Root Words for SAT Vocab Flashcards
Learn about the roots associated with high frequency SAT vocab words and decipher the vocab words you don't know based on this core knowledge. (201 cards)
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In this deck, we teach the three skills of rooting:
- breaking the word into units of meaning
- recognizing units of meaning
- connecting to other known words
example:
philology
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Here is the format we will use for this deck:
- break word into pieces
philo / logy
- Identify root prefixes and suffixes that affect meaning to decode the word’s definition
philo = love, ology = study of
the love of study (usually of language or literature)
- other words you might be able to connect to the root
Anglophile, pedophile, biology
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acuity
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acu / ity
sharp / (noun)
sharpness of vision, hearing or mentality
acute, acumen
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abstract
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abs / tract
away / drawn
apart from concrete existence
tractor, tractable, attractive, abstraction, intractable
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acrimony
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acri / mony
bitter / (noun)
bitterness; resentfulness
acrid
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acronym
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acro / nym
high / name
name taken from the first letter of a group of words describing it (NASA, radar (originally), NARAL)
acrophobia, acrobatic, synonym, anonymous
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deceptive
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de / cept / ive
away / take / (adjective)
take (someone) away from truth
quality that misleads someone from what is true
interception, inception, perceive, concept
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progeny
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pro / gen / y
forward / birth or race - people /(noun)
those born from you
your children
generation, congenital, genus
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circumspect
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circum / spect
around / see
careful, seeing all around, cautious
speculative, spectators, spectacles, perspicacity
circumlocution, circumnavigate
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indict
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in / dict
say / word
to charge with a crime
indictment, dictionary, dictate, dictator, edict
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supercilious
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super / cil / ious
above
acts superior
superfluous, superlative, conciliation
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amorous
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amor / ous
love / (adjective)
loving, erotic
amiable, amicable
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ambivalent
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ambi / valent
both / strength
recognizing validity on both sides of something
ambidextrous, ambition, ambiance, ambience, prevalent, covalent, valor, valid
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attenuate
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at / tenu / ate
really / thin out / (verb)
thin out until weakened
tenuous, tenacious,tension
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inductile
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in / duct /ile
not / lead, teach / (adjective)
inflexible, not easily led
induce, deduce, deduct, aqueduct
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amicable
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amic / able
friend / able to be
able to be friends, friendly
amigo, amity
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subvert
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sub / vert
under / turn
to undermine
convert, revert, divert, invert
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amphibious
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amphi / bi / ous
two / life / (adjective)
living in two places (water, land)
amphitheater
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atypical
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a / typ / ical
not / type, kind / (adjective)
unusual
stereotype, archetype, prototype
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loquacious
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loqu / acious
speech, word / (adjective)
talkative, wordy
neologism, analogy
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androgenous
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andro / gen / ous
male / kind, type / (adjective)
having characteristics that confuse sexual identity
android
This word probably first described women who appeared manly, but now refers to fashions, or behaviors that blur sexual identity.
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assent
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as / sent
to / feel, sense
agree in feeling
sensation, dissent, sensitive, sensual, sensuous
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biannual
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bi / annu / al
two / years / (adjective)
every two years
biathlete, bisexual, bicentenial
annual, anniversary
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ignominy
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ig / nom / iny
not / name / (noun)
disgrace, bad reputation
nominate, synonym, noun, pronounce
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antebellum
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ante / bellum
before / war
period before a war
bellicose, belligerent
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**recluse**
## Footnote
re / cluse
(intensifier) / shut
person who lives shut off from society
reclusive, cloister, closet
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**anthropomorphic**
anthro / po / morph / ic
human / change / (adjective)
human characteristics for non-human things
anthropology, metamorphic
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**vociferous**
voci / fer / ous
call (out) / carry / adjective
voice carrying, loud
vocal, advocate, vocabulary, ferry
