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Term
PHOBO
Definition
FEAR
Term
XENOPHOBIA
Definition
A FEAR OF FOREIGNERS OR STRANGERS
Term
COULROPHOBIA
Definition
A FEAR OF CLOWNS
Term
NECROPHOBIA
Definition
AN ABNORMAL FEAR OF DEATH OR CORPSES
Term
LUC/LUM
Definition
LIGHT
Term
LUMINOUS
Definition
EMITTING LIGHT, ESPECIALLY EMITTING SELF-GENERATED LIGHT
Term
ELUCIDATE
Definition
TO MAKE CLEAR OR PLAIN, ESPECIALLY BY EXPLANATION; TO CLARIFY
Term
LUCID
Definition
1. EASILY UNDERSTOOD, INTELLIGIBLE
2. MENTALLY SOUND, SANE OR RATIONAL
Term
LUCUBRATE
Definition
TO STUDY DILIGENTLY OR WITH CONCENTRATION
Term
ILLUMINATE
Definition
TO PROVIDE OR BRIGHTEN WITH LIGHT
Term
LUSTROUS
Definition
HAVING A SHEEN OR GLOW, RADIANT
Term
GAM/GAMY
Definition
MARRIAGE
Term
BIGAMY
Definition
THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF MARRYING ONE PERSON WHILE STILL LEGALLY MARRIED TO ANOTHER
Term
MONOGAMY
Definition
THE PRACTICE OR CONDITION OF BEING MARRIED TO ONLY ONE PERSON AT A TIME
Term
POLYGAMY
Definition
THE CONDITION OR PRACTICE OF HAVING MORE THAN ONE SPOUSE AT ONE TIME
Term
IRIDESCENT
Definition
PRODUCING A DISPLAY OF LUSTROUS, RAINBOWLIKE COLORS
Term
VARIUS
Definition
TO CHANGE
Term
VARICOLORED
Definition
HAVING A VARIETY OF COLORS
Term
VARIEGATE
Definition
TO CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF, ESPECIALLY BY MARKING WITH DIFFERENT COLORS; TO STREAK
Term
VARIATION
Definition
SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM ANOTHER OF THE SAME TYPE
Term
AMPL
Definition
LARGE
Term
AMPLIFY
Definition
TO MAKE LARGER OR MORE POWERFUL; INCREASE.
Term
AMPLITUDE
Definition
GREATNESS OF SIZE; MAGNITUDE.
Term
AMPLE
Definition
LARGE OR GREAT SIZE, AMOUNT, EXTENT, OR CAPACITY
Term
BAT
Definition
TO STRIKE OR BEAT
Term
BATTLEMENT
Definition
A RAMPART OR FORTIFICATION BUILT AROUND THE TOP OF A CASTLE WITH REGULAR GAPS FOR FIRING ARROWS OR GUNS
Term
ABATE
Definition
TO PUT AN END TO OR TO REDUCE IN AMOUNT
Term
ABATTOIR
Definition
A SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Term
BATTALION
Definition
A LARGE BODY OF ORGANIZED TROOPS
Term
COMBATANT
Definition
ADJ: ENGAGING IN OR READY FOR COMBAT
N : SOMEONE WHO FIGHTS
Term
JOVIAL
Definition
MERRY; JOYOUS; JOLLY
Term
VARIUS
Definition
TO CHANGE
Term
VARICOLORED
Definition
HAVING A VARIETY OF COLORS
Term
VARIEGATE
Definition
TO CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF, ESPECIALLY BY MARKING WITH DIFFERENT COLORS; TO STREAK
Term
VARIATION
Definition
SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM ANOTHER OF THE SAME TYPE
Term
AMPL
Definition
LARGE
Term
AMPLIFY
Definition
TO MAKE LARGER OR MORE POWERFUL; INCREASE.
Term
AMPLITUDE
Definition
GREATNESS OF SIZE; MAGNITUDE.
Term
AMPLE
Definition
LARGE OR GREAT SIZE, AMOUNT, EXTENT, OR CAPACITY
Term
BAT
Definition
TO STRIKE OR BEAT
Term
BATTLEMENT
Definition
A RAMPART OR FORTIFICATION BUILT AROUND THE TOP OF A CASTLE WITH REGULAR GAPS FOR FIRING ARROWS OR GUNS
Term
ABATE
Definition
TO PUT AN END TO OR TO REDUCE IN AMOUNT
Term
ABATTOIR
Definition
A SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Term
BATTALION
Definition
A LARGE BODY OF ORGANIZED TROOPS
Term
COMBATANT
Definition
ADJ: ENGAGING IN OR READY FOR COMBAT
N : SOMEONE WHO FIGHTS
Term
JOVIAL
Definition
MERRY; JOYOUS; JOLLY
Term
AMPL
Definition
LARGE
Term
AMPLIFY
Definition
TO MAKE LARGER OR MORE POWERFUL; INCREASE.
Term
AMPLITUDE
Definition
GREATNESS OF SIZE; MAGNITUDE.
