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The Word Within the Word Stems #31-47
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02/15/2010

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Cards

Term

 

mal

 

31

Definition

 

bad

Term

 

post

 

31

Definition

 

after

Term

 

port

 

31

Definition

 

carry

porter

Term

 

dict

 

31

Definition

 

say

Term

 

omni

 

31

Definition

 

all

Term

 

lith

 

31

Definition

 

rock

Term

 

bene

 

31

Definition

 

good

benefit

Term

 

cred

 

31

Definition

 

believe

Term

 

neo

 

31

Definition

 

new

Term

 

uni

 

31

Definition

 

one

Term

 

non

 

31

Definition

 

not

Term

 

archy

 

31

Definition

 

government

Term

 

inter

 

31

Definition

 

between

Term

 

vid

 

31

Definition

 

look

Term

 

mono

 

31

Definition

 

one

Term

 

pond

 

31

Definition

 

weight

Term

 

in

 

31

Definition

 

not

Term

 

sci

 

31

Definition

 

know

Term

 

phyte

 

31

Definition

 

plant

Term

 

lat

 

31

Definition

 

side

Term

 

hypo

 

32

Definition

 

under

hypothecate

Term

 

dox

 

32

Definition

 

opinion

heterodox

Term

 

put

 

32

Definition

 

think

putative

Term

 

mega

 

32

Definition

 

large

megaton

Term

 

alter

 

32

Definition

 

other

altercation

Term

 

contra

 

32

Definition

 

against

contravene

Term

 

con

 

32

Definition

 

together

confluence

Term

 

circum

 

32

Definition

 

around

circumlocution

Term

 

sol

 

32

Definition

 

alone

soliloquy solo

Term

 

fy

 

32

Definition

 

make

mollify

Term

 

ous

 

32

Definition

 

full of

gregarious

Term

 

hetero

 

32

Definition

 

different

heterodox

Term

 

pater

 

32

Definition

 

father

paterfamilias

Term

 

ver

 

32

Definition

 

true

aver

Term

 

sangui

 

32

Definition

 

blood

sangfroid

Term

 

ego

 

32

Definition

 

I

alter ego

Term

 

ven

 

32

Definition

 

come

contravene

Term

 

flu

 

32

Definition

 

flow

confluence

Term

 

loqu

 

32

Definition

 

talk

circumlocution

Term

 

moll

 

32

Definition

 

soft

mollify

Term

 

greg

 

32

 

 

Definition

 

group

gregarious

Term

 

tion

 

32

Definition

 

act or state

altercation

Term

 

de

 

33

Definition

 

down

disclaim

Term

 

voc

 

33

Definition

 

voice

sotto voce

Term

 

luc

 

33

Definition

 

light

translucent

Term

 

acr

 

33

Definition

 

sharp

acerbity

Term

 

ambul

 

33

Definition

 

walk

perambulate

Term

 

pugn

 

33

Definition

 

fight

impugn

Term

 

sequ

 

33

Definition

 

follow

non sequitur, sequence

Term

 

centri

 

33

Definition

 

center

egocentric

Term

 

ous

 

33

Definition

 

full of

gregarious

Term

 

sanct

 

33

Definition

 

holy

sacrosanct, sanctify

Term

 

phon

 

33

Definition

 

sound

cacophony

Term

 

clam

 

33

Definition

 

cry out

declaim, clamor

Term

 

trans

 

33

Definition

 

across

transfer

Term

 

fort

 

33

Definition

 

strong

forte, fortissimo

Term
per
Definition
through perambulate, percolate
Term

 

fid

 

33

Definition

 

faith

perfidy, fidelity

Term

 

non

 

33

Definition

 

not

nonsense

Term

 

ego

 

33

Definition

 

I

egocentric

Term

 

loqu

 

33

Definition

 

talk

loquacious

Term

 

sacro

 

33

Definition

 

holy

sacrosanct

Term

 

caco

 