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**malefactor**
male / fac / tor
bad / do / person
criminal, evil doer
maladroit, maladjusted, malevolent, malnourished
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**aquifer**
aqui / fer
water / carry
something that moves water
aquarium, aquatic
ferry, vociferous
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**refraction**
## Footnote
re / frac / tion
again / break / (noun)
turning or bending of light
fragment, fracture, fractals, fragile
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**digress**
## Footnote
di / gress
two / move
move off topic to another point
progress, regress
dialogue, diametric
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**archetype**
arche / type
bow / type
best example
archaeology, architecture, overarching
typical, typecast, typify, prototype
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**aristocracy**
aristo / cracy
best / government, rule
hereditary ruling class; nobility
antiaristocratic, varistor
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**inconsequential**
in / con /sequen / tial
not / with / follow / (adjective)
nothing follows, unimportant
sequence, non-sequitor
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**arthropod**
arthro / pod
joint / leg
animal with segmented joints
arthritis, arthroscopy
cephalopod, gastropod
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**audible**
aud / ible
hear, listen / able
able to be heard
auditory, auditorium, audiovisual
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**querulous**
quer / ulous
ask / (adjective)
whining, complaining
query, inquire, inquisition, quiz
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**augment**
aug / ment
to increase (verb)
to supplement
augur, transmogrify, august
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**sacrosanct**
sacro / sanct
sacred / holy
to hold something in high, godly esteem
desecrate, sacreligious, sacerdotal, sanctimonious, sanctify
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**autonomy**
auto / nomy
self / name
the ability to do things by oneself
automatic, autocracy, automobile
nominative, anonymous, nominal, nominate
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**bellicose**
belli /cose
war / like
determination to create war or conflict
antebellum, belligerent
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**antipathy**
anti / pathy
against / feeling
hatred, deep dislike
sympathy, empathy
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**benign**
ben / ign
good / (adjective)
having a positive impact
benefactor, benificence, benefit
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**circumscribe**
circum / scribe
around / write
to draw a line of limitation
circumlocutory, circumnavigate proscribe, description
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disburse
dis / burse
not / purse
to give out funds
bursar, bursitis
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condemn
con / demn
with / damnation
to sentence someone for a crime or an injunction
indemnify, condemnation
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demented
de / ment / ed
un / mind / ed
out of your mind
mentality, temperamental
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decimate
deci / mate
tenth / (verb)
to reduce to a tenth of the size, destroy
decibel, December, decade, decalogue
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demagogue
dema / gogue
people / leader
ruler who appeals to popular interests
democratic, demography
pedagogue
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condense
con / dense
with / thick
thicken
condensation, density
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dexterity
dexter / ity
skillful / (noun)
skillfulness
dexterous, ambidextrous
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edict
e / dict
/ word
declare, decree
dictator, diction, dictation
dictionary, diction
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docile
doc / ile
teach / (adjective)
teachable, tractable
docility,
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domicile
domic / ile
house / (noun)
house, home
domestic
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dormant
dorm / ant
sleep / (adjective)
sleeping, hiberating, inactive
dormitory, dorm
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dubious
dub / ious
doubt / (adjective)
doubtful, suspect
indubitably
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obdurate
obdur / ate
harden / (adjective)
hard-hearted, intractable, unyieldingly stubborn
obduracy, endure, durable
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subjugate
sub / jug / ate
under / yoke / (verb)
force someone under control, enslave
subterfuge, conjugal
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juncture
junct / ure
join / (noun)
point in time, place where situation meets decision
junction, conjunction, adjunct
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jurisdiction
juris / dict / ion
law / speech / (noun)
power or authority of law, physical limits of the reach of legal authority
jury, dictionary, dictate
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florid
flor / id
flower / (adjective)
relating to flowers
floral, florist
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equivocal
equi / vocal
equal / speak
can be defended on either side of argument, debatable
equinimical, equidistant, vocabulary,advocate
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aberration
ab / err / ation
from / mistake / (noun)
coming from error, not intended, not normal
err, errant, erroneous, error
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bibliophile
biblio / phile
book / love
a lover of books / book collector
bibliography, Francophile, Anglophile
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telekinesis
tele / kine / sis
across / motion / (noun)
motion cause by the power of the mind
television, telephone, kinetic
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euphoric
eu / phor / ic
well, good / bear / (adjective)
a quality of intense happiness
euphonium, euphenism, anaphoric
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fatuous
fatu / ous
fool / (adjective)
silly, foolish
infatuate
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# Break down and try to define:
cardiovascular
cardio / vascul / ar
heart / veins / (adjective)
having to do with arteries and heart
