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180 Cards in this Set
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ab-
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away, from
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ad-
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to, toward
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ambi-
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both
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an-
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not, without
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ante-
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before
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anti-
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against
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auto-
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self
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circum-
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around
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con-
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with, together
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contra/contro-
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against
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dis/dif-
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apart, in different directions, not
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eu-
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good, well
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e/ex-
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out, out of, from
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fore-
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before
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homo-
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same
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in-
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in, into, against, not
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inter-
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between, among
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intra/intro-
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within
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non-
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not
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ob-
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against
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omni-
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all
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pan-
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all
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para-
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beside
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per-
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through, completely
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peri-
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around
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post-
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after, behind
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pre-
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before, in front of
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pro-
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forward
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re-
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back, again
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retro-
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backward
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sub-
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under
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super-
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above, over
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sym/syn-
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with, together
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tele-
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far off, across a distance
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tran(s)-
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across
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anthrop-
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human being
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aud-
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to hear
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bell(i)-
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war
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brev-
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short
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bucol-
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cow, cowherd
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carn-
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flesh
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cede-
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to go
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cept/ceive/ceipt-
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to hold, grasp, take
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chron-
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time
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cog-
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to know
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culp-
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guilt, blame
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dic/dict-
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to say
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dox/doc/doct-
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to teach/teaching
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duc(t)-
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to lead
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dur-
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hard
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fac/fic/fact/fect-
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to make, do
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fer-
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to carry
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fin-
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end
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flat-
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to blow
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flu-
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to throw
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gam-
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marriage
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gen-
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birth, origin
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gno/kno-
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to know/knowledge
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grad/gred/gress-
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step
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greg-
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flock or herd (of sheep)
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ject-
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to throw
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lev-
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to lift, rise
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loc-
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place
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loqu/locut-
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speech
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luc/lum-
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light
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mal-
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bad
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morph-
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shape
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mort-
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death
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mut-
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change
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nov-
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new
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nym-
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name
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orth-
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straight
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pac-
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peace
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pel-
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to force
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pend-
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to hang
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petr-
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rock
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phil-
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love
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prot-
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first
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pug-
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fight;fish
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simil/simul-
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same
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spir-
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breathe
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tact-
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touch
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ten/tain/tent-
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to hold
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theo-