Term
AMPLE
Definition
LARGE OR GREAT SIZE, AMOUNT, EXTENT, OR CAPACITY
Term
BAT
Definition
TO STRIKE OR BEAT
Term
BATTLEMENT
Definition
A RAMPART OR FORTIFICATION BUILT AROUND THE TOP OF A CASTLE WITH REGULAR GAPS FOR FIRING ARROWS OR GUNS
Term
ABATE
Definition
TO PUT AN END TO OR TO REDUCE IN AMOUNT
Term
ABATTOIR
Definition
A SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Term
BATTALION
Definition
A LARGE BODY OF ORGANIZED TROOPS
Term
COMBATANT
Definition
ADJ: ENGAGING IN OR READY FOR COMBAT
N : SOMEONE WHO FIGHTS
Term
JOVIAL
Definition
MERRY; JOYOUS; JOLLY
Term
BENE
Definition
GOOD OR WELL
Term
BENEVOLENT
Definition
HAVING A DISPOSITION TO DO GOOD
Term
BENIGN
Definition
OF NO DANGER TO HEALTH; SHOWING GENTLENESS AND MILDNESS
Term
BENEFICENT
Definition
CHARITABLE
Term
BENEFACTOR
Definition
ONE THAT GIVES AID, ESPECIALLY FINANCIAL AID
Term
DERM/DERMA
Definition
SKIN
Term
PACHYDERM
Definition
ANY OF VARIOUS LARGE, THICK-SKINNED, HOOFED MAMMALS SUCH AS THE ELEPHANT, RHINOCEROS, OR HIPPOPOTAMUS
Term
EPIDERMIS
Definition
THE OUTER LAYER OF THE SKIN
Term
DERMATOLOGIST
Definition
A DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF THE SKIN
Term
CRED
Definition
TO BELIEVE
Term
INCREDULOUS
Definition
SKEPTICAL; DISBELIEVING
Term
CREDIBLE
Definition
CAPABLE OF BEING BELIEVED; PLAUSIBLE
Term
CREDENCE
Definition
CAPABLE OF BEING BELIEVED; PLAUSIBLE
Term
LETHARGIC
Definition
EXTREMELY LAZY
Term
FIN
Definition
END OR BOUNDARY
Term
INFINITE
Definition
HAVING NO BOUNDARIES OR LIMITS; IMMEASURABLY GREAT OR LARGE
Term
AFFINITY
Definition
A NATURAL ATTRACTION
Term
INFINITESIMAL
Definition
INCREDIBLY SMALL
Term
ORTH/ORTHO
Definition
STRAIGHT OR TRUE
Term
ORTHODONTIST
Definition
A DENTIST SPECIALIZING IN THE PREVENTION OR CORRECTION OF IRREGULARITIES OF THE TEETH
Term
ORTHODOX
Definition
ADHERING TO THE ACCEPTED OR TRADITIONAL AND ESTABLISHED FAITH, ESPECIALLY IN RELIGION.
Term
ORTHOPEDICS
Definition
; THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE THAT DEALS WITH THE PREVENTION OR CORRECTION OF INJURIES OR DISORDERS OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED MUSCLES
Term
DIS
Definition
APART
Term
DISSENSION
Definition
DISAGREEMENT IN OPINION, USUALLY OF A VIOLENT CHARACTER, PRODUCING HEATED DEBATES OR ANGRY WORDS
Term
DISSIPATE
Definition
TO SEPARATE INTO PARTS AND DISAPPEAR; TO WASTE AWAY; TO SCATTER; TO DISPERSE; TO VANISH
Term
DISDAIN
Definition
A FEELING OF CONTEMPT AND AVERSION; THE REGARDING ANYTHING AS UNWORTHY OF OR BENEATH ONE
Term
TANTALIZE
Definition
TO TEASE OR TORMENT BY PRESENTING SOMETHING DESIRABLE, BUT CONTINUALLY FRUSTRATING THE EXPECTATIONS BY KEEPING IT OUT OF REACH
Term
TEMP
Definition
TIME
Term
TEMPORAL
Definition
LASTING ONLY FOR A TIME
Term
TEMPESTUOUS
Definition
TURBULENT; VIOLENT; STORMY, AS IF SHOWING VIOLENT ANGER
Term
EXTEMPORANEOUS
Definition
CARRIED OUT OR PERFORMED WITH LITTLE OR NO PREPARATION
Term
TEMPO
Definition
THE SPEED AT WHICH MUSIC IS OR OUGHT TO BE PLAYED
Term
CONTEMPORARY
Definition
1. ADJ: BELONGING TO THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME
2. ADJ: CURRENT; MODERN
Term
TACIT
Definition
TO BE SILENT
Term
TACITURN
Definition
HABITUALLY UNTALKATIVE
Term
TACIT
Definition
SILENT
Term
VIG/VEIL
Definition
TO WATCH
Term
VIGILANTE
Definition
ONE WHO TAKES OR ADVOCATES THE TAKING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS
Term
SURVEILLANCE
Definition
CLOSE OBSERVATION OF A PERSON OR GROUP
Term
VIGIL
Definition
A WATCH KEPT DURING NORMAL SLEEPING HOURS
Term
VIGILANT
Definition
ON THE ALERT, WATCHFUL.