33

Definition

 

bad

cacophony

Term

 

tang

 

33

Definition

 

touch

tangible

Term

 

dict

 

34

Definition

 

say

obiter dictum

Term

 

bas

 

34

Definition

 

low

abase

Term

 

nihil

 

34

Definition

 

nothing

nihilism

Term

 

muta

 

34

Definition

 

change

mutate

Term

 

terr

 

34

Definition

 

land

territory

Term

 

cogn

 

34

Definition

 

know

incognito, cognitive

Term

 

re

 

34

Definition

 

again

regroup, repeat

Term

 

super

 

34

Definition

 

over

supersede

Term

 

de

 

34

Definition

 

down

declaim, deflate

Term

 

gram

 

34

Definition

 

writing

epigram

Term

 

obit

 

34

Definition

 

death

 obituary

Term

 

sequ

 

34

Definition

 

follow

obsequious, sequence

Term

 

path

 

34

Definition

 

feeling

 pathetic

Term

 

ism

 

34

Definition

 

doctrine

Nazism, optimism

Term

 

inter

 

34

Definition

 

between

interstices, interlude

Term

 

in

 

34

Definition

 

in or not

inanimate

Term

 

sed

 

34

Definition

 

sit

sediment, sedate

Term

 

tort

 

34

Definition

 

twist

retort, tortuous

Term

 

anim

 

34

Definition

 

mind

inanimate

Term

 

epi

 

34

Definition

 

on

epigram, epidural

Term

 

ob

 

34

Definition

 

against

 obstinate

Term

 

anthropo

 

35

Definition

 

man

anthropology, lycanthrope

Term

 

gastro

 

35

Definition

 

stomach

 gastronome

Term

 

auto

 

35

Definition

 

self

automatic

Term

 

contra

 

35

Definition

 

against

contraflow

Term

 

viv

 

35

Definition

 

life

 vivacious

Term

 

helio

 

35

Definition

 

sun

 heliotropic

Term

 

culp

 

35

Definition

 

blame

culpable, exculpate

Term

 

spec

 

35

Definition

 

look

introspective, spectacles

Term

 

mono

 

35

Definition

 

one

monotone

Term

 

centri

 

35

Definition

 

center

anthropocentric, centrifuge

Term

 

medi

 

35

Definition

middle

in media res, median

Term

 

ambi

 

35

Definition

both

ambidextrous, circumambient

Term

 

ism

 

35

Definition

doctrine

monism, nihilism

Term

 

trans

 

35

Definition

across

transmogrify, transfer

Term

 

ex

 

35

Definition

out

 exculpate, excavate

Term

 

intro

 

35

Definition

into

introspective, introduction

Term

 

trop

 

35

Definition

turn

heliotropic

Term

 

lykos

 

35

Definition

wolf

lycanthrope

Term

 

pre

 

36

Definition

before

predawn, predate

Term

 

gen

 

36

Definition

origin

parthenogenesis, genetics

Term

 

jur

 

36

Definition

swear

objurgating, juror

Term

 

sopor

 

36

Definition

sleep

soporific

Term

 

ped

 

36

Definition

foot

sesquipedalian, pedestrian

Term

 

lin

 

36

Definition

line

delineate

Term

 

tomy

 

36

Definition

cut

dichotomy, appendectomy

Term

 

tort

 

36

Definition

twist

retort, tortuous

Term

 

ob

 

36

Definition

against

obstinate, objurgating

Term

 

sesqui

 

36

Definition

 

one and a half

 sesquipedalian, sesquicentennial

Term

 

nec

 

36

Definition

kill

internecine

Term

 

post

 

36

Definition

after

postscript, a posteriori

Term

 

son

 

36

Definition

sound

 assonance

Term

 

demo

 

36

Definition

people

democracy, demotic

Term

 

inter

 

36

Definition

between

interstices, internecine

Term

 

cracy

 

