37.1 Flashcards
Subterfuge
A clever trick used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
-IZE
To make, cause
Aggrandize
To make great or greater in power, honor, rank, and wealth.
Luc
Light or shine
Elucidate
To make clear or explain, especially something that is hard to understand
Nepo
Nephew
Nepotism
Favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship
Opia
Aight
Myopia
Nearsightedness; narrow-mindedness, intolerance; lack of foresight.
Pusill
Small, weak
Pusillanimous
Lacking courage or resolution, cowardly
Sed/Sid
Sit
Sedentary
Characteristic by or requiring much sitting.
Thanatos
Death
Euthanasia
The act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die an animal or person suffering from an incurable condition