Term
UBIQUITOUS
Definition
BEING OR SEEMING TO BE EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME, OMNIPRESENT
Term
TEMP
Definition
TIME
Term
TEMPORAL
Definition
LASTING ONLY FOR A TIME
Term
TEMPESTUOUS
Definition
TURBULENT; VIOLENT; STORMY, AS IF SHOWING VIOLENT ANGER
Term
EXTEMPORANEOUS
Definition
CARRIED OUT OR PERFORMED WITH LITTLE OR NO PREPARATION
Term
TEMPO
Definition
THE SPEED AT WHICH MUSIC IS OR OUGHT TO BE PLAYED
Term
CONTEMPORARY
Definition
1. ADJ: BELONGING TO THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME
2. ADJ: CURRENT; MODERN
Term
TACIT
Definition
TO BE SILENT
Term
TACITURN
Definition
HABITUALLY UNTALKATIVE
Term
TACIT
Definition
SILENT
Term
VIG/VEIL
Definition
TO WATCH
Term
VIGILANTE
Definition
ONE WHO TAKES OR ADVOCATES THE TAKING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS
Term
SURVEILLANCE
Definition
CLOSE OBSERVATION OF A PERSON OR GROUP
Term
VIGIL
Definition
A WATCH KEPT DURING NORMAL SLEEPING HOURS
Term
VIGILANT
Definition
ON THE ALERT, WATCHFUL.
Term
UBIQUITOUS
Definition
BEING OR SEEMING TO BE EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME, OMNIPRESENT
Term
TEMP
Definition
TIME
Term
TEMPORAL
Definition
LASTING ONLY FOR A TIME
Term
TEMPESTUOUS
Definition
TURBULENT; VIOLENT; STORMY, AS IF SHOWING VIOLENT ANGER
Term
EXTEMPORANEOUS
Definition
CARRIED OUT OR PERFORMED WITH LITTLE OR NO PREPARATION
Term
TEMPO
Definition
THE SPEED AT WHICH MUSIC IS OR OUGHT TO BE PLAYED
Term
CONTEMPORARY
Definition
1. ADJ: BELONGING TO THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME
2. ADJ: CURRENT; MODERN
Term
TACIT
Definition
TO BE SILENT
Term
TACITURN
Definition
HABITUALLY UNTALKATIVE
Term
TACIT
Definition
SILENT
Term
VIG/VEIL
Definition
TO WATCH
Term
VIGILANTE
Definition
ONE WHO TAKES OR ADVOCATES THE TAKING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS
Term
SURVEILLANCE
Definition
CLOSE OBSERVATION OF A PERSON OR GROUP
Term
VIGIL
Definition
A WATCH KEPT DURING NORMAL SLEEPING HOURS
Term
VIGILANT
Definition
ON THE ALERT, WATCHFUL.
Term
UBIQUITOUS
Definition
BEING OR SEEMING TO BE EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME, OMNIPRESENT
Term
SON
Definition
SOUND
Term
SONOGRAM
Definition
AN IMAGE OF A STRUCTURE THAT IS PRODUCED BY USING REFLECTIONS OF HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES, OFTEN USED TO OBSERVE FETAL GROWTH OR TO STUDY BODILY ORGANS
Term
SONOROUS
Definition
HAVING OR PRODUCING A FULL, DEEP, OR RICH SOUND
Term
RESONATE
Definition
TO EVOKE A FEELING OF SHARED EMOTION OR BELIEF
Term
SONATA
Definition
A COMPOSITION FOR ONE OR MORE SOLO INSTRUMENTS, ONE OF WHICH IS USUALLY A KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT
Term
DISSONANT
Definition
HARSH AND INHARMONIOUS IN SOUND
Term
SCHIZ
Definition
TO SPLIT
Term
SCHISM
Definition
A SEPARATION OR DIVISION INTO FACTIONS
Term
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Definition
A SPLIT PERSONALITY
Term
VIA/VIO/VIUM
Definition
WAY OR ROAD
Term
DEVIOUS
Definition
NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD; SHIFTY
Term
TRIVIAL
Definition
1. OF LITTLE SIGNIFICANCE OR VALUE.
2. ORDINARY; COMMONPLACE
Term
IMPERVIOUS
Definition
INCAPABLE OF BEING AFFECTED OR HARMED
Term
OBVIATE
Definition
TO ANTICIPATE AND DISPOSE OF EFFECTIVELY; TO RENDER UNNECESSARY
Term
DEVIATE
Definition
TO TURN ASIDE FROM A COURSE
Term
LUGUBRIOUS
Definition
MOURNFUL, DISMAL, OR GLOOMY
Term
IGNORAMUS
Definition
A STUPID, IGNORANT PERSON
Term
SOPHOMORIC
Definition
EXHIBITING GREAT IMMATURITY AND LACK OF JUDGMENT
Term
SOPHISTICATED
Definition
HAVING ACQUIRED WORLDLY KNOWLEDGE OR REFINEMENT
Term
SOPH
Definition
WISE
Term
PUNCTUAL
Definition
ACTING OR ARRIVING EXACTLY AT THE TIME APPOINTED; PROMPT.
Term
EXPUNGE
Definition
TO ERASE OR STRIKE OUT, TO ELIMINATE COMPLETELY
Term
COMPUNCTION
Definition
A STRONG UNEASINESS CAUSED BY A SENSE OF GUILT
Term
PUNCTILIOUS
Definition
STRICTLY ATTENTIVE TO MINUTE DETAILS
Term
PUN/PUNCT
Definition
TO POINT OR TO STAB
Term
PIOUS
Definition
HAVING OR EXHIBITING RELIGIOUS REVERENCE
Term
EXPIATE
Definition
TO MAKE AMENDS; ATONE
Term
PIETY
Definition
RELIGIOUS DEVOTION
Term
IMPIOUS
Definition
LACKING REVERENCE
Term
PI/PIUS
Definition
DEVOTED
Term
IGNORAMUS
Definition
A STUPID, IGNORANT PERSON
Term
SOPHOMORIC
Definition
EXHIBITING GREAT IMMATURITY AND LACK OF JUDGMENT
Term
SOPHISTICATED
Definition
HAVING ACQUIRED WORLDLY KNOWLEDGE OR REFINEMENT
Term
SOPH
Definition
WISE
Term
PUNCTUAL
Definition
ACTING OR ARRIVING EXACTLY AT THE TIME APPOINTED; PROMPT.
