MCT6 VOC Flashcards
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1
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What does the prefix ‘trop’ mean?
A
turn
2
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What does the prefix ‘intro’ signify?
A
into
3
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What is the meaning of the prefix ‘ex’?
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out
4
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What does ‘trans’ mean?
A
across
5
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What does the suffix ‘ism’ refer to?
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doctrine
6
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What does the prefix ‘ambi’ mean?
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both
7
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What is the meaning of the prefix ‘medi’?
A
middle
8
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What does ‘centri’ indicate?
A
center
9
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What does the prefix ‘spec’ mean?
A
look
10
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What does ‘culp’ signify?
A
blame
11
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What does ‘helio’ refer to?
A
sun
12
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What does ‘viv’ mean?
A
life
13
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What does ‘contra’ signify?
A
against
14
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What does ‘auto’ mean?
A
self
15
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What does ‘gastro’ refer to?
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stomach
16
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What does ‘au contraire’ mean?
A
to the contrary
17
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What is another term for ‘werewolf’?
A
lycanthrope
18
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What does ‘gastronome’ mean?
A
gourmet or epicure
19
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What does ‘transmogrify’ mean?
A
change form
20
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What does ‘exculpate’ mean?
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free from blame
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What does ‘reify’ mean?
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treat as real
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What does ‘vivacious’ mean?
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lively
23
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What is a self-taught person called?
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autodidact
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What does ‘anthropocentric’ mean?
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human-centered
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What does 'inward looking' refer to?
introspective
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What is 'monism'?
doctrine
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What does 'calm' mean?
sedate
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What does 'ratiocination' refer to?
methodical thinking
29
What does 'swift' mean in the context of replies?
quick
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What is 'nihilism'?
belief in nothing
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What does it mean to 'lower oneself'?
condescend
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What does 'obsequious' mean?
servilely following
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What does 'sui' mean?
self
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What does 'tomy' refer to?
cut
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What does 'lin' signify?
line
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What does 'dicho' mean?
in two parts
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What does 'demo' refer to?
people
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What does 'sopor' mean?
sleep
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What does 'inter' signify?
between
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What does 'tort' mean?
twist
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What does 'jur' refer to?
swear
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What does 'cracy' mean?
government
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What does 'ped' signify?
foot
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What does 'son' mean?
sound
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What does 'gen' indicate?
origin
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What does 'pre' mean?
before
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What does 'a priori' mean?
from theory
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What is a government of the wealthy called?
plutocracy
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What does 'soporific' mean?
sleep-inducing
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What does 'assonance' refer to?
vowel repetition
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What does 'internecine' mean?
mutually destructive
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What does 'to outline' mean?
delineate
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What does 'tortuous' mean?
twisting
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What does 'rebuke' mean?
objurgation
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What does 'a posteriori' mean?
from observation
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What does 'of the common people' refer to?
demotic
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What does 'sui generis' mean?
unique
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What does 'sesquipedalian' refer to?
very long (words)
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What is 'dichotomy'?
two-part division
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What does 'revelation' mean?
epiphany
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What does 'parthenogenesis' mean?
unfertilized birth
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What does 'lively' refer to?
vivacious
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What does 'man-centered' refer to?
anthropogenic
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What does 'bon' mean?
good
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What does 'Sed' signify?
sit
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What does 'fug' mean?
flee
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What does 'sub' denote?
below
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What does 'vac' mean?
empty
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What does 'man' refer to?
hand
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What does 'viv' signify?
life
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What does 'ous' mean?
full of
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What does 'thanatos' refer to?
death
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What does 'pusill' mean?
small
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What does 'anim' signify?
mind
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What does 'ex' mean?
out
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What does 'luc' refer to?
light
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What does 'opia' mean?
sight
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What does 'ine' denote?
doctrine
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What does 'thanatopsis' mean?
view of death
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What does 'vacuous' mean?
stupidly empty of ideas
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What does 'lionize' mean?
treat as a celebrity
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What does 'persevering' mean?
assiduous
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What does 'Pusillanimous' refer to?
small-minded
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What does 'bon vivant' mean?
indulger in luxury
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What does 'subterfuge' mean?
evasive dodge
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What does 'sleight of hand' refer to?
legerdemain
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What does 'Lucubration' mean?
late studying
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What does 'suspiration' refer to?
deep sigh
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What does 'nepotism' mean?
