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deny
negation: denial
renege: deny, go back on one's word
renegade: turncoat, traitor |
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name
nomenclature: act of naming, terminology
nominal: in name only
cognomen: surname, distinguishing nickname |
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new
novice: beginner
renovate: make new again
novelty: newness |
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all
omniscient: all knowing
omnipotent: all powerful
omnivorous: eating everything |
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to work
operate: work
cooperation: working together |
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peace
pacify: make peaceful
pacific: peaceful
pacifist: person opposed to war |
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feel
dispassionate: free of emotion
impassioned: emotion-filled
impassive: showing no feeling |
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father
patriotism: love of ones country
patriarch: male ruler of a family, group, or state
paternity: fatherhood |
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disease, feeling
pathology: study of diseased tissue
apathetic: lacking feeling; indifferent
antipathy: hostile feeling |
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foot
impediment: stumbling-block; hindrance
tripod: three-footed stand
quadruped: four-footed animal |
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child
pedgogue: teacher of children
pediatrician: childrens doctor |
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to drive
compulsion: a forcing to do
repel: drive back
expel: drive out, banish |
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to seek
petition: request
appetite: craving, desire
compete: vie with others |
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love
philanthropist: benefactor, lover of humanity
anglophile: lover of everything English
philanderer: one involved in brief love affairs |
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to place
postpone: place after
positive: definite, unquestioned |
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to carry
portable: able to be carried
transport: carry across
export: carry out |
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able, powerful
omnipotent: all powerful
potentate: powerful person
impotent: powerless |
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mind
psychology: study of the mind
psychosis: mental disorder
psychopath: mentally ill person |
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to trim, to calculate
putative: supposed
computation: calculation
amputate: cut off |
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to ask
inquiry: investigation
inquisitive: questioning
query: question |
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rule
regicide: murder of a ruler
regent: ruler
insurrection: rebellion; overthrow of a ruler |
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to laugh
derision: scorn
risibility: inclination to laughter
ridiculous: deserving to be laughed at |
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to ask
interrogate: question
prerogative: privilege |
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to break
interrupt: break into
bankrupt: insolvent
rupture: a break |
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holy
sacred: holy
sacrilegious: impious, violating something holy
sacrament: religious act |
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to know
science: knowledge
omniscient: knowing all
conscious: aware |
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watch, see
periscope: device for seeing around corners
microscope: device for seeing small objects |
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to write
transcribe: make a written copy
script: written text
circumscribe: write around, limit |
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cut
dissect: cut apart
bisect: cut into two pieces |
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