Term
EXPUNGE
Definition
TO ERASE OR STRIKE OUT, TO ELIMINATE COMPLETELY
Term
COMPUNCTION
Definition
A STRONG UNEASINESS CAUSED BY A SENSE OF GUILT
Term
PUNCTILIOUS
Definition
STRICTLY ATTENTIVE TO MINUTE DETAILS
Term
PUN/PUNCT
Definition
TO POINT OR TO STAB
Term
PIOUS
Definition
HAVING OR EXHIBITING RELIGIOUS REVERENCE
Term
EXPIATE
Definition
TO MAKE AMENDS; ATONE
Term
PIETY
Definition
RELIGIOUS DEVOTION
Term
IMPIOUS
Definition
LACKING REVERENCE
Term
PI/PIUS
Definition
DEVOTED
Term
FUG
Definition
TO FLEE OR ESCAPE
Term
FUGITIVE
Definition
ONE WHO IS RUNNING AWAY OR FLEEING, AS FROM THE LAW
Term
CENTRIFUGAL
Definition
MOVING OR DIRECTED AWAY FROM A CENTER
Term
SUBTERFUGE
Definition
A TRICK OR SCHEME USED TO GET OUT OF SOMETHING UNPLEASANT
Term
FUGUE
Definition
A PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH A PATIENT SUFFERS FROM LOSS OF MEMORY AND REMEMBERS NOTHING OF THE AMNESIC PERIOD
Term
MAR
Definition
SEA
Term
AQUAMARINE
Definition
A PALE BLUE TO LIGHT GREENISH BLUE
Term
MARINER
Definition
A SAILOR
Term
MARITIME
Definition
RELATING TO (OR FROM) THE SEA
Term
SUBMARINE
Definition
A VESSEL THAT IS CAPABLE OF OPERATING WHILE SUBMERGED
Term
PEN/PUN
Definition
TO PUNISH
Term
PENANCE
Definition
AN ACT OF SELF-PUNISHMENT PERFORMED VOLUNTARILY TO SHOW SORROW FOR A SIN OR OTHER WRONGDOING
Term
IMPUNITY
Definition
EXEMPTION FROM PUNISHMENT
Term
PUNITIVE
Definition
: INFLICTING OR AIMING TO INFLICT PUNISHMENT; PUNISHING
Term
RECALCITRANT
Definition
MARKED BY STUBBORN RESISTANCE TO AND DEFIANCE OF AUTHORITY
Term
LUGUBRIOUS
Definition
MOURNFUL, DISMAL, OR GLOOMY
Term
IGNORAMUS
Definition
A STUPID, IGNORANT PERSON
Term
SOPHOMORIC
Definition
EXHIBITING GREAT IMMATURITY AND LACK OF JUDGMENT
Term
SOPHISTICATED
Definition
HAVING ACQUIRED WORLDLY KNOWLEDGE OR REFINEMENT
Term
SOPH
Definition
WISE
Term
PUNCTUAL
Definition
ACTING OR ARRIVING EXACTLY AT THE TIME APPOINTED; PROMPT.
Term
EXPUNGE
Definition
TO ERASE OR STRIKE OUT, TO ELIMINATE COMPLETELY
Term
COMPUNCTION
Definition
A STRONG UNEASINESS CAUSED BY A SENSE OF GUILT
Term
PUNCTILIOUS
Definition
STRICTLY ATTENTIVE TO MINUTE DETAILS
Term
PUN/PUNCT
Definition
TO POINT OR TO STAB
Term
PIOUS
Definition
HAVING OR EXHIBITING RELIGIOUS REVERENCE
Term
EXPIATE
Definition
TO MAKE AMENDS; ATONE
Term
PIETY
Definition
RELIGIOUS DEVOTION
Term
IMPIOUS
Definition
LACKING REVERENCE
Term
PI/PIUS
Definition
DEVOTED
Term
FUG
Definition
TO FLEE OR ESCAPE
Term
FUGITIVE
Definition
ONE WHO IS RUNNING AWAY OR FLEEING, AS FROM THE LAW
Term
CENTRIFUGAL
Definition
MOVING OR DIRECTED AWAY FROM A CENTER
Term
SUBTERFUGE
Definition
A TRICK OR SCHEME USED TO GET OUT OF SOMETHING UNPLEASANT
Term
FUGUE
Definition
A PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH A PATIENT SUFFERS FROM LOSS OF MEMORY AND REMEMBERS NOTHING OF THE AMNESIC PERIOD
Term
MAR
Definition
SEA
Term
AQUAMARINE
Definition
A PALE BLUE TO LIGHT GREENISH BLUE
Term
MARINER
Definition
A SAILOR
Term
MARITIME
Definition
RELATING TO (OR FROM) THE SEA
Term
SUBMARINE
Definition
A VESSEL THAT IS CAPABLE OF OPERATING WHILE SUBMERGED
Term
PIOUS
Definition
HAVING OR EXHIBITING RELIGIOUS REVERENCE
Term
EXPIATE
Definition
TO MAKE AMENDS; ATONE
Term
PIETY
Definition
RELIGIOUS DEVOTION
Term
IMPIOUS
Definition
LACKING REVERENCE
Term
PI/PIUS
Definition
DEVOTED
Term
FUG
Definition
TO FLEE OR ESCAPE
Term
FUGITIVE
Definition
ONE WHO IS RUNNING AWAY OR FLEEING, AS FROM THE LAW
Term
CENTRIFUGAL
Definition
MOVING OR DIRECTED AWAY FROM A CENTER
Term
SUBTERFUGE
Definition
A TRICK OR SCHEME USED TO GET OUT OF SOMETHING UNPLEASANT
Term
FUGUE
Definition
A PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH A PATIENT SUFFERS FROM LOSS OF MEMORY AND REMEMBERS NOTHING OF THE AMNESIC PERIOD
Term
MAR
Definition
SEA
Term
AQUAMARINE
Definition
A PALE BLUE TO LIGHT GREENISH BLUE
Term
MARINER
Definition
A SAILOR
Term
MARITIME
Definition
RELATING TO (OR FROM) THE SEA
Term
SUBMARINE
Definition
A VESSEL THAT IS CAPABLE OF OPERATING WHILE SUBMERGED
Term
PEN/PUN
Definition
TO PUNISH
Term
PENANCE
Definition
AN ACT OF SELF-PUNISHMENT PERFORMED VOLUNTARILY TO SHOW SORROW FOR A SIN OR OTHER WRONGDOING
Term
IMPUNITY