36

Definition

government

plutocracy, democracy

Term

 

phan

 

36

Definition

appearance

epiphany

Term

 

dicho

 

36

Definition

in two parts

dichotomy

Term

 

sui

 

36

Definition

self

sui generis

Term

 

partheno

 

36

Definition

virgin

parthenogenesis

Term

 

pluto

 

36

Definition

wealth

plutocracy

Term

 

thanatos

 

37

Definition

death

thanatopsis

Term

 

opia

 

37

Definition

sight

optics

Term

 

vac

 

37

Definition

empty

 vacuous, vacuum

Term

 

luc

 

37

Definition

light

translucent, lucubration

Term

 

ize

 

37

Definition

make

lionize, optimize

Term

 

sed

 

37

Definition

sit

assiduous, sedentary

Term

 

fug

 

37

Definition

flee

subterfuge

Term

 

pusill

 

37

Definition

small

pusillanimous

Term

 

nepo

 

37

Definition

nephew

nepotism

Term

 

viv

 

37

Definition

life

bon vivant

Term

 

spir

 

37

Definition

breathe

respiration

Term

 

syn

 

37

Definition

together

synoptic

Term

 

man

 

37

Definition

hand

legerdemain, manual

Term

 

ex

 

37

Definition

out

excavate, ex cathedra

Term

 

ism

 

37

Definition

system

nepotism

Term

 

sub

 

37

Definition

under

subterfuge, submarine

Term

 

ine

 

37

Definition

nature of

saturnine

Term

 

anim

 

37

Definition

mind

pusillanimous

Term

 

bon

 

37

Definition

good

bon vivant, bon voyage

Term

 

ous

 

37

Definition

full of

gregarious, sedulous, vacuous

Term

 

log

 

38

Definition

reason

 

syllogism

Term

 

phor

 

38

Definition

carry

 

porter, anaphora

Term

 

loco

 

38

Definition

place

 

locus, location

Term

 

de

 

38

Definition

down

 

desultory, deflate

Term

 

phobia

 

38

Definition

fear

 

agoraphobia

Term

 

schizo

 

38

 

Definition

divide

 

schism

Term

 

theo

 

38

Definition

god

 

apotheosis, theocracy

Term

 

curs

 

38

Definition

run

 

cursory, precursor

Term

 

eu

 

38

Definition

good

 

euphony, euphoria

Term

 

funi

 

38

Definition

cord

 

funambulist

Term

 

nym

 

38

Definition

name

 

metonymy, synonym

Term

 

ize

 

38

Definition

make

 

bowdlerize

Term

 

re

 

38

Definition

again

 

reiterate

Term

 

ambul

 

38

Definition

walk

 

perambulate, ambulatory

Term

 

ideo

 

38

Definition

idea

 

ideologue

Term

 

apo

 

38

Definition

up

 

apotheosis

Term

 

pre

 

38

Definition

before

 

predawn, predate

Term

 

cosmo

 

38

Definition

universe

 

cosmology, cosmos

Term

 

phon

 

38

Definition

sound

 

euphony

Term

 

meta

 

38

Definition

change

 

metonymy, metastasis

Term

 

pro

 

39

Definition

forward

 

proliferate, prolix

Term

 

patr

 

39

Definition

father

 

patrician

Term

 

cred

 

39

Definition

believe

 

miscreant, credible

Term

 

ous

 

39

Definition

full of

 

sententious

Term

 

miss

 

39

Definition

send

 

manumission

Term

 

viv

 

39

Definition

life

 

the qui vive

Term

 

sanct

 

39

Definition

holy

 

sanction, sanctify

Term

 

syn

 

39

Definition

together

 

synoptic, synopsis

Term

 

co

 

39

Definition

together

 

collaborate

Term

 

apo

 

39

Definition

away

 

apostasy

Term

 

ism

 

39

Definition

doctrine

 

narcissism

Term

 

mis

 

39

Definition

bad

 

mistreat, miscreant

Term

 

gno

 

