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50 Word Group D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L Flashcards

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LAUD

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praise, honor
laudable: praiseworthy
laudatory: expressing praise

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LAV / LAU / LU

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to wash
ablution: act of cleansing
antediluvian: before the biblical flood; extremely old
deluge: a great flood of water

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LEC / LEG / LEX

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to read, to speak
legible: readable
lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries
lexicon: a dictionary

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LECT / LEG

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to select, to choose
eclectic: selecting ideas, etc. from various sources
predilection: preference, liking

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LI / LIG

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to tie, to bind
liable: legally responsible; bound by law
lien: the right to hold a property due to an outstanding debt
ligature: a connection between two letters; a bond

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LIBER

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free
liberality: generosity
libertine: one who follows one’s own path, without regard for morals or other restrictions

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LITH

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stone
acrolith: a statue with a stone head and limbs (but a wooden body)
lithography: a printing process that originally involved writing on a flat stone
lithology: the study of rocks and stones
megalith: a very big stone

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LOC / LOG / LOQU

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word, speech, though
colloquial: of ordinary or familiar conversation
elocution: art of clear and expressive speaking
grandiloquent: pompous or inflated in language
loquacious: talkative

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LUD / LUS

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to play
allude: to refer casually or indirectly
delude: to mislead the mind or judgment of, deceive
elude: to avoid capture or escape defection by

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JECT

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to throw, to throw down
abject: utterly hopeless, humiliating, or wretched
conjecture: formation of opinion on incomplete information
eject: to throw out, expel

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JOC

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joke
jocose: given to joking; playful
jocular: in a joking manner; funny
jocund: merry; cheerful

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JUD

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to judge
abjudicate: to act as a judge
judicious: having good judgment

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JUR

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law, to swear
abjure: to renounce an oath
adjure: to beg or command
perjury: willful lying under oath

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ICON

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image, idol
iconic: being representative of a culture or movement
iconoclast: one who attacks established beliefs; one who tears down images
iconology: symbolism

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IN / IM

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in, into (often the m is dropped and the first letter to which i is prefixed is doubled)
incarnate: given a bodily, esp. a human, form
influx: the act of flowing in
intrinsic: belonging to a thing by its very nature

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IN / IM (2)

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not, without
indigent: poor, needy, lacking in what is needed
indolence: showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful
innocuous: not harmful or injurious

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HAP

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by chance
haphazard: at random
hapless: without luck

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HER / HES

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to stick
adherent: able to adhere; believer or advocate of a particular thing
coherent: logically consistent; having waves in phase and of one wavelength
inherent: involved in the constitution or essential character of something

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HOL

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whole
catholic: universal
holograph: a document written entirely by the person whose name it’s in
holistic: considering something as a unified whole

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HYPER

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over, excessive
hyperactive: excessively active
hyperbole: purposeful exaggeration for effect

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HYPO

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under, beneath, less than
hypochondriac: one affected by extreme depression of mind or spirits, often centered on imaginary physical ailments
hypocritical: pretending to have beliefs one does not
hypodermic: relating to the parts beneath the skin

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GEN

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birth, creation, race, kind
congenital: existing or as such from birth
progeny: offspring, descendants

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GNI / GNO

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to know
ignoramus: a person lacking knowledge, uninformed
prognosis: to forecast, especially of disease

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GRAT

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pleasing
gratuity: money given for good service
ingratiate: to bring oneself into favor

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GREG
flog aggregate: a number of things considered a collective whole egregious: remarkably bad; standing out from the crowd gregarious: sociable; enjoying spending time with others
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FAB / FAM
to speak affable: friendly, courteous defame: to attack the good name of ineffable: too great for description in words; that which much not be uttered
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FATU
foolish fatuity: foolishness; stupidity fatuous: foolish; stupid infatuated: swept up in a fit of passion impairing one’s reason
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FI / FID
faith, trust affidavit: a written statement on oath fiduciary: of a trust; held or given in trust infidel: disbeliever in the supposed true religion
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FLU / FLUX
to flow confluence: merging into one effluence: flowing out of (light, electricity, etc.) mellifluous: pleasing, musical
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FULG
to shine effulgent: shining forth refulgent: radiant; shining
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FUS
to pour diffuse: to spread widely or thinly profuse: lavish, extravagant, copious suffuse: to spread throughout or over from within
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E / EX
out, out of, from, former, completely efface: to rub or wipe out; surpass, eclipse extricate: to disentangle, release
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EPI
upon epidermis: the outer layer of the skin epigram: a witty or pointed saying tersely expressed epilogue: a concluding part added to a literary word
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EQU
equal, even equation: the act of making equal iniquity: gross injustice; wickedness
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ERR
to wander errant: wandering or traveling, especially in search of adventure erratic: deviating from the proper or usual course in conduct
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ESCE
becoming convalescent: recovering from illness obsolescent: becoming obsolete
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EU
good, well euphemism: pleasant-sounding term for something unpleasant euphony: pleasantness of sound
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DAC / DOC
to teach didactic: intended for instruction indoctrinate: to imbue a person with learning
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DE
away, off, down, completely, reversal defame: to attack the good name or reputation of deferential: respectful; to yield to judgment defile: to make foul, dirty, or unclean
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DEM
people democracy: government by the people endemic: peculiar to a particular person or locality pandemic: general, universal
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DI
day diurnal: daily quotidian: everyday; ordinary
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DI / DIF / DIS
away from, apart, reversal, not diffuse: to pour out and spread, as in a fluid dilatory: inclined to delay or procrastinate dissipate: to scatter wastefully
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DIGN
worth condign: well deserved; fitting; adequate dignitary: a person who holds a high rank or office disdain: to look upon or treat with contempt
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DOL
to suffer, to pain, to grieve doleful: sorrowful, mournful dolorous: full of pain or sorrow, grievous indolence: a state of being lazy or slothful
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DUB
doubt dubiety: doubtfulness dubious: doubtful indubitable: unquestionable
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DULC
sweet dulcet: sweet; pleasing dulcified: sweetened; softened dulcimer: a musical instrument
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DYS
faulty, abnormal dysfunctional: poorly functioning dyspepsia: impaired digestion dystrophy: faulty or inadequate nutrition or development

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