Definition
EXEMPTION FROM PUNISHMENT
Term
PUNITIVE
Definition
: INFLICTING OR AIMING TO INFLICT PUNISHMENT; PUNISHING
Term
RECALCITRANT
Definition
MARKED BY STUBBORN RESISTANCE TO AND DEFIANCE OF AUTHORITY
Term
DEI/DIV
Definition
GOD
Term
DIVINE
Definition
SACRED, GODLIKE
Term
DEITY
Definition
A GOD OR GODDESS
Term
DIVINATION
Definition
THE ART OR ACT OF FORETELLING FUTURE EVENTS
Term
DEIFY
Definition
TO MAKE A GOD OF
Term
VOLU/VOLV
Definition
TO TURN, ROLL, OR TWIST
Term
EVOLVE
Definition
TO DEVELOP OR ACHIEVE GRADUALLY
Term
CONVOLUTED
Definition
HAVING NUMEROUS OVERLAPPING COILS OR FOLDS, INTRICATE; COMPLICATED
Term
VOLUBLE
Definition
MARKED BY A READY FLOW OF SPEECH; FLUENT
Term
DEVOLVE
Definition
TO DEGENERATE OR DETERIORATE GRADUALLY
Term
MONI
Definition
TO WARN OR SOUND
Term
ADMONISH
Definition
TO WARN OR NOTIFY OF A FAULT; TO CONVEY DISAPPROVAL OF GENTLY OR KINDLY, BUT SERIOUSLY
Term
MONITORY
Definition
INSTRUCTING BY WAY OF CAUTION, SERVING TO WARN
Term
PREMONITION
Definition
A WARNING IN ADVANCE; A FOREWARNING
Term
DRACONIAN
Definition
EXCEEDINGLY HARSH; VERY SEVERE
Term
HER/HES
Definition
TO STICK
Term
ADHERE
Definition
TO STICK FAST BY OR AS IF BY SUCTION OR GLUE
Term
COHESION
Definition
THE ACT OR STATE OF STICKING TOGETHER; CLOSE UNION
Term
INCOHERENT
Definition
UNABLE TO THINK OR EXPRESS ONE'S THOUGHTS IN A CLEAR OR ORDERLY MANNER
Term
INHERENT
Definition
PERMANENTLY EXISTING IN SOMETHING; INSEPARABLY ATTACHED OR CONNECTED
Term
ADHESIVE
Definition
TENDING TO ADHERE, STICKY
Term
PHON
Definition
SOUND
Term
CACOPHONY
Definition
LOUD CONFUSING DISAGREEABLE SOUNDS
Term
SYMPHONY
Definition
A CONSONANCE OR HARMONY OF SOUNDS, AGREEABLE TO THE EAR
Term
EUPHONY
Definition
A PLEASING OR SWEET SOUND
Term
XENO
Definition
FOREIGN OR ALIEN
Term
XENOPHOBIC
Definition
HAVING ABNORMAL FEAR OR HATRED OF THE STRANGE OR FOREIGN
Term
XENOPHILE
Definition
A PERSON ATTRACTED TO THAT WHICH IS FOREIGN, ESPECIALLY TO FOREIGN PEOPLES, MANNERS, OR CULTURES
Term
APIARY
Definition
A PLACE WHERE BEES AND BEEHIVES ARE KEPT
Term
HER/HES
Definition
TO STICK
Term
ADHERE
Definition
TO STICK FAST BY OR AS IF BY SUCTION OR GLUE
Term
COHESION
Definition
THE ACT OR STATE OF STICKING TOGETHER; CLOSE UNION
Term
INCOHERENT
Definition
UNABLE TO THINK OR EXPRESS ONE'S THOUGHTS IN A CLEAR OR ORDERLY MANNER
Term
INHERENT
Definition
PERMANENTLY EXISTING IN SOMETHING; INSEPARABLY ATTACHED OR CONNECTED
Term
ADHESIVE
Definition
TENDING TO ADHERE, STICKY
Term
PHON
Definition
SOUND
Term
CACOPHONY
Definition
LOUD CONFUSING DISAGREEABLE SOUNDS
Term
SYMPHONY
Definition
A CONSONANCE OR HARMONY OF SOUNDS, AGREEABLE TO THE EAR
Term
EUPHONY
Definition
A PLEASING OR SWEET SOUND
Term
XENO
Definition
FOREIGN OR ALIEN
Term
XENOPHOBIC
Definition
HAVING ABNORMAL FEAR OR HATRED OF THE STRANGE OR FOREIGN
Term
XENOPHILE
Definition
A PERSON ATTRACTED TO THAT WHICH IS FOREIGN, ESPECIALLY TO FOREIGN PEOPLES, MANNERS, OR CULTURES
Term
APIARY
Definition
A PLACE WHERE BEES AND BEEHIVES ARE KEPT
Term
PHOS/PHOT
Definition
LIGHT
Term
PHOSPHORESCENT
Definition
LUMINOUS WITHOUT NOTICEABLE HEAT
Term
PHOTOGENIC
Definition
LOOKING ATTRACTIVE IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Term
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Definition
THE PROCESS IN GREEN PLANTS BY WHICH NUTRIENTS ARE SYNTHESIZED FROM CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER USING LIGHT AS AN ENERGY SOURCE
Term
MONO
Definition
ONE
Term
MONOCLE
Definition
AN EYEGLASS FOR ONE EYE
Term
MONOGAMOUS
Definition
BEING MARRIED TO ONLY ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
Term
MONOLITHIC
Definition
MASSIVE, SOLID, AND UNIFORM
Term
MONOTHEISM
Definition
THE DOCTRINE OR BELIEF THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.
Term
MORPH
Definition
SHAPE
Term
AMORPHOUS
Definition
LACKING DEFINITE FORM; SHAPELESS
Term
ANTHROPOMORPHIC
Definition
SUGGESTING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS FOR ANIMALS OR INANIMATE THINGS, HUMANLIKE
Term
METAMORPHOSIS
Definition
A MARKED CHANGE IN APPEARANCE, CHARACTER, CONDITION, OR FUNCTION
Term
STYGIAN
Definition
1. GLOOMY, DARK, INFERNAL, HELLISH.