39

Definition

know

 

physiognomy

Term

 

loco

 

39

Definition

place

 

locus, in loco parentis

Term

 

sta

 

39

Definition

stand

 

apostasy

Term

 

phys

 

39

Definition

nature

 

physiognomy

Term

 

terr

 

39

Definition

land

 

territory, terra firma

Term

 

opia

 

39

Definition

sight

 

synopsis

Term

 

loqu

 

39

Definition

talk

 

colloquy

Term

 

hedon

 

39

Definition

pleasure

 

hedonism

Term

 

liqu

 

39

Definition

flow

 

prolix, liquid

Term

 

vale

 

40

Definition

 

farewell

 valediction

Term

 

proto

 

40

Definition

 

first

prototype, protagonist

Term

 

mal

 

40

Definition

 

bad 

maladroit, maladjust

Term

 

sarco

 

40

Definition

 

flesh 

sarcophagus

Term

 

gno

 

40

Definition

 

know

ignominious

Term

 

ana

 

40

Definition

 

up

 analect

Term

 

ex

 

40

Definition

 

out

  expository, excavate

Term

 

magn

 

40

Definition

 

great

magnum opus, magnificent

Term

 

super

 

40

Definition

 

over

 supersede, supercilious

Term

 

dict

 

40

Definition

 

say

obiter dictum, valediction

Term

 

agon

 

40

Definition

 

actor

protagonist

Term

 

ism

 

40

Definition

 

doctrine

stoicism

Term

 

phag

 

40

Definition

 

eat

 sarcophagus

Term

 

sur

 

40

Definition

 

over

surrealistic, surpass

Term

 

lect

 

40

Definition

 

gather

analect

Term

 

pos

 

40

Definition

 

put 

expository

Term

 

mort

 

40

Definition

 

death

 mortician

Term

 

miss

 

40

Definition

 

send

 emissary, mission

Term

 

eu

 

41

Definition

 

good

 euthanasia, euphoria

Term

 

mir

 

41

Definition

wonder

 

miracle, mirabile dictu

Term

 

hagio

 

41

Definition

saint

 

hagiography

Term

 

patr

 

41

Definition

father

 

patronize

Term

 

mel

 

41

Definition

honey

 

mellifluous

Term

 

inter

 

41

Definition

between

 

interalia, interstice

Term

 

ped

 

41

Definition

foot

sesquipedalian, pedestrian, expedite

Term

 

bell

 

41

Definition

war

 

bellicose

Term

 

mal

 

41

Definition

bad

 

malediction

Term

 

xeno

 

41

Definition

stranger

 

xenophobia

Term

 

thanatos

 

41

Definition

death

 

euthanasia

Term

 

in

 

41

Definition

not

 

ineffable

Term

 

graph

 

41

Definition

write

 

hagiography, epigraph

Term

 

auto

 

41

Definition

self

 

automatic, autochthonous

Term

 

flu

 

41

Definition

flow

 

mellifluous

Term

 

dict

 

41

Definition

say

 

mirabile dictu, diction

Term

 

spec

 

41

Definition

look

 

specious, spectacle

Term

 

anthropo

 

41

Definition

man

 

anthropology, anthropomorphic

Term

 

morph

 

41

Definition

shape

 

anthropomorphic

Term

 

phobia

 

41

Definition

fear

 

agoraphobia

Term

 

par

 

42

Definition

equal

 

nonpareil

Term

 

non

 

42

Definition

not

 

nonpareil

Term

 

bas

 

42

Definition

low

 

bas-relief, abase

Term

 

psych

 

42

Definition

soul

 

psychology, metempsychosis

Term

 

gen

 

42

Definition

origin

 

parthenogenesis, biogenesis

Term

 

fic

 

42

Definition

make

 

malefic

Term

 

ann

 

42

Definition

year

 

superannuated, annual

Term

 

greg

 