cardiogram, vasculitis
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gestate
gest / ate
carry, bear / (verb)
to grow in the womb
gestation, gestative, gestational
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relapse
re / lapse
again, / fall back
fall back into a former state, to regress after a period of improvement
lapse
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latitude
lati / tude
wide / (noun)
wideness, distant across, freedom from restrictions
latitudinal
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fallacy
fallac / y
trick / (noun)
a wrong idea, misconception
fallacious
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felicity
felic / ity
happy / (noun)
happiness
felicitous
felicitous
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elaborate
e / labor / ate
out / work / (verb)
to work (something) out, go into detail
laborious, laboratory, labor
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laxity
lax / ity
loose / (noun)
lacking firmness, strictness, slack
relax, relaxation
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regress
re / gress
back / walk
to go backward, to get worse
digress, progress
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deliberate
de / liber / ate
from / scale / (verb)
to weigh (consider) carefully
liberality
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grandiose
grand / iose
large / (adjective)
characterized by large scope or intent; pretending large scope or importance
grandeloquence, grandeur, grand
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immutable
im / mut / able
not / change / able to
not capable of changing
mutation, mutant
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dermal
derm / al
skin / (adjective)
having to do with skin
dermatology, dermatitis
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narcosis
narco / sis
numb / (noun)
a state of stupor; drugged or numbed
narcotic
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ingratitude
in / grati / tude
not / thank / (noun)
the quality of absence of proper thankfulness
gratuity, gratify, congratulations
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renaissance
renaissance
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nascent
nasc / ent
birth / (adjective)
coming into existence
Renaissance
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neurologist
neuro / log / ist
nerve / study of / (noun) person
someone who studies the nervous system
neurochemistry, neurobiology, neurosis
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didactic
didact / ic
teach / (adjective)
apt at teaching, in a teaching manner
didactical
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delineate
de / line / ate
of, from / line / (verb)
to show differences, create categories or limits
delineation, lineage, linear
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annihilation
an / nihil / ation
to / nothing / (noun)
destroy, bring to nothing
nihilism
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fidelity
fidel / ity
faith / (noun)
faithfulness
infidelity, infidel
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noctambulist
noct / ambul / ist
night / walk / (noun) person
someone who walks at night
nocturnal, ambulation, ambulance
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inflection
in / flec / tion
in, within / bend, flex / (noun)
modulation of voice for emphasis
flexible, deflect, reflection
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guttural
guttur / al
throat / (adjective)
throaty; like a growl or rumbling of the throat
gullet, gutturalness
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intermediary
inter / medi / ary
within / middle / (noun)
middleman, a go-between, someone who works between two parties
medium, mediate, intercept, inaction
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elongate
e / long / ate
out of / long / (verb)
lengthen, stretch
elongation, longitude
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autonomous
auto / nom / ous
self / law / (adjective)
independent, self-government
automatic, automobile
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profuse
pro / fuse
for, forth / pour
to pour forth
profusion, refuse, defuse
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relinquish
re / linqu / ish
again / leave / (verb)
give up, let go of possession
delinquent
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mellifluous
melli / flu / ous
honey / flowing / (adjective)
sweetly flowing
mellific
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idiosyncratic
idio / syn / crat / ic
self / with, together / power / (adjective)
highly individualized, specific to a single person
idiom, idiomatic, synthesize, democrat
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loquacious
loqua / cious
speak / (adjective)
talkative
circumlocutions, eloquent, grandeloquent
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inhibit
in / hibit
in / grab
restrain, suppress, hold back
prohibit, exhibition
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merchantile
merchantile
merch / ant / ile
trade / (person) / (adjective)
merchandizing
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notoriety
notor / iety
known / (noun)
fame, quality of being known
noteworthy, notorious
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incur
in / cur
in / run
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obliterate
ob / liter / ate
against / letter / (verb)
remove all evidence of; wipe from existence or memory
literal, literary, literature
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militant
milit / ant
soldier / (abjective)
aggressive and committed as to a cause
military, militia
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genocide
gen / o / cide
race / killing
killing a race of people
generation, genre, pesticide, homocide
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obnoxious
ob / nox / ious
toward / injury, hurt / (adjective)
very annoying
noxious
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influx
in / flux
in / flow
mass arrival or incoming
fluctuate, flux
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inimical
inimic / al
enemy / (adjective)
hostile
inimicable, inimicalness
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elucidate
e / lucid / ate
out / light / (verb)
shed light on, clarify, make understandable,