favoritism to relatives
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What does 'general in view' refer to?
synoptic
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What does 'ex cathedra' mean?
from the throne
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What does 'sitting' refer to?
sedentary
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What does 'saturnine' mean?
gloomy and remote
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What does 'revelation' refer to?
epiphany
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What does 'objurgation' mean?
rebuke
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What does 'a priori' signify?
from theory
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What does 'theo' mean?
god
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What does 'nym' refer to?
name
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What does 'loco' mean?
place
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What does 'apo' signify?
up
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What does 'schizo' mean?
divide
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What does 'ambul' refer to?
walk
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What does 'curs' signify?
run
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What does 'phobia' mean?
fear
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What does 'log' refer to?
reason
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What does 'cosmo' mean?
universe
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What does 'phon' signify?
sound
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What does 'eu' mean?
good
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What does 're' denote?
again
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What does 'phor' mean?
carry
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What does 'locus classicus' refer to?
classical example
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What does 'omnibus' mean?
covering many things
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What does 'reiterate' mean?
repeat
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What does 'incredulous' mean?
not believing
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What does 'desultory' refer to?
rambling
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What does 'beginner' mean?
neophyte
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What does 'metonymy' mean?
association name
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What does 'perplexed' mean?
vexed
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What does 'funambulist' refer to?
tightrope walker
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What does 'putative' mean?
thought-to-be
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What does 'apotheosis' mean?
raising to god status
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What does 'mollify' mean?
make soft
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What does 'syllogism' refer to?
three-part deduction
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What does 'aver' mean?
affirm or declare
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What does 'anaphora' mean?
repetition in successive phrases
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What does 'forte' signify?
strong point
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What does 'precursor' mean?
forerunner
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What does 'impugn' mean?
attack as false
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What does 'neo' mean?
new
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What does 'pond' refer to?
weight
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What does 'omni' mean?
all
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What does 'dict' signify?
speak
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What does 'phyte' mean?
plant
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What does 'port' refer to?
carry
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What does 'archy' mean?
government
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What does 'mal' denote?
bad
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What does 'vid' mean?
look
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What does 'sci' signify?
know
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What does 'lith' mean?
rock
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What does 'lat' refer to?
side
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What does 'bene' mean?
good
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What does 'mono' signify?
one
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What does 'cred' mean?
believe
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What does 'unilateral' mean?
one-sided
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What does 'nonplussed' mean?
perplexed
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What does 'neophyte' refer to?
beginner
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What does 'vide' mean?
see
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What does 'malapropism' signify?
ludicrous misuse of a word
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What does 'incredulous' mean?
disbelieving
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What does 'hierarchy' refer to?
ranking
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What does 'portly' mean?
stout
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What does 'postlude' refer to?
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What does 'omniscient' mean?
all-knowing
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What does 'benediction' mean?
blessing
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What does 'putative' refer to?
thought-to-be
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What does 'mollify' mean?
soften
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What does 'soliloquy' refer to?
speech to oneself
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What does 'sangfroid' mean?
cold-blooded composure
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What does 'confluence' mean?
a flowing together
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What does 'perfidy' mean?
breach of faith
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What does 'drome' mean?
run
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What does 'eu' signify?
new
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What does 'mega' mean?
large
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What does 'lepsy' refer to?
attack
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What does 'punct' mean?
point
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What does 'ego' signify?
self
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What does 'gyn' mean?
female
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What does 'monger' refer to?
seller
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What does 'syn' mean?
together
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What does 'ous' refer to?
full of
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What does 'narco' mean?
sleep
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What does 'mania' signify?
madness
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What does 'expostulate' mean?
to object earnestly
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What does 'sharp' mean?
pungent
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What does 'monograph' refer to?
paper on one subject
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What does 'of lakes' mean?
lacustrine
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What does 'superego' refer to?
unconscious conscience
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What does 'government of women' mean?
gynecocracy
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What does 'costermonger' mean?
vegetable vendor
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What does 'public misconduct' refer to?
malfeasance
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What does 'aquiline' mean?
eaglelike
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What does 'complex of symptoms' signify?
syndrome
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What does 'narcolepsy' mean?
attacks of sleep
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What does 'pleasant name' refer to?
euphemism
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What does 'megalomania' mean?
delusions of greatness
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What does 'inharmonious' mean?
dissonant
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What does 'tenebrous' mean?