42

Definition

 

group

egregious, gregarious

Term

 

ab

 

42

Definition

away

 

abjure

Term

 

bio

 

42

Definition

life

 

biogenesis, biology

Term

 

dis

 

42

Definition

away

 

discursive, disjointed

Term

 

an-

 

42

Definition

without

 

analgesic

Term

 

tig

 

42

Definition

touching

 

contiguous

Term

 

mal

 

42

Definition

bad

 

malediction, malefic

Term

 

equi

 

42

Definition

equal

 

equilibrist, equidistant

Term

 

super

 

42

Definition

over

 

superannuated, superimposed

Term

 

post

 

43

Definition

after

 

postprandial, postdated

Term

 

meta

 

43

Definition

change

 

metempsychosis

Term

 

punct

 

43

Definition

 

point

 punctilio, puncture

Term

 

tract

 

43

Definition

pull

 

intractable

Term

 

ex

 

43

Definition

out

 

egregious, extrude

Term

 

jur

 

43

Definition

swear

 

objurgating, juror

Term

 

algia

 

43

Definition

pain

 

analgesic

Term

 

curs

 

43

Definition

run

 

cursory, discursive

Term

 

in

 

43

Definition

not

 

intractable

Term

 

re

 

43

Definition

again

 

remonstrate

Term

 

sol

 

43

Definition

alone

 

soliloquy solo, solipsism

Term

 

in

 

43

Definition

not

 

ineluctable

Term

 

luct

 

43

Definition

struggle

 

ineluctable

Term

 

rogat

 

43

Definition

ask

 

supererogatory, interrogate

Term

 

terr

 

43

Definition

land

 

territory, terra firma

Term

 

ob

 

43

Definition

against

 

 obloquy

Term

 

pugn

 

43

Definition

fight

 

impugn, pugnacious

Term

 

dia

 

43

Definition

across

 

diatribe, diagram

Term

 

acro

 

44

Definition

high

 

acronym, acrobat

Term

 

sub

 

44

Definition

under

 

subterfuge, submarine, sublime

Term

 

ism

 

44

Definition

doctrine

 

solipsism, pessimism

Term

 

ex

 

44

Definition

out

 

ineluctable

Term

 

super

 

44

Definition

over

 

supererogatory

Term

 

infra

 

44

Definition

beneath

 

infra dig, infrastructure

Term

 

ject

 

44

Definition

throw

 

reject, object

Term

 

loqu

 

44

Definition

talk

 

obloquy, loquacious

Term

 

cise

 

44

Definition

cut

 

incisive, precise

Term

 

trib

 

44

Definition

 

pay

 diatribe, tribute

Term

 

nym

 

44

Definition

 

name

 acronym, synonym

Term

 

logy

 

44

Definition

 

science

 epistemology

Term

 

anti

 

44

Definition

 

against

antinomy, antisocial

Term

 

trans

 

44

Definition

across

 

transom, transport

Term

 

fid

 

44

Definition

 

faith

 perfidy, fidelity, diffident

Term

 

ize

 

44

Definition

make

 

temporize

Term

 

gyn

 

44

Definition

 

woman

 misogynist

Term

 

somn

 

44

Definition

sleep

 

somnambulist

Term

 

epist

 

44

Definition

knowledge

 

epistemology, epistle

Term

 

nomy

 

44

Definition

law

 

antimony

Term

 

apo

 

45

Definition

away

 

apocryphal

Term

 

mis

 

45

Definition

hatred

 

misogynist

Term

 

morph

 

45

Definition

 

shape

morphology

Term

 

tempor

 

45

Definition

time

 

temporize

Term

 

string

 

45

Definition

bind

 

stringent

Term

 

cogn

 

45

Definition

know

 

cognizant, cognitive

Term

 

ambul

 

45

Definition

walk

 

perambulate, ambulatory

Term

 

crypt

 

45

Definition

hidden

 

apocryphal

Term

 

tauto

 

