: powerful or influnential person
MAL/MALE
BAD, ILL, EVIL, WRONG

Malign: to speak untruths

Malaroit: clumsy
MAN
HARD

manual: operated by hand
MIN
SMALL

diminuition: the act or process of diminishing
MIN
TO PROJECT, TO HANG OVER

Minatory: menacing, threatening
MIS/MIT
TO SEND

Emissary: person sent to represent interests of others
MISC
MIXED

Miscegnation: made up of many parts
MON/MONIT
TO REMIND, TO WARN

Admonish: to caution

Remonstrate: plead in protect
MORPH
SHAPE

anthropomorphism: attribution of human characteristics to inhumane objects
MORT
DEATH

moribound: dying, decaying
MUT
CHANGE

permutation: a complete change
NAT/NAS/NAI
TO BE BORN

Cognate: related by blood

Nascent; starting to develop
NIC/NOC/NOX
HARM

obnoxious: highly offensive
NOM
RULE, ORDER

Economy: careful or thrift use or resources

taxonomy: science, laws and principles
NOM/NYM/NOUN/NOWN/
NAME

Nominal: existing in name only

nomenclature: system of names
NOUNC/ NUNC
TO ANNOUNCE
NOV/NEO/NOU
NEW

neologism: newly coined word
OB/OC/OF/OP
TOWARD, TO AGAINST, OVER

Obstinate: stubbornly adhering to an idea

Obstreperous: unruly
OMNI
ALL

omnibus: anthology of works
PAC/PEAC
PEACE

appease: to bring peace
PAN
ALL, EVERYONE
PAR
EQUAL

disparage: to belittle

disparate, essentially different
PARA
NEXT TO, BESIDE

parallel: extending in same direction

parody: to imitate for purposes of satire

paragon: model of excellance
PAS/PAT/PATH
FEELING, SUFFERING, DISEASE

empathy: feeling the feelings of others

compassion: feeling of deep sympathy
PAU/PO/POV/PU
FEW, LITTLE, POOR

paucity: smallness of quanity, scarcity
PED
CHILD, EDUCATION
PED/POD
FOOT

expedite: to speed up progress
PEN/PUN
TO COMPENSATE

Penal: pertaining to punishment
PEND/PENS
TO HANG, TO WEIGHT, TO PAY

compensate: to counterbalance
PER
COMPLETELY

perforate: to make a way through

pertinacious: resolute
PERI
AROUND
PET/PIT
TO GO, TO SEEK, TO STRIVE

compete
appetite
PHIL
LOVE
PLAC
TO PLEASE

implacable: unable to be pleased
PLE
TO FILL

deplete: to decrease seriously or exhaust the supply of
PLEX/PLIC/PLY
TO FOLD, TWIST, TANGLE OR BEND

implicate: to show to be involved in an incriminating manner
PON/POS/POUND
TO PUT, TO PLACE
PORT
TO CARRY
POST
AFTER
PRE
BEFORE
PREHEND/PRISE
TO TAKE, TO GET, TO SEIZE
PRO
MUCH, FOR A LOT
PROB
TO PROVE, TO TEST

approbation: prasise, consideration
PUG
TO FIGHT

pugnacious: to quarrel or fight readily
PUNC/PUNG/POIGN
TO POINT, TO PRICK

Compunction: a feeling of uneasiness of doing wrong
QUE/ QUIS
TO SEEK
QUI
QUIET

Tranquil:
acquiscence: to comply with, give in
RID/RIS
TO LAUGH

derision: the act of mockery
ROG
TO ASK

interrogate: to ask questions of, especially formmally

abrogate: to abolish by formal means
SACR/SANCT/SECR
SACRED

sanctify: to make holy
sacrament: something that is regarded as possessing sacred character
SAL/SIL/SAULT/SULT
TO LEAP, TO JUMP

somersault: to roll the body over

exult: to show or feel joy
SCI
TO KNOW

unconscionable: unscrupulous
SCRIBE/SCRIP
TO WRITE

proscribe: to condemn as harmful or odious

circumscribe: to draw a line around
SE
APART

sequester: to remove or withdraw into solitude
SEC/SEQU
TO FOLLOW

prosecute: to seek to enforce by legal process
SED/SESS/SID
TO SIT, TO BE STILL, TO PLAN, TO PLOT

sediment: the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid

subsidiary: serving to assist or supplement
SENS/SENT
TO FEEL; TO BE AWARE

presentiment: a feeling that something is about to happen

sentinel: a person or thing that stands watch
SOL
TO LOOSEN, TO FREE

dissolution: the act or process of dissolving into parts or elements
SPEC/SPIC/SPIT
TO LOOK; TO SEE

circumspect: watchful and discrete, cautious

perspicacious: having a keen mental perception and understanding
STA/STI
TO STAND, TO BE IN PLACE

destitute: without means of substinence

apostasy: renunciation of an object of one's previous loyalty
SUA
SMOOTH

assuage: to make less severe, ease, relieve
SUB/SUP
BELOW

subterfuge: an articfice or expedient used to evade a rule
SUPER/SUR
ABOVE

supercilious: arrogant, haughty
TAC/TIC
BE SILENT

reticent: disposed to be silent or not to speak freely
TAIN/TEN/TENT/TIN
TO HOLD

tenacious: holding fast
TEND/TENS/TENT/TENU
TO STRETCH; TO THIN

tendentious: having a predisposition towards a point of view

attenuate: to weaken or reduce in force
THEO
GOD
TRACT
TO DRAG; TO PULL; TO DRAW
TRANS
ACROSS

transgress: to violate a law, command or moral code
US/UT
TO USE

usage: customary way of doing something
VEN/VENT
TO COME OR TO MOVE TOWARD

contravene: to come into conflict with
VER
TRUTH

verdict: any judgment or decision

verisimilitude: the appearance or semblance of truth
VERD
GREEN

verdure: fresh, rich vegetation
VERS/VERT
TO TURN

diverse: of a different kind, from, character

inadvertent: unintentional
VI
LIFE
VID/VIS
TO SEE

survey: to view in a general or comprehensive way
VIL
BASE, MEAN

vilify: to slander or defame

revile: to criticize with harsh language
VOC/VOK
TO CALL

equivocate: to use ambigous or unclear expressions
VOL
TO WISH

malevolent: characterized by or expressing bad will
VOR
TO EAT

voracious: having a great appetite