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12 Cards in this Set
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nostalgia
nostos, algia |
affection for the past, typically for a period of time or place with happy personal associations
nostos: return home algia: pain |
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amorphous
morph, a-, -ous |
vague; ill-organize; unclassifiable
morph: form a-: without -ous: by; the nature of |
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poignant
pung; punct, -ant |
to bring about sadness or regret
pung: to fight punct: point, dot -ant: implying an action or state |
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elude
lud, e- |
escape danger from
lud: to play e-: out, outside of |
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clarity
clar, -ity |
the quality of being clear
clar: clear -ity: implying quality or condition |
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inexplicable
plic, ply, in-, ex-, -able |
unable to be explained
plic: fold, bend ply: in-: not ex-: out, outside of -able: able to be |
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imply
ply, im- |
strongly suggest the truth
ply: to fold im-: in |
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stoicism
Stoics, -ism |
the endurance of hardship or pain without complaint
Stoics: a person who can endure pain -ism: an idea or principle |
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placid
plac, -id |
not easily upset or excited, neutral
plac: to form -id: makes an adjective |
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incite
cit, in- |
encourage or stir up
cit: in-: not |
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innocence
noc/nox, in- |
the state of being innocent
noc/nox: guilty? in-: not |
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compassion
pass/path, com-, -ion |
sympathetic pity
pass/path: to suffer com-: with, together -ion: forming nouns implying verbal action |