dark and gloomy
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What does 'needless repetition' refer to?
tautology
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What does 'transom' mean?
window or door crossbar
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What does 'shy' mean?
diffident
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What does 'para' signify?
for
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What does 'tempor' refer to?
time
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What does 'epist' mean?
knowledge
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What does 'germ' signify?
related
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What does 'contra' mean?
against
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What does 'less' mean?
without
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What does 'hyper' refer to?
over
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What does 'chron' mean?
time
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What does 'lent' signify?
full of
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What does 'scen' mean?
stage
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What does 're' signify?
again
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What does 'sthen' mean?
strength
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What does 'pro' signify?
forward
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What does 'fil' mean?
thread
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What does 'voc' signify?
voice
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What does 'pharisaism' mean?
hypocrisy
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What does 'long instructive letter' refer to?
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What does 'feculent' mean?
foul
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What does 'related' refer to?
germane
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What does 'proscenium' mean?
stage forward on curtain
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What does 'lacy design' refer to?
filigree
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What does 'chronic' mean?
lasting
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What does 'overstatement' mean?
hyperbole
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What does 'neurasthenia' refer to?
nervous exhaustion
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What does 'without effect' mean?
feckless
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What does 'contretemps' mean?
embarrassing mishap
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What does 'misplaced in time' refer to?
anachronistic
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What does 'anapest' mean?
three-syllable foot
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What does 'model' refer to?
paradigm
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What does 'remunerate' mean?
repay
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What does 'excellent model' mean?
paragon
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What does 'dissemble' mean?
conceal through pretense
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What does 'strong dislike' refer to?
antipathy
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What does 'pugn' mean?
fight
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What does 'nom' refer to?
name
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What does 'pro' signify?
before
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What does 'per' mean?
through
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What does 'Sino' refer to?
china
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What does 'entomo' mean?
insect
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What does 'spec' mean?
look
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What does 'gno' signify?
know
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What does 'dis' mean?
away
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What does 'mis' signify?
bad
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What does 'inter' mean?
between
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What does 'fulg' refer to?
shine or flash
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What does 'amor' mean?
love
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What does 'nomy' signify?
name
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What does 'hebetude' mean?
state of dullness
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What does 'study of value' refer to?
axiology
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What does 'prognosis' mean?
medical forecast
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What does 'wrong name' signify?
misnomer
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What does 'chauvinism' refer to?
fanatical devotion
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What does 'to mentally separate' mean?
discern
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What does 'entomology' refer to?
insect zoology
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What does 'mob rule' mean?
mobocracy
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What does 'congeries' mean?
heap
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What does 'science of causes' refer to?
etiology
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What does 'inexpugnable' mean?
unconquerable
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What does 'combination' refer to?
synthesis
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What does 'perspicacity' mean?
insight
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What does 'study of China' refer to?
Sinology
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What does 'nonentity' mean?
a nobody
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What does 'sacrifice' mean?
immolate
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What does 'replete' mean?
filled
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What does 'shining out' refer to?
effulgence
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What does 'fract' mean?
break
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What does 'duct' refer to?
lead
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What does 'luvi' mean?
wash
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What does 'bene' signify?
good
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What does 'tude' mean?
state of
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What does 'agora' refer to?
marketplace
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What does 'ante' mean?
against
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What does 'mar' signify?
sea
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What does 'mal' mean?
bad
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What does 'Phil' mean?
love
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What does 'surg' refer to?
rise
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What does 'fulg' mean?
shine or flash
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What does 'dis' signify?
away
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What does 'mea culpa' mean?
my fault
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What does 'one who disagrees' refer to?
dissident
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What is a government based on honor called?
timocracy
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What does 'flashing' refer to?
fulguration
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What does 'Antediluvian' mean?
from before the flood
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What does 'unruly' mean?
fractious
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What does 'repartee' refer to?
quick, witty reply
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What does 'seasickness' mean?
Mal de mer
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What does 'subliminal' mean?
below consciousness
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What does 'uprising' refer to?
insurgence
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What does 'Hebetude' mean?
state of dullness
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What does 'a nobody' refer to?
nonentity
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What does 'chauvinism' mean?
fanatical devotion
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What does 'medical forecast' refer to?
prognosis
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What does 'entomology' mean?
insect zoology
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What does 'unconquerable' mean?
inexpugnable
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What does 'etiology' refer to?
cause of science of causes
