Stems list 30 Flashcards
induction (noun)
def: the act of putting in formal possession
stems: in-in or out
tion-act or state
hagiocracy (noun)
def: government by a body of persons regarded as holy
stems: cracy-government
dictation (noun)
def: prescription; the right or title acquired under common law by such possession
stems:
disconsolate (adj)
def: cheerless
stems: dis-away ate-cause
disingenuous (adj)
def: lacking in being open and honest (expressionless)
stems: dis-away ous-full of gen-origin
fractious (adj)
def: tending to be troublesome
stems: ous-full of fract-break
nondescript (adj)
def: belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind
stems: non-not de-down
prolific (adj)
def: producing young or fruit especially freely
stems: pro-foward fic-make
chronicle (noun)
def: : a historical account of events arranged in order of time
stems: chron-time
primeval (adj)
def: of or relating to the earliest ages
stems: prim-first
panegyric (noun)
def: formal or elaborate praise
stems: pan-all
fidelity (noun)
def: the quality or state of being faithful
stems: fid-faith
magnum Opus (noun)
def: a great work
stems: magn-great
comport (verb)
def: to be fitting : ACCORD
stems: com-together port-carry
antediluvian (adj)
def: of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
stems: ante-before di-two
insurgence (noun)
def: an act or the action of being rebellious
stems: in- in/not surg-rise
expeditiously (adj)
def: marked by or acting with prompt efficiency
stems: ex-out ped-foot ous-full of
renovate (verb)
def: to restore to a former better state
stems: re-again nov-new ate-cause
carnage (noun)
def: he flesh of slain animals or humans
stems: carn-flesh
decadent (adj)
def: characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence
stems: dec-ten cad-fall
supercilious (adj)
def: coolly and patronizingly prideful
stems: super-over ous-full of
inexorable (adj)
def: not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped
stems: in-in/out ex-out
emissary (noun)
def: one designated as the agent of another
stems: miss-send
improvident (adj)
def: not foreseeing and providing for the future
stems: im-not pro-foward vid-look
moribund (adj)
def: being in the state of dying : approaching death
stems: mort-death
