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Word Rooting Skill Builder Flashcards

This deck supports knowledge of the roots associated with high-frequency SAT vocabulary words and builds the skill to decipher unfamiliar words using this core knowledge.

1
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Break down and define:

  • breaking the word into units of meaning
  • recognizing units of meaning
  • connecting to other known words

example:

philology

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Here is the format we will use for this deck:

  • break word into pieces

phil / ology

  • identify root prefixes and suffixes that affect meaning to decode the word’s definition

phil = love, ology = study of

the love of study (usually of language or literature)

  • other words you might be able to connect to the root

Anglophile, pedophile, biology

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Break down and define:

acuity

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acu / ity

sharp / (noun)

sharpness of vision, hearing or mentality

acute, acumen

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Break down and define:

abstract

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abs / tract

away / drawn

apart from concrete existence

tractor, tractable, attractive, abstraction, intractable

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Break down and define:

acrimony

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acri / mony

bitter / (noun)

bitterness; resentfulness

acrid

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Break down and define:

acronym

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acro / nym

high / name

name taken from the first letter of a group of words describing it (NASA, radar (originally), NARAL)

acrophobia, acrobatic, synonym, anonymous

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Break down and define:

deceptive

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de / cept / ive

away / take / (adjective)

take (someone) away from truth

quality that misleads someone from what is true

interception, inception, perceive, concept

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Break down and define:

progeny

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pro / gen / y

forward / birth or race - people / (noun)

those born from you

your children

generation, congenital, genus

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Break down and define:

circumspect

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circum / spect

around / see

careful, seeing all around, cautious

speculative, spectators, spectacles, perspicacity

circumlocution, circumnavigate

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Break down and define:

indict

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in / dict

in / say

to charge with a crime

indictment, dictionary, dictate, dictator, edict

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Break down and define:

supercilious

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super / cil / ious

more / above / (adjective)

acts superior

superfluous, superlative, conciliation

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Break down and define:

amorous

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amor / ous

love / (adjective)

loving, erotic

amiable, amicable

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Break down and define:

ambivalent

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ambi / val / ent

both / strength / (adjective)

recognizing validity on both sides of an issue or argument

ambidextrous, ambition, ambiance, ambience, prevalent, covalent, valor, valid

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Break down and define:

attenuate

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at / tenu / ate

really / thin out / (verb)

thin out until weakened

tenuous, tenacious,tension

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Break down and define:

inductile

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in / duct / ile

not / lead, teach / (adjective)

inflexible, not easily led

induce, deduce, deduct, aqueduct

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Break down and define:

amicable

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amic / able

friend / able to be

able to be friends, friendly

amigo, amity

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Break down and define:

subvert

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sub / vert

under / turn

to undermine

convert, revert, divert, invert

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Break down and define:

amphibious

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amphi / bi / ous

two / life / (adjective)

living in two places (water, land)

amphitheater

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Break down and define:

atypical

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a / typ / ical

not / type, kind / (adjective)

unusual

stereotype, archetype, prototype

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Break down and define:

loquacious

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loqu / acious

speech, word / (adjective)

talkative, wordy

eloquent, colloquial, loquacity. soliloquy, ventriloquist

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Break down and define:

androgenous

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andro / gen / ous

male / kind, type / (adjective)

having characteristics that confuse sexual identity

android

This word probably first described women who appeared manly, but now refers to fashions, or behaviors that blur sexual identity.

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Break down and define:

assent

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as / sent

to / feel, sense

agree in feeling

sensation, dissent, sensitive, sensual, sensuous

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Break down and define:

biannual

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bi / annu / al

two / years / (adjective)

every two years

biathlete, bisexual, bicentenial

annual, anniversary

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Break down and define:

ignominy

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ig / nom / iny

not / name / (noun)

disgrace, bad reputation

nominate, synonym, noun, pronounce

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Break down and define:

antebellum

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ante / bellum

before / war

period before a war

bellicose, belligerent

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Break down and define:

recluse

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re / cluse

(intensifier) / shut

person who lives shut off from society

reclusive, cloister, closet

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Break down and define:

anthropomorphic

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anthro / po / morph / ic

human / change / (adjective)

human characteristics for non-human things

anthropology, metamorphic

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Break down and define:

vociferous

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voci / fer / ous

call (out) / carry / adjective

voice carrying, loud

vocal, advocate, vocabulary, ferry

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Break down and define:

malefactor

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male / fac / tor

bad / do / person

criminal, evil doer

maladroit, maladjusted, malevolent, malnourished

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Break down and define:

aquifer

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aqui / fer

water / carry

something that moves water

aquarium, aquatic

ferry, vociferous

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Break down and define:

refraction

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re / frac / tion

again / break / (noun)

turning or bending of light

fragment, fracture, fractals, fragile

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Break down and define:

digress

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di / gress

two / move

move off topic to another point

progress, regress

dialogue, diametric

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Break down and define:

archetype

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arche / type

bow / type

best example

archaeology, architecture, overarching

typical, typecast, typify, prototype

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Break down and define:

aristocracy

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aristo / cracy

best / government, rule

hereditary ruling class; nobility

antiaristocratic, varistor

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Break down and define:

inconsequential

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in / con /sequen / tial

not / with / follow / (adjective)

nothing follows, unimportant

sequence, non-sequitor

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Break down and define:

arthropod

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arthro / pod

joint / leg

animal with segmented joints

arthritis, arthroscopy

cephalopod, gastropod

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Break down and define:

audible

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aud / ible

hear, listen / able

able to be heard

auditory, auditorium, audiovisual

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Break down and define:

querulous

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quer / ulous

ask / (adjective)

whining, complaining

query, inquire, inquisition, quiz

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Break down and define:

augment

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aug / ment

to increase (verb)

to supplement

augur, transmogrify, august

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Break down and define:

sacrosanct

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sacro / sanct

sacred / holy

to hold something in high, godly esteem

desecrate, sacreligious, sanctify, sanctimonious, sacerdotal

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Break down and define:

autonomy

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auto / nomy

self / name

the ability to do things by oneself

automatic, autocracy, automobile

nominative, anonymous, nominal, nominate

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Break down and define:

bellicose

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belli /cose

war / like

determination to create war or conflict

antebellum, belligerent

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Break down and define:

antipathy

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anti / pathy

against / feeling

hatred, deep dislike

sympathy, empathy

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Break down and define:

benign

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ben / ign

good / (adjective)

having a positive impact

benefactor, benificence, benefit

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Break down and define:

circumscribe

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circum / scribe

around / write

to draw a line of limitation

circumlocutory, circumnavigate proscribe, description

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Break down and define:

disburse

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dis / burse

remove, reversal / purse

to give out funds

bursar, bursitis

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Break down and define:

condemn

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con / demn

with / damnation

to sentence someone for a crime or an injunction

indemnify, condemnation

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Break down and define:

demented

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de / ment / ed

un / mind / (participle - adjective)

out of your mind

mentality, temperamental

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Break down and define:

decimate

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deci / mate

tenth / (verb)

to reduce to a tenth of the size, destroy

decibel, December, decade, decalogue

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Break down and define:

demagogue

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dema / gogue

people / leader

ruler who appeals to popular interests

democratic, demography

pedagogue

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Break down and define:

condense

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con / dense

with / thick

thicken

condensation, density

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Break down and define:

dexterity

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dexter / ity

skillful / (noun)

skillfulness

dexterous, ambidextrous

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Break down and define:

edict

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e / dict

/ word

declare, decree

dictator, diction, dictation

dictionary, diction

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Break down and define:

docile

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doc / ile

teach / (adjective)

teachable, tractable

docility

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Break down and define:

domicile

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domic / ile

house / (noun)

house, home

domestic

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Break down and define:

dormant

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dorm / ant

sleep / (adjective)

sleeping, hiberating, inactive

dormitory, dorm

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Break down and define:

dubious

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dub / ious

doubt / (adjective)

doubtful, suspect

indubitably

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Break down and define:

obdurate

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obdur / ate

harden / (adjective)

hard-hearted, intractable, unyieldingly stubborn

obduracy, endure, durable

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Break down and define:

subjugate

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sub / jug / ate

under / yoke / (verb)

force someone under control, enslave

subterfuge, conjugal

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Break down and define:

juncture

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junct / ure

join / (noun)

point in time, place where situation meets decision

junction, conjunction, adjunct

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Break down and define:

jurisdiction

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juris / dict / ion

law / speech / (noun)

power or authority of law, physical limits of the reach of legal authority

jury, dictionary, dictate

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Break down and define:

florid

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flor / id

flower / (adjective)

relating to flowers

floral, florist

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Break down and define:

equivocal

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equi / vocal

equal / speak

can be defended on either side of argument, debatable

equinimical, equidistant, vocabulary,advocate

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Break down and define:

aberration

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ab / err / ation

from / mistake / (noun)

coming from error, not intended, not normal

err, errant, erroneous, error

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Break down and define:

bibliophile

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biblio / phile

book / love

a lover of books / book collector

bibliography, Francophile, Anglophile

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Break down and define:

telekinesis

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tele / kine / sis

across / motion / (noun)

motion cause by the power of the mind

television, telephone, kinetic

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Break down and define:

euphoric

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eu / phor / ic

well, good / bear / (adjective)

a quality of intense happiness

euphonium, euphenism, anaphoric

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Break down and define:

fatuous

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fatu / ous

fool / (adjective)

silly, foolish

infatuate

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Break down and define:

cardiovascular

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cardio / vascul / ar

heart / veins / (adjective)

having to do with arteries and heart

cardiogram, vasculitis

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Break down and define:

gestate

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gest / ate

carry, bear / (verb)

to grow in the womb

gestation, gestative, gestational

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Break down and define:

relapse

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re / lapse

again, / fall back

fall back into a former state, to regress after a period of improvement

lapse

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Break down and define:

latitude

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lati / tude

wide / (noun)

wideness, distant across, freedom from restrictions

latitudinal

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Break down and define:

fallacy

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fallac / y

trick / (noun)

a wrong idea, misconception

fallacious

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Break down and define:

felicity

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felic / ity

happy / (noun)

happiness

felicitous

felicitous

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Break down and define:

elaborate

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e / labor / ate

out / work / (verb)

to work (something) out, go into detail

laborious, laboratory, labor

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Break down and define:

laxity

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lax / ity

loose / (noun)

lacking firmness, strictness, slack

relax, relaxation

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Break down and define:

regress

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re / gress

back / walk

to go backward, to get worse

digress, progress

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Break down and define:

deliberate

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de / liber / ate

from / scale / (verb)

to weigh (consider) carefully

liberality

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Break down and define:

grandiose

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grand / iose

large / (adjective)

characterized by large scope or intent; pretending large scope or importance

grandeloquence, grandeur, grand

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Break down and define:

immutable

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im / mut / able

not / change / able to

not capable of changing

mutation, mutant

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Break down and define:

dermal

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derm / al

skin / (adjective)

having to do with skin

dermatology, dermatitis

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Break down and define:

narcosis

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narco / sis

numb / (noun)

a state of stupor; drugged or numbed

narcotic

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Break down and define:

ingratitude

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in / grati / tude

not / thank / (noun)

the quality of absence of proper thankfulness

gratuity, gratify, congratulations

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Break down and define:

renaissance

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re / nais / sance

again / birth / noun

rebirth, a time of great creativity

nascent, nativity

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Break down and define:

nascent

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nasc / ent

birth / (adjective)

coming into existence

Renaissance, nativity

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Break down and define:

neurologist

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neuro / log / ist

nerve / study of / (noun) person

someone who studies the nervous system

neurochemistry, neurobiology, neurosis

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Break down and define:

didactic

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didact / ic

teach / (adjective)

apt at teaching, in a teaching manner

didactical

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Break down and define:

delineate

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de / line / ate

of, from / line / (verb)

to show differences, create categories or limits

delineation, lineage, linear

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Break down and define:

annihilation

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an / nihil / ation

to / nothing / (noun)

destroy, bring to nothing

nihilism

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Break down and define:

fidelity

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fidel / ity

faith / (noun)

faithfulness

infidelity, infidel

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Break down and define:

noctambulist

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noct / ambul / ist

night / walk / (noun) person

someone who walks at night

nocturnal, ambulation, ambulance

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Break down and define:

inflection

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in / flec / tion

in, within / bend, flex / (noun)

modulation of voice for emphasis

flexible, deflect, reflection

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Break down and define:

guttural

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guttur / al

throat / (adjective)

throaty; like a growl or rumbling of the throat

gullet, gutturalness

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Break down and define:

intermediary

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inter / medi / ary

within / middle / (noun)

middleman, a go-between, someone who works between two parties

medium, mediate, intercept, interaction

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Break down and define:

elongate

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e / long / ate

out of / long / (verb)

lengthen, stretch

elongation, longitude

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Break down and define:

autonomous

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auto / nom / ous

self / law / (adjective)

independent, self-government

automatic, automobile

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Q

Break down and define:

profuse

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pro / fuse

for, forth / pour

to pour forth

profusion, refuse, defuse

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Break down and define:

relinquish

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re / linqu / ish

again / leave / (verb)

give up, let go of possession

delinquent

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Q

Break down and define:

mellifluous

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melli / flu / ous

honey / flowing / (adjective)

sweetly flowing

mellific

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Q

Break down and define:

idiosyncratic

A

idio / syn / crat / ic

self / with, together / power / (adjective)

highly individualized, specific to a single person

idiom, idiomatic, synthesize, democrat

100
Q

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loquacious

A

loqua / cious

speak / (adjective)

talkative

circumlocutions, eloquent, grandeloquent

101
Q

Break down and define:

inhibit

A

in / hibit

in / grab

restrain, suppress, hold back

prohibit, exhibition

102
Q

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merchantile

A

merchantile

merch / ant / ile

trade / (person) / (adjective)

merchandizing

103
Q

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notoriety

A

notor / iety

known / (noun)

fame, quality of being known

noteworthy, notorious

104
Q

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incur

A

in / cur

in / run

run up a charge or cost

occurance, incursion

105
Q

Break down and define:

obliterate

A

ob / liter / ate

against / letter / (verb)

remove all evidence of; wipe from existence or memory

literal, literary, literature

106
Q

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militant

A

milit / ant

soldier / (abjective)

aggressive and committed as to a cause

military, militia

107
Q

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genocide

A

gen / o / cide

race / killing

killing a race of people

generation, genre, pesticide, homocide

108
Q

Break down and define:

obnoxious

A

ob / nox / ious

toward / injury, hurt / (adjective)

very annoying

noxious, innocuous

109
Q

Break down and define:

influx

A

in / flux

in / flow

mass arrival or incoming

fluctuate, flux

110
Q

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inimical

A

inimic / al

enemy / (adjective)

hostile

inimicable, inimicalness

111
Q

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elucidate

A

e / lucid / ate

out / light / (verb)

shed light on, clarify, make understandable,

lucid, lucent, luculent

112
Q

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annul

A

an / nul

to / nothing

render void, bring to nothing, cancel, invalidate

nullify, nil

113
Q

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prominence

A

pro / min / ence

forth, out / jut, poke / (noun)

to stick or jut out, be noticeable, famous

prominent

114
Q

Break down and define:

denounce

A

denounce

de / nounce

against / message

renounce, anunciate, pronounciation

115
Q

Break down and define:

illuminate

A

il / lumin / ate

in / light / (verb)

to cast light upon something, bring to light

luminary

116
Q

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monolith

A

mono / lith

one / stone

a large stone like an obelisk (suggesting rigid uniformity)

monolithic, lithosphere, monotony

117
Q

Break down and define:

misogyny

A

miso / gyn / y

hate / woman / (noun)

antipathy toward women

gynocology, misogamy, misologist

118
Q

Break down and define:

polygamy

A

poly / gam / y

many / marriage / (noun)

the practice of taking multiples wives (or husbands)

polygon, misogamy, bigamy

119
Q

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nuptial

A

nupt / ial

marry / (adjective)

having to do with a wedding or marriage

prenuptial, postnuptial, connubial, nubile

120
Q

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ocular

A

ocul / ar

eye / (adjective)

having to do with eyes

binocular, ocularcentric

121
Q

Break down and define:

agoraphobia

A

agora / phobia

marketplace / fear

fear of open spaces, crowds

cleptophobia, arachnophobia, Agorism

122
Q

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heredity

A

hered / ity

heir / (noun)

the passing of traits from the parents to the children

inheritance, hereditary

123
Q

Break down and define:

mollify

A

molli / fy

soft / (verb)

to sooth, make less rigid, appease

mollification, emollient

124
Q

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emollient

A

e / moll / ient

from / soft / (noun)

softening or soothing

mollify, mollifying

125
Q

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neophyte

A

neo / phyte

new / (noun)

someone new at something

neoconservative, neocortical

126
Q

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remnant

A

rem / nant

remain / (noun)

something that remains

remainders

127
Q

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odometer

A

odo / meter

road, way, journey / measure

a device that measures distance travelled

odometric, electrode

128
Q

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adhere

A

ad / here

to / stick

to stay attached, cleave to, cling to

adherent

129
Q

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monotonous

A

mono / ton / ous

one / tone / (adjective)

