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word within the word lists 16-30

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List #16

Anglo         English
ist               one who
Saur            lizard
pithec          ape
calli            beautiful
austro          south
cephalo       head
chiro           hand
caust           burn
terr             land
cata             down
jur              swear
flu              flow
here            stick
pos             put
mund          world
cracy           government
mania          madness
ize              make
antho          flower
algia           pain
somn           sleep
quadr          four
err              wander
sine             without

List #17

lingu           tongue
mot             move
nav             ship
und             wave
flect            bend
coron          crown
aur              gold
liter            letter
rat              think
sis               condition
par              equal
mens           measure
mony          condition
quin            five
socio           society
ovi              egg
phasia         speech
pter             wing
phen           appearance
hist             tissue
glott            tongue
phan           appearance
peri             near/around
pot              drink
via              road

List 18

atmo           vapor
cardio         heart
cosmo         world/universe
counter        against
cranio         skull
cyclo           circle
gno             know
oss              bone
xylo            wood
monger       seller
sept             seven
xeno           stranger
vas              vessel
fore            front
ish              like
less             without
baro            pressure
ferro           iron
quasi           somewhat
nesia           island
lepsy           attack
let               little
nano           billionth
pico            trillionth
ideo            idea

List #19

ven             come
ichthy         fish
pulse           drive
calor           heat
sol              sun
strat            layer
nuc             center
sat              enough
protero        early
mont           mountain
kilo             thousand
myria          many
tachy           quick
fiss             split  
cumu          heaped
meteor        high
hibern         winter
di               two
bath            deep
cirr             hair
grav            heavy
solv            loosen
ophthal        eye
oma            tumor
rub             red

list #20

mela           black
vice            in place of
foli             leaf
atom           vapor
orb             circle
milti           many
ign              fire
moll            soft
lin              line
hemi           half
oo               egg
grade          step
pneumo       lung
radi             ray
oscu            mouth
ob               against
vect            carry
digit            finger
gymno        naked
plasm          form
narco          sleep
vermi          worm
lign             wood
dendr          tree
lachry         tear

list #21

equivocate            to hedge
superfluous           unnecessary
bilateral                two-sided
unilateral              one-sided
circumspect          cautious
commensurate       of like measure
malevolence          evil intent
neophyte              beginner
misanthropist        people-hater
bellicose               warlike
anthropomorphic   man-shaped
captious                fault-finding
neologism             new word
malediction           a curse
incredulous           not believing
omniscient            all-knowing
monomania           obsession with one thing
specious               false
excoriate              verbally flog
prototype              first model
xenophobia           fear of foreigners
benediction           blessing      
amorphous            shapeless
preponderance       bulk
magnanimous        great-minded

list #22

Mollify                make soft
ichthyologist         fish scientist
polyglot               multi-linguist
diaphanous           semitransparent
somniferous          bringing sleep
sinecure                an easy lucrative job
soliloquy              speech to oneself
abjure                  renounce
caustic                  burning
confluence            a flowing together
depose                  topple from power
egomania              self-obsession
egregious              blatant
analgesic              painkiller
chiromancy           palm reading
oligarchy              government by a few
intractable            stubborn
intransigent           not compromising
perfidious             treacherous
perspicuous           brilliantly clear    
ingenuous             innocent and naïve
circumlocution      talking in circles
gregarious            sociable
discursive             rambling

list #23

egocentric             self-centered
tangible                touchable
demagogue           corrupt politician
preclude               foreclose
cryptologist          code breaker
ethnocentrism       racial or cultural predjudice
pedagogue            teacher
recant                   retract
revoke                  cancel
pugnacious           combative
incisive                sharp
diatribe                abusive criticism
anomaly               abnormality
enumerate             to list
circumscribed       limited
intercede              mediate
disputatious          argumentative
loquacious            talkative
abrogate               annul
prescience             foreknowledge
sacrosanct             sacred
androgynous         masculine and feminine  
acromym              initials-name
congenital             at birth       
cacophony            bad noise