lucid, lucent, luculent
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annul
an / nul
to / nothing
render void, bring to nothing, cancel, invalidate
nullify, nil
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prominence
pro / min / ence
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denounce
denounce
de / nounce
against / message
renounce, anunciate, pronounciation
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illuminate
il / lumin / ate
in / light / (verb)
to cast light upon something, bring to light
luminary
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monolith
mono / lith
one / stone
a large stone like an obelisk (suggesting rigid uniformity)
monolithic, lithosphere, monotony
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misogyny
miso / gyn / y
hate / woman / (noun)
antipathy toward women
gynocology, misogamy, misologist
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polygamy
poly / gam / y
many / marriage / (noun)
the practice of taking multiples wives (or husbands)
polygon, misogamy, bigamy
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nuptial
nupt / ial
marry / (adjective)
having to do with a wedding or marriage
prenuptial, postnuptial, connubial, nubile
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ocular
ocul / ar
eye / (adjective)
having to do with eyes
binocular, ocularcentric
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agoraphobia
agora / phobia
marketplace / fear
fear of open spaces, crowds
cleptophobia, arachnophobia, Agorism
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heredity
hered / ity
heir / (noun)
the passing of traits from the parents to the children
inheritance, hereditary
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mollify, emollient
mollify, emollient
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emollient
e / moll / ient
from / soft / (noun)
softening or soothing
mollify, mollifying
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neophyte
neo / phyte
new / (noun)
someone new at something
neoconservative, neocortical
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remnant
rem / nant
remain / (noun)
something that remains
remainders
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odometer
odo / meter
road, way, journey / measure
a device that measures distance travelled
odometric, electrode
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adhere
ad / here
to / stick
to stay attached, cleave to, cling to
adherent
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monotonous
mono / ton / ous
one / tone / (adjective)
boring, lacking in variety and interests
monologue, atonal
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infringe
in / fringe
in / to break
to encroach upon the rights of others
fringe, infringement
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monologue
mono / logue
one / speak
one person talking
monotone, dialogue
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anthropomorphic
anthropo / morph / ic
people / from / (adjective)
attributing human characteristics to animals or non-human things
misanthrope, anthropology, metamorphic, morphine
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placate
plac / ate
sooth, calm / (verb)
to calm, appease
placid, unplacated
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mania
mania
crazy
a state of crazy
pyromaniac, manic
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oligarchy
olig / arch / y
few / to rule, command / (noun)
government by a few powerful people
patriarchy, matriarchy, monarchy, oligopoly
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polemic
polemic
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holistic
hol / ist / ic
whole / (noun) / (adjective)
a quality of considering something as a whole instead of in parts
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inhale
in / hale
in / breathe
taking
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perplex
per / plex
through / weave, braid
confuse with intricacy
complex, perplexity
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manuscript
manu / script
hand / writing
something written by hand
manipulate, manicure, postscript, subscription
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replicate
re / plic / ate
again, back / fold / (verb)
duplicate, copy
complicate
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plurality
plurality
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maritime
mari / time
sea, ocean / (adjective)
having to do with the seas or oceans
marine, submarine
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plutocracy
pluto / cracy
wealth / government
a government of the rich
democracy, plutocratic
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germinate
germin / ate
sprout / (verb)
to begin to grow
germs
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podium
pod / ium
foot / (noun)
a raised are behind a lecturn upon which a speaker stands
arthropod, gastropod, podiatrist
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matriarch
matri / arch
mother / ruler
woman in charge
matron, matricide, maternity
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postpone
post / pone
after / place
to put off until a later time
posthaste, component
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preponderance
pre / ponder / ance
more / weigh or consider / (noun)
dominant in influence, power or importance
pound, compound, ponderable
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opaque
opaque
shady, shaded, dark
hard to see, murky, cloudy, hard to identify
opacity
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posthaste
posthaste
after / speed
as quickly as possible
postgraduate, postwar
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pallor
pall / or
pale / (noun)
paleness, white in complexion
pall, pallid, appalled
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apprehend
apprehend
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oration
ora / tion
mouth / (noun)
speech
oral, oratio, oratory
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primary
prim / ary
first / (adjective)
of first importance, level, or rank
primitive, primate
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ornate
ornate
orn / (adjective)
furnish, embellish
adornment, ornament
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patently
pat / ent / ly
to lay open / (adjective) / (adverb)