boring, lacking in variety and interests

monologue, atonal

130
Q

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infringe

A

in / fringe

in / to break

to encroach upon the rights of others

fringe, infringement

131
Q

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monologue

A

mono / logue

one / speak

one person talking

monotone, dialogue

132
Q

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anthropomorphic

A

anthropo / morph / ic

people / from / (adjective)

attributing human characteristics to animals or non-human things

misanthrope, anthropology, metamorphic, morphine

133
Q

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placate

A

plac / ate

sooth, calm / (verb)

to calm, appease

placid, unplacated

134
Q

Break down and define:

mania

A

mania

crazy

a state of crazy

pyromaniac, manic

135
Q

Break down and define:

oligarchy

A

olig / arch / y

few / to rule, command / (noun)

government by a few powerful people

patriarchy, matriarchy, monarchy, oligopoly

136
Q

Break down and define:

polemic

A

polem / ic

war / (adj.)

strong opposition / intense attack on the opinions or principles of others

polemical

137
Q

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holistic

A

hol / ist / ic

whole / (noun) / (adjective)

a quality of considering something as a whole instead of in parts

(no variants)

138
Q

Break down and define:

inhale

A

in / hale

in / breathe

taking in air, breathing in

exhale, inhalation

139
Q

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perplex

A

per / plex

through / weave, braid

confuse with intricacy

complex, perplexity

140
Q

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manuscript

A

manu / script

hand / writing

something written by hand

manipulate, manicure, postscript, subscription

141
Q

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replicate

A

re / plic / ate

again, back / fold / (verb)

duplicate, copy

complicate

142
Q

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maritime

A

mari / time

sea, ocean / (adjective)

having to do with the seas or oceans

marine, submarine

143
Q

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plutocracy

A

pluto / cracy

wealth / government

a government of the rich

democracy, plutocratic

144
Q

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germinate

A

germin / ate

sprout / (verb)

to begin to grow

germs

145
Q

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podium

A

pod / ium

foot / (noun)

a raised area behind a lecturn upon which a speaker stands

arthropod, gastropod, podiatrist

146
Q

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matriarch

A

matri / arch

mother / ruler

woman in charge

matron, matricide, maternity

147
Q

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postpone

A

post / pone

after / place

to put off until a later time

posthaste, component

148
Q

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preponderance

A

pre / ponder / ance

more / weigh or consider / (noun)

dominant in influence, power or importance

pound, compound, ponderable

149
Q

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opaque

A

opaque

shady, shaded, dark

hard to see, murky, cloudy, hard to identify

opacity

150
Q

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posthaste

A

posthaste

after / speed

as quickly as possible

postgraduate, postwar

151
Q

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pallor

A

pall / or

pale / (noun)

paleness, white in complexion

pall, pallid, appalled

152
Q

Break down and define:

apprehend

A

ap / prehend

(toward) / to grasp

to catch, understand

apprenhensive, prehensile

153
Q

Break down and define:

oration

A

ora / tion

mouth / (noun)

speech

oral, oratio, oratory

154
Q

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primary

A

prim / ary

first / (adjective)

of first importance, level, or rank

primitive, primate

155
Q

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ornate

A

ornate

orn / (adjective)

furnish, embellish

adornment, ornament

156
Q

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patently

A

pat / ent / ly

to lay open / (adjective) / (adverb)

in a manner that is unmistakeable clear and open

pat (answers), patent, impatent

157
Q

Break down and define:

orthodoxy

A

ortho / dox / y

correct / belief / (noun)

correctness of a belief

orthodontist, orthopedist, doxology

158
Q

Break down and define:

patriarch

A

patri / arch

father / ruler

men are in charge

paternity, patricide, patriot

159
Q

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pacific

A

pac / ific

peace / (adjective)

having a soothing quality

pacify, pacifier

160
Q

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triptych

A

tri / ptych

three / folds

something composed or presented in three parts

triangle, ptychodera

161
Q

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pedestrian

A

ped / estri / an

foot / man / (adjective)

someone who goes on foot, a quality of lower class

pedestal, pediatry, equestrian

162
Q

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prioritize

A

prior / itize

first / (verb)

putting important things first

prior, priority, a priori

163
Q

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minuscule

A

minus / cule

tiny / (adjective)

very small

miniskirt

164
Q

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expending

A

ex / pend / ing

out / weigh / (participle)

spending, using up, comsuming

expense, extricate, pendent

165
Q

Break down and define:

ominous

A

omin / ous

omen / (adjective)

the quality of expecting or predicting misfortune

omen

166
Q

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impunity

A

im / pun / ity

not / punish / (noun)

being above punishment

punishable

167
Q

Break down and define:

iteration

A

iter / tion

again / (noun)

a repetition, something said again

reiterate

168
Q

Break down and define:

expurgate

A

ex / purg / ate

out of / wash, cleanse / (verb)

wipe out completely, purge

purgatory, purge

169
Q

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hydrophile

A

hydro / phile

water / lover

someone who loves water or swimming

hydrant, bibliophile

170
Q

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irascible

A

iras / cible

anger / able

easy to get angered

irate, irateness

171
Q

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malfeasance

A

mal / feas / ance

bad / doing / (noun)

wrongdoing

feasible, malnutrition

172
Q

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malodorous

A

mal / odor / ous

bad / smell / (adjective)

having a bad smell

maladjusted, odiferous

173
Q

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malicious

A

malic / ious

evil / (adjective)

a quality of evil

malign, malcontent

malicity

174
Q

Break down and define:

malignancy

A

mal / ign / ancy

bad / knowledge / (adjective)

evil in nature

maladroit, ignorant

175
Q

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fugitive

A

fugi / tive

flee / (noun)

someone who flees the law

refugee, refuge

176
Q

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pessimal

A

pessim / al

worst / (adjective)

negativity, the quality of being negative

pessimist

177
Q

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computation

A

comput / ation

determine mathematically / (noun)

a calculation

computer, computable

178
Q

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pugnacious

A

pugna / cious

to fight / (adjective)

the quality of combativeness

pugilist, repugnant

179
Q

Break down and define:

nominal

A

nom / inal

name / adjective

in name only

nominate, denomination, nominee

180
Q

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demented

A

de / ment / ed

from / mind / (adjective)

out of one’s mind

dementia, mental

181
Q

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obfuscate

A

ob / fusc / ate

to, toward / dark / (verb)

darken, make obscure, confuse, bewilder

obfuscatory

182
Q

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placid

A

plac / id

sooth / (adjective)

calm

implacable, placebo

183
Q

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ferocious

A

feroc / ity

fierce / (noun)

fierceness

feral, ferocious

184
Q

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pungent

A

pung / ent

sting / (adjective)

stinging sensation in the nose, bad smelling

piquant, poignant, pungently

185
Q

Break down and define:

quadruple

A

quadru / ple

four / (verb)

make four times larger

quadrilateral

186
Q

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trajectory

A

tra / ject / ory

across / throw / (noun)

the path of an object as it moves through space

transgress, translate, interjection, projectile

187
Q

Break down and define:

inquisitive

A

in / quis / itive

in / quiz / (adjective)

inquiring, curious, in the habit of asking questions

quiz, inquire, question

188
Q

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jocular

A

joc / ular

joke / (adjective)

joking, playful

jocund, jocularity

189
Q

Break down and define:

posterior

A

poster / ior

after, behind / (noun)

toward the back, following after

posterity, posthaste, postscript

190
Q

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privation

A

priva / tion

deprive / (noun)

to lack something necessary for existence

deprivation, private

191
Q

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prototype

A

proto / type

original, early stage / form, model, type

the first design of something

protoplasm, typical

192
Q

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probity

A

prob / ity

honest / (noun)

forthrightness, reputation for honesty and integrity

probate, probation

193
Q

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erasure

A

e / ras / ure

away / scrape / (noun)

deletion, wiping out completely, obliteration

erase

194
Q

Break down and define:

abrasion

A

ab / ras / ion

off / to scrape / (noun)

an injury caused by rubbing or scraping

eraser, abrade

195
Q

Break down and define:

rejuvenate

A

re / juven / ate

again / young / (verb)

renew, bring youthful feeling to

juvenile

196
Q

Break down and define:

kleptomania

A

klepto / mania

stealing / crazy

a condition of complusive stealing

kleptophile, pyromaniac

197
Q

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ligature

A

liga / ture

to tie or bind / (noun)

something tied or bound

ligament

198
Q

Break down and define:

gravitas

A

gravitas

weight, heaviness

weight, heaviness, seriousness, reputation for importance

grave, gravity

199
Q

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plenary

A

plen / ary

full / (adjective)

full or complete in every regard, fully attended

plenty

200
Q

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affiliation

A

af / fili / ation

to / son / (noun)

close connection

filial

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