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16 Cards in this Set
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ac acer acri acro |
Sharp, point, or high
Ex: acid, Acrid=sharp, bitter (of smell or taste) Acerbity=bitterness Acrimony=sharpness of words, behavior, or feeling Acme=highest point, best level Acrophobia="high + fear"=fear of highs Acumen=sharpness of intellect |
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ag act |
Drive, lead, or do
Ex: Agent, act Demagogue="people + lead"=leader who appeals (falsely) to the people React=do in response |
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alt |
High
Ex: Altitude, altimeter, Exalted ="out + high"=raised high |
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ambul |
walk Ex: circumambulate="walk + around"=walk around in a circle perambulator="around + walk"=baby carriage |
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anim |
spirit or breath Ex: animate unanimous="one + spirit"= in complete agreement equanimty="even + spirit"=calmness, balance under stress magnaminity="great + spirit"=nobility in spirit, generosity pusillanimous="tiny + spirit"= cowardly, w/o courage |
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arch |
ruler Ex: anarchy="not+ruler"=chaos, lack of government |
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aud |
hear ex: audience, audible auditory=related to hearing |
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bell belli |
war ex: rebellion bellicose=ready to fight, warlike belligerent= "war + do"= hostile, provocative, or actually at war |
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cad cid |
fall ex: decadent= "away + fall"=in a state of decline, often self-indulgent recidivism= "back + fall"= tendency to relapse to previous behavior or crime. |
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ced cess ceed |
go or yield ex: proceed, succeed, exceed, recede cede= yield antecedent= "before + go" = earlier event or cause precedent= "before + go"=earlier example cessation= end of action |
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chron |
time Ex: chronological, chronic anachronism="not+time"=something out of place or time diachronic="through + time"= relating to change over time |
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cis cide |
cut or kill ex: incisive="into + cut"=cutting to the heart of a matter, direct excision="out+cut"=act of cutting out, removing regicide="king+kill"=murder of a king |
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clud clus clause |
close ex: include, exclude, inclusion, claustrophobia preclude="before+close"=prevent, rule out beforehand occlude="against+close"=block off or conceal |
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crat crac |
rule ex: democracy autocratic="self+ruler"=relating to an absolute ruler or tyrant |
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cred creed |
believe incredible, creed credence=acceptance, trust credulity= readiness to believe, gullibility incredulous=skeptical, unwilling to believe |
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dei |
god ex: deify="god+maker"= make into a god, glorify |
