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Fidelity
(Infidelity,Perfidy, Perfidious)
faithfullness; loyalty
disloyalty
disloyalty; untrustworthiness
disloyal; untrustworthy
-->Fidel Castro--> untrustworthy, disloyal to his country
Forbearance
(Forbear)
patience; tolerance
to hold back; to be patient
--> To bear "something"--> to withstand something--> tolerance
Foster
to help grow
--> foster families help children without real parents grow up.
Galvanize
to stimulate sudden action
--> Galv--> in Wow need to stimulate action in AV so that everyone goes and kills galv first.
Hygiene
healthful cleanliness
-->??
Impetuous
impulsive; acting on sudden urges
--> Impe--> Impu--> impulsive
Impetus
motivation; driving force
--> ??
Inclusive
(Inclusion)
willing to include others
including others; being included
--> Inclu--> include
Ingenuous
(Disingenuous)
innocent; naive, straightforward
insincere; deceptive
--> Genu--> genuine "leather"--> deceptive
Insight
(Insightful)
a sudden, deep understanding
deeply perceptive
--> sight--> when you see something and study it eventually itll lead to a deep understanding of it.
Integral
important
--> Integral part--> important part
Integrate
(Unintegrated, Disintegrate)
to combine
seperated
to break into small pieces
--> to integrate schools--> to combine--> disintegrate--> to fall apart
Integrity
honest; sincerity
completeness; wholeness
-->Your moral integrity--> your honesty or sincerity
Intensify
(Intensity)
to strengthen; to increase
high degree of concentration of force
--> intense--> extremely hard--> need to strengthen constantly
Intercede
(Intercession)
to act as a middleman; to settle an arguement
mediation
--> ??
Jibe
to agree; to fit together well
-->??
Just
(Injustice)
fair; honorable
a violation of what is right; unfairness
--> justice system--> court system which decides whether people are fair or honorable
Mainstream
dominant trend
commonly accepted
--> main--> dominant.
Mediate
(Mediator, Unmediated)
to settle and argument
one who settles an argument
direct; without a middle person
-->??
Mingle
to combine
--> "single and ready to mingle--> ready to "combine"
Pertain
(Pertinent, Impertinent)
to relate
relevant; appropriate
irrelevant
disrespectful
--> Pertain to--> to be relevant to.
Placid
peaceful; calm
--> lake placid is named for its calm and peaceful aura
Pliant
(Pliable, Pliancy)
bendable
submissive
capable of being bent or
shaped
bendability
submissiveness
--> Comlpiant--> means willing--> submissiveness--> bendability
Poignant
emotionally moving
--> Stagnant--> unmoving--> opposite--> moving "emotionally"
Promote
(Demote)
to support publicaly; to help
succeed
to give a more advanced job
to lower in rank
--> Pro--> success in a support--> pro's are promoted by companies to show they support their careers.
Proponent
a supporter
--> ponent--> opponent--> opposite--> supporter.
Propriety
(Impropriety)
proper behavior
improper behavior
--> Propr--> proper--> proper behavior
Rapport
harmonious relationship
--> Rap--> in a rap the words have to have a harmonious consistency to sound good.
Reciprocal
(Reciprocate, Reciprocity)
given to each other; mutual
to give in return
mutual exchange
--> Recip--> Reci--> recieve--> given something--> mutual exchange
Reconcile
(Irreconcilable)
to settle and arugment; to make up with someone
to make consistent
inconsisten; permanently
disagreeing
-->??
Resilient
recovering easily from change or difficulty
-->Res--> Rec--> recover.
Resolve
(Resolute, Irresolute, Resolution)
to decide; to settle
firm or determined; unwavering
undecided; indecisive
purpose; determination
settlement of a problem
--> solve--> to decide
Revel
(Revler, Revelry)
to enjoy deeply
one who celebrates; a partyer
unrestrained enjoyment
--> Revelry at Ripp--> A winter celebration
Revelation
(Revelatory)
the act of revealing
revealing
--> Revel--> Reveal--> revealing
Scrutiny
(Scrutinize, Inscrutable)
a close, careful examination
to examine carefully
mysterious; hard to
understand
--> ??
Solidarity
togetherness; loyatly to a group
--> solid--> if something is solid its well held together--> togetherness.
Staunch
firm and dependable; loyal
--> ??
Strive
to try hard fora goal; to complete
--> strive for a goal--> try hard to achieve.
Suited
(Suitable)
well matched
acceptable; appropriate
--> suit--> you where a suit to a wedding because that is whats appropriate.
Surmount
(Insurmountable)
to overcome
impossible to overcome
--> mount--> mountain--> top--> if you climb it youve overcome it.
Niche
a space scooped out of a wall
a suitable place or role
--> a niche in the wall--> a small hole
Opt
(Option)
to choose
choice
--> Opt--> Opi--> opinion--> your personal choices on certain things in life.
Optimism
hopeful attitude
-->Opt--> to choose--> choose to be happy--> optimistic
Overhaul
to repair thoroughly
--> haul--> to lift--> if you drop something and it breaks you might have to repair it.
Overlook
to ignore; to forgive
--> look--> look past--> to forgive
Parity
(Disparity)
equality
inequality
--> Pari--> Pair--> a pair of things in math are sometimes equal--> equality.
Partisan
(Partisanship, Nonpartisan)
supporter of an idea or cause
having strong beliefs
strong belief in an idea or cause
free from party affiliation or bias
--> Part--> part of--> supporter.
Perspicacity
(Perspicacious, Perspicuity)
sharp, accurate perception
highly perceptive
clarity; sharp, accurate perception
--> ity--> clarity--> sharp.
Sympathy
(Sympathize)
sharing another's feelings; compassion
to share another's feelings
-->??
Synergy
(Synergistic)
combined energy
working together; cooperative
--> nergy--> energy--> combined energy.
Synthesize
(Synthesis)
to combine parts into a whole
the combination of parts into a whole
--> size--> parts of a whole make up the size of an object.
Tact
(Tactful, Tactless)
ability to avoid offending people; sensitive to others
considerate; diplomatic; proper
rude; insensitive
--> The Ability .....?
Tenacious
(Tenacity, Pertinacious)
persistent; firm; determined
persistent determination
stubbornly persistent
--> If you receive a 10 from judges its likely because of your determination and persistence at getting better.
Tractable
(Intractable)
easily managed; obedient
hard to manage; disobedient
--> table--> a table is easily managed because it cant move, its a stagnant object.
Underpinning
support; foundation
--> pin--> foundations hand out pins to let people show their support.
Underscore
to emphasize
to underline
--> __. that says it all--> it emphasizes it.
Uniform
(Uniformity)
the same throughout
consistency; lacking variety
--> in private school everyone wheres uniform so everyone is the same and there's no individuality.
Valid
(Validate, Invalid, Invalidate)
logical; truthful; effective
to confirm
illogical; ineffective
a sickly person
to make ineffective
--> ??
Vanquish
to defeat; to overcome
--> quish--> squish--> to defeat.
Verify
(Verity, Veracity)
to prove; to confirm
truth
truth; accuracy
--> ??
Vigor
(Vigorous, Invigorate)
strength; energy
strong; energetic; active
to energize
--> igor is large and has a lot of strength.
Warrant
to justify; to deserve
--> warrant--> need a warrant to investigate a house--> basically a paper justifying the polices right to search a house.
Yeasayer
one who always agrees and never criticizes
--> Yea + sayer--> one who always says yes.
Yield
(Unyielding)
to give in; to submit
not bending or giving in; inflexible
--> yield when driving--> to give in to letting the other car or person go first.