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God
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turb-
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to agitate, shake
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vac-
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empty
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ver-
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true, truth
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vinc/vict-
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to win, conquer
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viv-
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life
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volv-
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to turn, roll
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Empyrean (n)
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an ideal place, state, or the highest state of heaven
from the root, empyros originally, Heaven was a sphere of fire in Greek culture |
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Censorious (adj)
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very critical; expressing censor; harshly judgmental
Latin censor "critic" |
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Recidivism (n)
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a tendency to lapse into a previous behavior, especially a criminal one
french récidiviste récidiver "to relapse" Middle Latin recidivare Latin recidivus recidere "to fall back" cadere "to fall" |
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Vernacular (n)
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the standard native language of a country; a variety of language specific to a particular region or social class
1601 Etruscan verna "home-born slave, native" Latin vernaculus "native, domestic" |
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Words that stem from the root "cadere"
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caducous
caducity cadaver cadence cascade recidivism |
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Obstreperous (adj)
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characterized by a great noise or outcry, especially in opposition; resisting control/management; unruly
ob- "against" strepere "to make noise" |
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Insouciant (adj)
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marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant
1799 French in- "not" se soucier "to care" Latin solicitare "to agitate" |
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Abjure (v)
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to renounce under oath or swear, to recant solemnly or repudiate, to give up
1430 Middle French abjurer "to deny" Latin abjurare "to swear," related to the word for law ab- "away from" |
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Caducous (adj)
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shedding at an early state of development
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Caducity (n)
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1. the frailty of old age
2. the state of being perishable; impermanence |
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Defenestration (n)
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the act of throwing someone/something out of a window
1620 Latin fenestra "window" Greek phainein "to show" invented for the Defenestration of Prague, May 21, 1618, in which 2 Catholic deputies to the Bohemian National Assembly and a secretary were tossed out a window of the castle of Hradshin into the moat by Protestant Radicals. It marked the start of the 30 years war. |
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Vituperate (v)
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to rebuke or critisize harshly
1449 Latin vituperare "disparage" vitium "fault, defect" |
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Fulminate (v)
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1. to express vehement protest
2. to explode violently or flash like lightning 3. (of a disease or symptom) to develop suddenly and severely 1450 (the definition at this time was "to publish a thundering denunciation") Latin fulminatus - p.p. of fulminare "to hurl lightning, to lighten" fulmen "lightning" fulgere "to shine, flash" |
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Effulgent (adj)
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shining brilliantly
e/ex- "out, out of" fulgere "to shine, flash" |
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Protean (adj)
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readily able to change; versatile
From the Greek god Proteus, who could change into any form Greek protos "first" |
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Ephemeral (adj)
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lasting a short time, momentary, fleeting; living or lasting for only one day
1576 Greek ephemeros epi- "on, upon" hemera "day" |
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Doggerel (n)
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crudely or irregularly fashioned verse, often of a humorous of burlesque nature
Middle English dogge "dog" - associated with poor and worhtless It doesn't always refer to verse. It can refer to anything crudely or irregularly fashioned. |
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Clangor (n)
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a clang or a loud racket
Latin clangere "resound, ring" Greek klange "sharp sound" Proto-Indo-European klang "to cry, soun 1593 |
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"spondere"
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to engage oneself, in the sense: to make an offering
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Recondite (adj)
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1. not easily understood, abstruse, ambiguous
2. concerned with or treating something obscure: recondite scholarship 3. concealed, hidden Latin condere "to preserve, to put together" re- "again" |
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Abrogate (v)
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to abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
1526 Latin abrogatus or abrogare "to annul, to repeal" ab- "away" rogare "to propose a law, request" |
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Hirsute (adj)
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1. having rough or shaggy hair; hairy, shaggy
2. of or pertaining to hari; of the nature of or consisting of hair 1621 Latin hirsutus "rough, shaggy" hirtus "shaggy" |
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Inculcate (v)
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to endeavor to force (a thing) on the mind of another by emphatic admonition or by persistent repetition
1550 Latin inculcatus, inculcare "to stamp in with the heel, tread in, cram in, press in, impress upon the mind calx "heel" |
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Bellicose (adj)
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warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious
1432 Latin bellicosus, from bellicus "of war," from bellum "war" Bellona was the Roman goddess of war |
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Derelict (adj,n)
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adj - in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect
n - a destitute person; a ship or piece of property abandoned by its owner 1649 Latin derelictus, p.p. of dereliquere "abandon" de- "entirely" relinquere "leave behind" 1830 - dereliction "failure in duty" |
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Sedulous (adj)
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hardworking, paying attention to details
Latin sedulus "attentive" sedolo "without deception" se- "without" dolo "guile" |
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Sagacity (n)
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wisdom, the quality of being sound in judgment
1548 Latin sagacitas "quickness of perception" |
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Nugatory (adj)
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1. of little or no importance; trifling
2. having no force; invalid Latin nugatorius, from nugator "trifler" nugar "to trifle" nugae "jokes" |
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Anathema (n)
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a formal ban, curse, or excommunication; one that is greatly loathed or shunned
1526 Latin anathema "excommunicated person" German anathema "a thing cursed" |
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Effrontery (n)
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brazen boldness, presumptuousness
Latin effrons ex - "out of" frons "forehead" |
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Beguine (n)
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a ballroom dance similar to the rumba, based on a dance of Martinique and St. Lucia
1483 Latin beguina "beggar" beghard "male brotherhood" French béguin "infatuation" |
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Enervate (v)
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to weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of
1555 (figurative sense) From Latin participle stem of enervare "to extract the sinews of or weaken" e/ex- "out" nervus "sinew" |
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Convivial (adj)
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(of an atmosphere or event) friendly and lively; (of a person) cheerfully sociable
1668 Late Latin convivialis Latin convivium "a feast" convivere "to carouse together" |
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Incumbent (adj)
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1. imposed as an obligation or duty; obligatory
2. lying, leaning, resting upon something else 3. currently holding a specified office noun - a person who holds an office or ecclesiastical benefice Latin incumbens "holder of a church position" incumbere "to lean upon" in- "on" cumbere "to recline" |