list #24

advocate               speak for
ponderous             weighty
retribution            revenge
android                robot
infidel                  unbeliever
resurgence            rising again
punctilious            precise in conduct
condescend           lower oneself
collateral              side by side
irrevocable           beyond recall
elucidate               explain
epigram                witty comment
eccentricity           oddness
cognizant              aware
stringent               binding
anthropoid            manlike
diffident               shy
pandemonium       demonic clamor
urbane                  sophisticated
tractable               docile
supersede              replace
temporize             delay
somnambulist        sleepwalker
sanguinary            bloody
inanimate             lifeless

list #25

introspective         inward looking
intervene              come between
syndrome             complex of symptoms
subordinate           lower
dissonant              inharmonious
belligerent            warring
credible                believable
impending            overhanging
polyphonic           multi-melodic
exculpate              free from blame
euphemism           pleasant name
benefactor            helper
megalomania        delusions of greatness    
magnate               powerful person
vivacious              lively
hemitropic            sun-following
amour-propre        self-love
octogenarian         an eighty-year-old
cognoscenti           those who know
surfeit                           excess
primate                monkeys, apes, and humans
pellucid                crystal clear
circumvent           get around
hemiplegia            paralysis on one side
narcolepsy            attacks of sleep

List #26

delineate               to outline
emollient              softener
retrograde             backward
melancholy           dark sadness
intracranial           within the skull
cardiovascular       of the heart and vessels
epiphany              revelation
histology              study of living tissues
perihelion             orbital point nearest the sun
inherent                built-in
plutocracy            government of the wealthy
sine qua non         essential element
corpulent              full-bodied
dichotomy            two-part-division
cryptic                 having hidden meaning
isosceles               having two equal sides
pathogen              disease-causer
vociferous            loudly-voiced
rectify                  correct
sanctimonious       affected holy
tortuous                twisting
rectilinear             right-angled
metamorphosis      change of shape
petroglyph            rock-carving

List #27

chronic                 lasting        
hyperbole             overstatement
sonorous               full-sounding
germane               related
convivial              jovial/festive
cognomen             nickname
anarchist               one against government
animadversion       critism
pusillanimous        small-minded
subterfuge            evasive dodge
saturnine              gloomy and remote
luminary              enlightened person
exorbitant             unreasonable
expatriate             banish
filigree                 lacy design
eulogy                  words of praise
sedentary              sitting
euphoria               joy
bonhomie             good-naturedness
bona fide              good faith
bon vivant            indulger in luxury
mutable                changeable
impute                 attribute discredit 
status quo             the present state
paradigm              model

list #28

schism                  division
bootless                useless        
rubicund               red
apotheosis             raising to god status
precursor              forerunner
transpose              switch
invective              bitter denunciation
prestidigitation      sleight of hand
cosmology            study of the universe
effusion                outpouring
anthology             literary collection
posthumous          after death
euphony               beautiful sound
refractory             stubborn
platitude               flat trite remark
acrophobia            fear of heights
agoraphobia          fear of openness
veracity                truthfulness
verisimilitude        similarity to truth
idiosyncrasy          peculiarity
alumni                 graduates
casus belli             cause of war
interregnum          time between rulers
infraction             breaking
condign                worthy

List #29

colloquy               conversation
viable                   able to live 
synopsis               summary
terra firma            solid ground
sanction                authorize
Russophobe          one who fears Russia
prognosis              medical forecast
polychrome          many-colored
philanthropy                  love of mankind
perspicacity          insight
mobocracy            mob rule
gerontocracy         government of the old
magniloquence      great eloquence
kleptomaniac        pathological thief
joie de vivre         joy of life
in loco parentis     in place of parents
mundane              worldly
synthesis               combination
unequivocal          direct
nihilism                belief in nothing
audiophile            stereo buff
entomology          insect zoology
omnifarious          of all kinds
invidious              causing envy
deduction             reasoning down from principles

List #30

induction              factual reasoning
hagiocracy            government of saints
diction                 word choice
disconsolate          inconsolable
disingenuous         insincere
fractious               unruly
nondescript           of no category
prolific                 productive
chronic                 a history
primeval               of the first ages
panegyric             elaborate eulogy
fidelity                 faithfulness
magnum opus       great work
antediluvian          from before the flood
comport               behave
insurgence            uprising
expeditiously        rapidly
renovate               restore
carnage                butchery
decadent               downfallen
supercilious          scornful
inexorable            inescapable
emissary               messenger
improvident          without foresight
moribund             dying

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