2. OF OR RELATING TO THE RIVER STYX.
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PHOS/PHOT
Definition
LIGHT
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PHOSPHORESCENT
Definition
LUMINOUS WITHOUT NOTICEABLE HEAT
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PHOTOGENIC
Definition
LOOKING ATTRACTIVE IN PHOTOGRAPHS
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Definition
THE PROCESS IN GREEN PLANTS BY WHICH NUTRIENTS ARE SYNTHESIZED FROM CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER USING LIGHT AS AN ENERGY SOURCE
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MONO
Definition
ONE
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MONOCLE
Definition
AN EYEGLASS FOR ONE EYE
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MONOGAMOUS
Definition
BEING MARRIED TO ONLY ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
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MONOLITHIC
Definition
MASSIVE, SOLID, AND UNIFORM
Term
MONOTHEISM
Definition
THE DOCTRINE OR BELIEF THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.
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MORPH
Definition
SHAPE
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AMORPHOUS
Definition
LACKING DEFINITE FORM; SHAPELESS
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ANTHROPOMORPHIC
Definition
SUGGESTING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS FOR ANIMALS OR INANIMATE THINGS, HUMANLIKE
Term
METAMORPHOSIS
Definition
A MARKED CHANGE IN APPEARANCE, CHARACTER, CONDITION, OR FUNCTION
Term
STYGIAN
Definition
1. GLOOMY, DARK, INFERNAL, HELLISH.
2. OF OR RELATING TO THE RIVER STYX.
Term
DOC
Definition
TO TEACH
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DOCTRINE
Definition
A BELIEF (OR SYSTEM OF BELIEFS) ACCEPTED AS AUTHORITATIVE BY A GROUP
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DOCILE
Definition
READY AND WILLING TO BE TAUGHT, TEACHABLE. CALM
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INDOCTRINATE
Definition
TO INJECT WITH A PARTISAN OR IDEOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW
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RAD/RAS
Definition
TO SCRAPE
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RASORIAL
Definition
CHARACTERISTICALLY SCRATCHING THE GROUND FOR FOOD
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ABRASION
Definition
THE PROCESS OF WEARING DOWN OR RUBBING AWAY BY MEANS OF FRICTION, ALSO A SCRAPED OR WORN AREA
Term
RAZE
Definition
TO LEVEL TO THE GROUND; DEMOLISH
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IRASCIBLE
Definition
PRONE TO OUTBURSTS OF TEMPER; EASILY ANGERED
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ABRASIVE
Definition
HAVING A HARSH AND ROUGH MANNER, COARSE
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SANG
Definition
BLOOD
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SANGUINE
Definition
1. CHEERFULLY CONFIDENT; OPTIMISTIC
2. RED
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SANGFROID
Definition
COOLNESS AND COMPOSURE, ESPECIALLY IN TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES
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CONSANGUINEOUS
Definition
OF THE SAME LINEAGE OR ORIGIN; HAVING A COMMON ANCESTOR
Term
NARCISSISTIC
Definition
POSSESSING AN EXCESSIVE LOVE OR ADMIRATION OF ONESELF
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PHOS/PHOT
Definition
LIGHT
Term
PHOSPHORESCENT
Definition
LUMINOUS WITHOUT NOTICEABLE HEAT
Term
PHOTOGENIC
Definition
LOOKING ATTRACTIVE IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Term
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Definition
THE PROCESS IN GREEN PLANTS BY WHICH NUTRIENTS ARE SYNTHESIZED FROM CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER USING LIGHT AS AN ENERGY SOURCE
Term
MONO
Definition
ONE
Term
MONOCLE
Definition
AN EYEGLASS FOR ONE EYE
Term
MONOGAMOUS
Definition
BEING MARRIED TO ONLY ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
Term
MONOLITHIC
Definition
MASSIVE, SOLID, AND UNIFORM
Term
MONOTHEISM
Definition
THE DOCTRINE OR BELIEF THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.