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Dipsomania (n)
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alcoholism
1843 "a morbid craving for alcohol" Greek dipsa "thirst" + mania the noun meaning "drunkard" is from 1858 slang shortening "Dipso" is from 1880 |
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Ethereal (adj)
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1.light, intangible, airy, delicate
2. celestial, heavenly 1598 Greek aitherios "upper air" aither |
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Epicure (n)
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1. a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
2. a person devoted to sensuous pleasure and luxurious living Middle English epicurean Medieval Latin epicuris Latin epicurus Greek epikourous Epicurus - Greek philosopher, founded a school devoted to his philosophy antonym: ascetic |
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Polemic (n)
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1. a controversial argument, one that refutes a specific argument
2. a person inclined to argument 1638 Greek polemikos "warlike" polemos "war" French polémique |
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Palimpsest (n)
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1. a manuscript, typically of papyrus of parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased, and often legible
2. an object place, or area (literature!) that reflects its history Greek palin "again" psen "to scrape" |
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Obfuscate (v)
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to make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand
1536 Latin obfuscatus obfuscare "to darken" ob- "over" fuscare "to make dark" fuscus "dark" |
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Picayune (adj)
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1. of little value or importance
2. petty, mean 1804 from Louisiana French picaillon or Provençal picaioun name of a coin worth 5 cents earlier the name of a small copper coin of Piedmont or Savoy picaio "money" (uncertain origin) |
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Officious (adj)
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eager to please, wanting to be kind and help others
1565 Latin officiosus "obliging, dutiful" officium "duty, service" |
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Arbiter (n)
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1. one chosen or appointed to judge or decide a disputed issue, an arbitrator
2. one who has power to judge or ordain at will 1502 Latin arbiter "one who goes somewhere as a witness or judge" ad + baetere "to come, go" |
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Abject (adj)
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awful, unpleasant, degrading
1430 Latin abjectus ab + jacere "to throw" |
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Analysis (n)
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the resolution of anything complex into simple elements
1581 ana- "up" lysis "a loosening" |
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Deleterious (adj)
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having a harmful effect, injurious
Greek deleterios, from deleter "destroyer" deleisthai "to harm" |
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Legerdemain (n)
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sleight of hand, a display of skill or deceitful cleverness
French légerdemain léger "light" main "hand" |
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Carrion (n)
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the decaying flesh of dead animals
1225 from Anglo-French carogne V.L. carona "carcass" Latin caro "meat" |
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Expurgate (v)
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to remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or objectionable material (from a book) before publication
Latin expurgare "to purify" purgare "to cleanse" "purge" |
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Pellucid (adj)
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1. admitting the passage of light, transparent or translucent
2. transparently clear in style or meaning Latin pellucidus "transparent" pellucere, perlucere "to shine through" per- "through" + lucere "to shine" 1619 |
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Sycophant (n)
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1. a person who flatters someone important in a servile way
2. one who flatters for self-gain 1575 Latin sycophanta "informer, talebearer, slanderer" Greek sykophantes "one who shows the fig" |
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Insolvent (adj)
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1. unable to meet debts or discharge liabilities; bankrupt
2. of or relating to bankrupt persons or entities 1591 Latin insolventem from in- "not" + solventem "paying" |
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Posthumous (adj)
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after death
1608 Latin postumus "last-born" post- "after" + humare "to bury" originally meaning born after the death of the father |
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Evince (v)
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to show or demonstrate clearly; manifest; "evince distaste by grimacing"
From Latin evincere "to prevail or prove" "evict" also comes from this root e- "out of" + vincere (vin "to conquer" |
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bene-
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good
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bibli(o)-
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book
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bio-
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life
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cardi-
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heart
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cent-
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one hundred
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cert-
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to separate, distinguish
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cid/cis-
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to fall
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cred-
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to believe
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graph-
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writing
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grav-
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heavy
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lat-
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to bear, carry
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migr-
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to move (from one place to another)
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mit/mis-
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to send
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nas/nat-
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birth
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oper-
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to work
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path-
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to feel
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phon-
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sound
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pol(is)-
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city/state
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poly-
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many
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port-
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to carry
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pseud-
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false
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scrib/script
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to write
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sec/sect-
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to cut
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sequ-
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to follow
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sen-
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old
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spect-
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to look/see
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struct-
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to build
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term-
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end
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the/thet-
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to put, to place
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val-
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strong
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ven/vent-
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to come
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verb-
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word
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vert/vers-
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to turn
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vid/vis-
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to see
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Inchoate (adj)
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in an initial stage; imperfectly formed or developed
Latin inchoatus - incohare "to begin" in "on" + cohum "strap fastened to the oxen's yoke" |
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Reticent (adj)
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keeping to oneself; private; reserved
1603 re "again" + tacere "quiet" |