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1. VAL, VAIL

 

Value, Strength

 

Valor (n)  boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage

 

Prevailing (adj) predominant; having a superior influence

2. AUD

Hear

Audible (adj) capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard

3. COGN, GNO

Know

Cognition (n) the act or process of knowing; perception; knowledge

 

Ignorant (adj) lacking knowledge or training; unlearned; uninformed; unaware

 

4.EU

Well, Good

Euphoria (n) a state of intense happiness and self-confidence

 

5. GREG

Group

Aggregate(n) a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars

(v) to bring together; collect into one sum, mass, or body

 

6. JUNCT, JUG

Join

Injunction (n) a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act

 

Adjunct (n) something added to another thing but not essential to it; assistant

(adj) joined or associated, especially in an auxiliary or subordinate relationship

 

7. NEO

New

Neologism (n) a new word, meaning, usage or phrase; the introduction or use of new words

 

8. PHIL

Love

Philanthropy (n) altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons; the activity of donating to needy persons

 

Bibliophile (n) a person who loves or collects books, especially as examples of fine or unusual printing, binding, etc.












1. Sub

 

Under

 

Subliminal (adj) existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or behavior of an individual

 

Subvert (v) to undermine the principles of; corrupt; to overthrow (something established or existing)

2. Vac

Empty

Vacuous (adj) without contents; empty; lacking in ideas or intelligence; purposeless

3. Anti, Ant

Against, opposite

Antidote (n) – something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects.

 

4. Circum

Around

Circumference (n) the outer boundary, especially of a circular area; perimeter; the area within a bounding line

 

Circumvent (v) to go around or bypass to avoid

 

5. Dic, Dict

Speak

Abdicate (v) to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, or responsibility in a formal manner.

 

6. Grat

Pleasing

Gratuity (n) a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip

 

Ingrate (n) an ungrateful person

 

7. Jud

Judge

Adjudicate (v) make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or disputed matter

 

Prejudice (n) preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience; Prejudiced (adj) narrow-minded, biased.

8. Mal

Bad

 

Malapropism (n) an amusing error that occurs when a person mistakenly uses a word that sounds like another word but that has a very different meaning

Mut

Change

Immutable (adj) unchangeable

 

Sec, Sect, Seg

Cut

Segue (v) to make a transition from one thing to another smoothly and without interruption; (n) any smooth transition

Bisect (v) to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts











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