45

Definition

same

 

tautology

Term

 

ine

 

45

Definition

nature of

 

saturnine, aquiline

Term

 

fac

 

45

Definition

to do

 

malfeasance

Term

 

gyn

 

45

Definition

woman

 

misogynist, gynecocracy

Term

 

ous

 

45

Definition

full of

 

tenebrous

Term

 

punct

 

45

Definition

point

 

punctilio, pungent

Term

 

syn

 

45

Definition

together

 

syndrome

Term

 

narco

 

45

Definition

sleep

 

narcolepsy

Term

 

mono

 

45

Definition

one

 

monograph

Term

 

son

 

45

Definition

sound

 

dissonant

Term

 

mal

 

45

Definition

bad

 

malfeasance

Term

 

monger

 

45

Definition

 

seller 

costermonger, fishmonger

Term

 

cracy

 

45

Definition

government

 

plutocracy, democracy

Term

 

ego

 

45

Definition

I

 

superego

Term

 

mega

 

45

Definition

large

 

megaton, megalomania

Term

 

drome

 

45

Definition

run

 

syndrome

Term

 

eu

 

45

Definition

good

 

euphemism

Term

 

lepsy

 

45

Definition

attack

 

narcolepsy

Term

 

mania

 

45

Definition
madness megalomania
Term

 

para

 

46

Definition

 

beside

paragon

Term

 

path

 

46

Definition

 

feeling

pathos, antipathy

Term

 

simul

 

46

Definition

 

feign

dissemble, simulate

Term

 

in

 

46

Definition

 

not

impecunious

Term

 

fy

 

46

Definition

 

make

beatify

Term

 

sacro

 

46

Definition

 

holy

execrate, sacrament

Term

 

ultra

 

46

Definition

 

beyond

ne plus ultra

Term

 

fer

 

46

Definition

 

carry

vociferous, transfer

Term

 

peri

 

46

Definition

 

near

perihelion

Term

 

crypt

 

46

Definition

 

hidden

cryptic

Term

 

anti

 

46

Definition

 

against

antipathy

Term

 

a-

 

46

Definition

 

without

abyss

Term

 

sed

 

46

Definition

 

sit

insidious

Term

 

kin

 

46

Definition

 

motion

kinesiology, kinetic

Term

 

ex

 

46

Definition

 

out

execrate, expel

Term

 

plus

 

46

Definition

 

more

ne plus ultra

Term

 

voc

 

46

Definition

 

voice

vociferous

Term

 

corp

 

46

Definition

 

body

corpulent, corpse

Term

 

helio

 

46

Definition

 

sun

perihelion, heliotropic

Term

 

sanct

 

46

Definition

 

holy

sanctimonious, sanctify

Term

 

ism

 

47

Definition

 

doctrine

pharisaism

Term

 

a-

 

47

Definition

 

without

neurasthenia

Term

 

re

 

47

Definition

 

again

remunerate

Term

 

epist

 

47

Definition

 

knowledge

epistle

Term

 

lent

 

47

Definition

 

full of

feculent

Term

 

contra

 

47

Definition

 

against

contretemps

Term

 

hyper

 

47

Definition

 

over

hyperbole

Term

 

germ

 

47

Definition

 

related

germane

Term

 

gran

 

47

Definition

 

grain

filigree, granary

Term

 

neuro

 

47

Definition

 

nerve

neurasthenia

Term

 

sthen

 

47

Definition

 

strength

neurasthensia

Term

 

pro

 

47

Definition

 

forward

proscenium

Term

 

chron

 

47

Definition

 

time

anachronistic

Term

 

less

 

47

Definition

 

without

feckless

Term

 

tempor

 

47

Definition

 

time

contretemps

Term

 

para

 

47

Definition

 

beside

paradigm

Term

 

fil

 

47

Definition

 

thread

filigree, filament

Term

 

scen

 

47

Definition

 

stage

proscenium

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