Term
MORPH
Definition
SHAPE
Term
AMORPHOUS
Definition
LACKING DEFINITE FORM; SHAPELESS
Term
ANTHROPOMORPHIC
Definition
SUGGESTING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS FOR ANIMALS OR INANIMATE THINGS, HUMANLIKE
Term
METAMORPHOSIS
Definition
A MARKED CHANGE IN APPEARANCE, CHARACTER, CONDITION, OR FUNCTION
Term
STYGIAN
Definition
1. GLOOMY, DARK, INFERNAL, HELLISH.
2. OF OR RELATING TO THE RIVER STYX.
Term
DOC
Definition
TO TEACH
Term
DOCTRINE
Definition
A BELIEF (OR SYSTEM OF BELIEFS) ACCEPTED AS AUTHORITATIVE BY A GROUP
Term
DOCILE
Definition
READY AND WILLING TO BE TAUGHT, TEACHABLE. CALM
Term
INDOCTRINATE
Definition
TO INJECT WITH A PARTISAN OR IDEOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW
Term
RAD/RAS
Definition
TO SCRAPE
Term
RASORIAL
Definition
CHARACTERISTICALLY SCRATCHING THE GROUND FOR FOOD
Term
ABRASION
Definition
THE PROCESS OF WEARING DOWN OR RUBBING AWAY BY MEANS OF FRICTION, ALSO A SCRAPED OR WORN AREA
Term
RAZE
Definition
TO LEVEL TO THE GROUND; DEMOLISH
Term
IRASCIBLE
Definition
PRONE TO OUTBURSTS OF TEMPER; EASILY ANGERED
Term
ABRASIVE
Definition
HAVING A HARSH AND ROUGH MANNER, COARSE
Term
SANG
Definition
BLOOD
Term
SANGUINE
Definition
1. CHEERFULLY CONFIDENT; OPTIMISTIC
2. RED
Term
SANGFROID
Definition
COOLNESS AND COMPOSURE, ESPECIALLY IN TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES
Term
CONSANGUINEOUS
Definition
OF THE SAME LINEAGE OR ORIGIN; HAVING A COMMON ANCESTOR
Term
NARCISSISTIC
Definition
POSSESSING AN EXCESSIVE LOVE OR ADMIRATION OF ONESELF
Term
SALU
Definition
HEALTH
Term
SALUTATIONS
Definition
A POLITE EXPRESSION OF GREETING OR GOODWILL
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SALUBRIOUS
Definition
FAVORABLE TO HEALTH
Term
TRIT
Definition
TO RUB OR WEAR AWAY
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DETRIMENTAL
Definition
CAUSING DAMAGE OR HARM; INJURIOUS
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TRITE
Definition
WORN OUT; COMMON; USED UNTIL SO COMMON AS TO HAVE LOST NOVELTY AND INTEREST; STALE
Term
ATTRITION
Definition
: A GRADUAL, NATURAL REDUCTION IN MEMBERSHIP OR PERSONNEL, AS THROUGH RETIREMENT, RESIGNATION, OR DEATH
Term
CONTRITE
Definition
BROKEN DOWN WITH GRIEF AND PENITENCE; DEEPLY SORROWFUL FOR SIN
Term
DETRITUS
Definition
ACCUMULATED MATERIAL, DEBRIS
Term
ULT
Definition
BEYOND
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PENULTIMATE
Definition
NEXT TO LAST
Term
ULTERIOR
Definition
LYING BEYOND WHAT IS EVIDENT, DELIBERATELY CONCEALED
Term
LUPINE
Definition
CHARACTERISTIC OF OR RESEMBLING A WOLF, RAPACIOUS; RAVENOUS
Term
CATA
Definition
DOWN
Term
CATACLYSM
Definition
1 AN EVENT RESULTING IN GREAT LOSS AND MISFORTUNE 2. A SUDDEN VIOLENT CHANGE IN THE EARTH'S SURFACE
Term
CATACOMB
Definition
AN UNDERGROUND CEMETERY
Term
CATALYST
Definition
SOMETHING THAT CAUSES AN IMPORTANT EVENT TO HAPPEN
Term
CATATONIA
Definition
AN ABNORMAL CONDITION VARIOUSLY CHARACTERIZED BY STUPOR, AND RIGIDITY OF THE LIMBS
Term
HOSP/HOST
Definition
GUEST
Term
INHOSPITABLE
Definition
UNFRIENDLY OR UNFAVORABLE TO LIFE OR GROWTH
Term
HOSPICE
Definition
A SHELTER OR LODGING FOR TRAVELERS, PILGRIMS, FOUNDLINGS, OR THE DESTITUTE, ESPECIALLY ONE MAINTAINED BY A MONASTIC ORDER
Term
HOSTILE
Definition
FEELING OR SHOWING ENMITY OR ILL WILL, UNFAVORABLE TO HEALTH OR WELL-BEING
Term
CRIM
Definition
FAULT OR CRIME
Term
INCRIMINATE
Definition
TO ACCUSE OF A CRIME OR OTHER WRONGFUL ACT.
