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08/21/2014

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Term
ject
Definition
to throw; to throw down
Term
ex:ject
Definition
inject:
dejected:
eject:
conjecture:
abject:
Term
conjecture:
Definition
formation of opinion on incomplete information
Term
abject:
Definition
utterly hopeless, humiliating, wretched
Term
join/junct
Definition
to meet; to join
Term
ex:join/junct
Definition
junction:
adjoin:
subjugate:
rejoinder
junta:
Term
subjugate:
Definition
to conquer
Term
rejoinder
Definition
to reply, retort
Term
junta:
Definition
(usually military) clique taking power after a coup d'etat
Term
jur
Definition
to swear
Term
ex:jur
Definition
perjury
abjure:
adjure:
Term
perjury
Definition
willful lying while on oath
Term
abjure:
Definition
to renounce on oath
Term
adjure:
Definition
to beg or command
Term
lav/lut/luv
Definition
to wash
Term
ex:lav/lut/luv
Definition
lavatory:
dilute
pollute:
deluge:
antediluvian:
ablution
Term
antediluvian:
Definition
before the biblical flood; extremely old
Term
ablution
Definition
act of cleansing
Term
lect/leg
Definition
to select, to choose
Term
ex:lect/leg
Definition
collect:
elect:
select:
eclectic
predilection:
Term
eclectic
Definition
selecting ideas, etc. from various sources
Term
predilection:
Definition
preference, liking
Term
lev
Definition
lift, light, rise
Term
ex:lev
Definition
relieve
alleviate:
relevant:
levee:
levitate
levity:
Term
levity:
Definition
humor, frivolity, gaiety
Term
loc/log/loqu
Definition
word/speech
Term
ex:loc/log/loqu
Definition
dialogue:
elocution:
prologue:
eulogy
colloquial:
grandiloquent:
loquacious
Term
elocution:
Definition
art of clear and expressive speaking
Term
colloquial:
Definition
of ordinary or familiar conversation
Term
grandiloquent:
Definition
pompous or inflated in language
Term
loquacious
Definition
talkative
Term
luc/lum/lus
Definition
light
Term
ex:luc/lum/lus
Definition
illustrate:
illuminate:
illustrious:
translucent
lackluster:
lucid:
luminous
Term
illustrious:
Definition
highly distinguished
Term
translucent
Definition
permitting light to pass through
Term
lud/lus
Definition
to play
Term
ex:lud/lus
Definition
allude:
illusion:
ludicrous:
delude
elude
prelude:
Term
elude
Definition
to avoid capture or escape defection by
Term
delude
Definition
to mislead the mind or judgment of, deceive
Term
prelude:
Definition
a preliminary to an action, event, etc.
Term
mag/maj/max
Definition
big
Term
ex:mag/maj/max
Definition
magnify:
magnitude
maximum
magnate
magnanimous
maxim:
Term
magnate
Definition
a powerful or influential person
Term
magnanimous
Definition
generous in forgiving an insult or injury
Term
maxim:
Definition
an expression of general truth or principle
Term
mal/male
Definition
bad, ill, evil, wrong
Term
ex:mal/male
Definition
malfunction
malicious:
malign:
malady
maladroit:
malapropism
malfeasance:
malediction
Term
malign:
Definition
to speak harmful untruths about, to slander
Term
malady
Definition
a disorder or disease of the body
Term
maladroit:
Definition
clumsy, tactless
Term
malapropism:
Definition
humorous misuse of a word
Term
malfeasance:
Definition
misconduct or wrongdoing often committed by a public official
Term
malediction:
Definition
curse
Term
man
Definition
hand
Term
ex:man
Definition
manual:
manufacture:
emancipate:
manifest:
mandate:
Term
manifest:
Definition
readily perceived by the eye or the understanding
Term
mandate:
Definition
an authoritative order or command
Term
min
Definition
small
Term
ex:min
Definition
minute:
minutiae:
miniature:
diminish:
diminution:
Term
minutiae:
Definition
small or trivial details
Term
diminution:
Definition
the act or process of diminishing
Term
min
Definition
to project, to hang over
Term
ex:min
Definition
eminent:
imminent:
prominent
preeminent
minatory:
Term
eminent:
Definition
towering above others; projecting
Term
imminent:
Definition
about to occur; impending
Term
prominent
Definition
projecting outward
Term
preeminent
Definition
superior to or notable above all others
Term
minatory:
Definition
menacing, threatening
Term
mis/mit
Definition
to send
Term
ex:mis/mit
Definition
transmit:
emissary:
intermittent
remit:
remission:
Term
intermittent
Definition
stopping and starting at intervals
Term
remission:
Definition
a lessening of intensity or degree
Term
remit:
Definition
to send money
Term
misc
Definition
mixed
Term
ex:misc
Definition
miscellaneous:
miscegenation:
promiscuous
Term
miscegenation:
Definition
the interbreeding of races, esp. marriage between white and nonwhite persons
Term
promiscuous
Definition
consisting of diverse and unrelated parts or individuals
Term
mon/monit
Definition
to remind; to warn
Term
ex:mon/monit
Definition
monument
monument
monitor:
summon:
admonish:
remonstrate:
premonition
Term
admonish:
Definition
to counsel against something; caution
Term
remonstrate:
Definition
to say or plead in protect, objection, or reproof
Term
premonition
Definition
forewarning, presentiment
Term
morph
Definition
shape
Term
ex:morph
Definition
amorphous:
metamorphosis
anthropomorphism:
Term
amorphous:
Definition
without definite form; lacking a specific shape
Term
metamorphosis
Definition
a transformation, as by magic or sorcery
Term
anthropomorphism:
Definition
attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena
Term
mort
Definition
death
Term
ex:mort
Definition
immortal:
morbid:
moribund:
Term
moribund:
Definition
dying, decaying
Term
mut
Definition
change
Term
ex:mut
Definition
commute:
mutation:
transmutation:
permutation
immutable
Term
commute:
Definition
to substitute; exchange; interchange
Term
transmutation:
Definition
the act of changing from one form into another
Term
immutable
Definition
unchangeable, invariable
Term
permutation:
Definition
a complete change; transformation
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