in a manner that is unmistakeable clear and open
pat (answers), patent, impatent
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orthodoxy
ortho / dox / y
correct / belief / (noun)
correctness of a belief
orthodontist, orthopedist, doxology
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patriarch
patri / arch
father / ruler
men are in charge
paternity, patricide, patriot
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pacific
pac / ific
peace / (adjective)
having a soothing quality
pacify, pacifier
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triptych
tri / ptych
three / folds
something composed or presented in three parts
triangle, ptychodera
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pedestrian
ped / estri / an
foot / man / (adjective)
someone who goes on foot, a quality of lower class
pedestal, pediatry, equestrian
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prioritize
prior / itize
first / (verb)
putting important things first
prior, priority, a priori
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minuscule
minus / cule
tiny / (adjective)
very small
miniskirt
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expending
ex / pend / ing
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ominous
omin / ous
omen / (adjective)
the quality of expecting or predicting misfortune
omen
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impunity
im / pun / ity
not / punish / (noun)
being above punishment
punishable
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iteration
iter / tion
again / (noun)
a repetition, something said again
reiterate
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expurgate
ex / purg / ate
out of / wash, cleanse / (verb)
wipe out completely, purge
purgatory, purge
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hydrophile
hydro / phile
water / lover
someone who loves water or swimming
hydrant, bibliophile
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irascible
iras / cible
anger / able
easy to get angered
irate, irateness
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malfeasance
mal / feas / ance
bad / doing / (noun)
wrongdoing
feasible, malnutrition
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malodorous
mal / odor / ous
bad / smell / (adjective)
having a bad smell
maladjusted, odiferous
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malicious
malic / ious
evil / (adjective)
a quality of evil
malign, malcontent
malicity
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malignancy
mal / ign / ancy
bad / knowledge / (adjective)
evil in nature
maladroit, ignorant
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fugitive
fugi / tive
flee / (noun)
someone who flees the law
refugee, refuge
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pessimal
pessim / al
worst / (adjective)
a qaulity of negativity
pessimist
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computation
comput / ation
determine mathematically / (noun)
a calculation
computer, computable
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pugnacious
pugna / cious
to fight / (adjective)
the quality of combativeness
pugilist, repugnant
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nominal
nom / inal
name / adjective
in name only
nominate, denomination, nominee
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demented
de / ment / ed
from / mind / (adjective)
out of one's mind
dementia, mental
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obfuscate
ob / fusc / ate
to, toward / dark / (verb)
darken, make obscure, confuse, bewilder
obfuscatory
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placid
plac / id
sooth / (adjective)
calm
implacable, placebo
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ferocious
feroc / ity
fierce / (noun)
fierceness
feral, ferocious
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pungent
pung / ent
sting / (adjective)
stinging sensation in the nose, bad smelling
piquant, poignant, pungently
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quadruple
quadru / ple
four / (verb)
make four times larger
quadrilateral
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trajectory
tra / ject / ory
across / throw / (noun)
the path of an object as it moves through space
transgress, translate, interjection, projectile
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inquisitive
in / quis / itive
in / quiz / (adjective)
inquiring, curious, in the habit of asking questions
quiz, inquire, question
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jocular
joc / ular
joke / (adjective)
joking, playful
jocund, jocularity
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posterior
poster / ior
after, behind / (noun)
toward the back, following after
posterity, posthaste, postscript
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privation
priva / tion
deprive / (noun)
to lack something necessary for existence
deprivation, private
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prototype
proto / type
original, early stage / form, model, type
the first design of something
protoplasm, typical
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probity
prob / ity
honest / (noun)
forthrightness, reputation for honesty and integrity
probate, probation
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erasure
e / ras / ure
away / scrape / (noun)
deletion, wiping out completely, obliteration
erase
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abrasion
ab / ras / ion
off / to scrape / (noun)
an injury caused by rubbing or scraping
eraser, abrade
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rejuvenate
re / juven / ate
again / young / (verb)
renew, bring youthful feeling to
juvenile
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kleptomania
klepto / mania
stealing / crazy
a condition of complusive stealing
kleptophile, pyromaniac
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ligature
liga / ture
to tie or bind / (noun)
something tied or bound
ligament
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gravitas
gravitas
weight, heaviness
weight, heaviness, seriousness, reputation for importance
grave, gravity
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plenary
plen / ary
full / (adjective)
full or complete in every regard, fully attended
plenty
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affiliation
af / fili / ation
to / son / (noun)
close connection
filial