2. TO CAUSE TO APPEAR GUILTY OF A CRIME OR FAULT; TO IMPLICATE
Term
RECRIMINATION
Definition
MUTUAL ACCUSATIONS, A COUNTER ACCUSATION.
Term
DISCRIMINATE
Definition
TO MAKE DISTINCTIONS ON THE BASIS OF CLASS OR CATEGORY WITHOUT REGARD TO INDIVIDUAL MERIT; TO SHOW PREFERENCE OR PREJUDICE
Term
AVARICE
Definition
IMMODERATE DESIRE FOR WEALTH, EXTREME GREED
Term
DYS
Definition
BAD
Term
DYSLEXIA
Definition
A LEARNING DISORDER MARKED BY IMPAIRMENT OF THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE AND COMPREHEND WRITTEN WORDS
Term
DYSFUNCTIONAL
Definition
HAVING ABNORMAL OR IMPAIRED PERFORMANCE, ESPECIALLY OF A SOCIAL GROUP
Term
DYSPEPTIC
Definition
IRRITABLE AS IF SUFFERING FROM INDIGESTION
Term
PROB/PROV
Definition
PROOF
Term
APPROBATION
Definition
AN EXPRESSION OF WARM APPROVAL, PRAISE
Term
REPROBATE
Definition
1. A MORALLY UNPRINCIPLED PERSON
2. ONE WHO IS PREDESTINED TO DAMNATION
Term
PROBITY
Definition
COMPLETE AND CONFIRMED INTEGRITY; UPRIGHTNESS
Term
VER
Definition
TRUE
Term
VERACITY
Definition
ADHERENCE TO THE TRUTH; TRUTHFULNESS
Term
VERIFY
Definition
TO PROVE THE TRUTH OF, TO SUBSTANTIATE
Term
VERACIOUS
Definition
HONEST, TRUTHFUL, ACCURATE
Term
AVER
Definition
TO AFFIRM POSITIVELY, TO DECLARE.
Term
GARRULOUS
Definition
OVERLY TALKATIVE, LOQUACIOUS
Term
SEN
Definition
OLD
Term
SENILE
Definition
EXHIBITING A MENTAL IMPAIRMENT ASSOCIATED WITH AGING
Term
SENESCENT
Definition
AGING, GROWING OLD
Term
MICRO
Definition
SMALL
Term
MICROBE
Definition
A SMALL LIFE FORM
Term
MICROCOSM
Definition
A SMALL SYSTEM THAT HAS ANALOGIES TO A LARGER ONE
Term
MICROSCOPIC
Definition
TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE
Term
NAU
Definition
SHIP
Term
NAUSEATE
Definition
TO SICKEN, TO DISGUST
Term
NAUTICAL
Definition
RELATING TO SHIPS OR AQUATIC NAVIGATION
Term
NAUTILUS
Definition
A MOLLUSK WITH A SPIRAL SHELL WITH AIR-FILLED CHAMBERS
Term
STENTORIAN
Definition
EXTREMELY LOUD
Term
MOR
Definition
DEATH
Term
MORIBUND
Definition
THE PROCESS OF DYING
Term
MORTIFY
Definition
TO EMBARRASS GREATLY OR TO HUMILIATE
Term
PAN
Definition
ALL
Term
PANACEA
Definition
REMEDY FOR ALL ILLS, A CURE-ALL
Term
PANDEMONIUM
Definition
A WILD UPROAR OR COMMOTION
Term
PANEGYRIC
Definition
A FORMAL SPEECH GIVING HIGH PRAISE TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
Term
PANDEMIC
Definition
: AN EPIDEMIC OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT SPREADS THROUGH POPULATIONS ACROSS A LARGE REGION; FOR INSTANCE A CONTINENT, OR EVEN WORLDWIDE.
Term
LOC\LOQUE
Definition
TO TALK
Term
LOQUACIOUS
Definition
GARRULOUS, APT TO TALK TOO MUCH, TALKATIVE
Term
ELOCUTION
Definition
THE ART OF EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPEAKING
Term
COLLOQUIAL
Definition
INFORMAL IN STYLE OF WRITING OR SPEAKING
Term
CIRCUMLOCUTION
Definition
THE USE OF A UNNECESSARILY LARGE NUMBER OF WORDS, OR THE AVOIDANCE OF STATING A POSITION DIRECTLY (LITERALLY, TO TALK AROUND A SUBJECT)
Term
PRESTIDIGITATOR
Definition
ONE WHO USES SLEIGHT OF HAND, A MAGICIAN
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