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The Roots of All Evil
Amazing Adjectives
Gnarly Nouns
Vindicating Verbs
Potpourri
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This is one of multiple common roots that mean "out; away from; not"
What is -AB-, -AN-, or -EX-?
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Hopefully nobody uses this word to describe you; it means "resembling a corpse".
What is CADAVEROUS? 96. CADAVEROUS- resembling a corpse
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Your persuasive speeches should be free of any of these unsound modes of logic or reasoning.
What is a FALLACY? 69. FALLACY- any unsound mode of logic or reasoning
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This healthy word appropriately contains a word root that means "life; strength".
What is CONVALESCE? 76. CONVALESCE- to recover after a sickness -VAL-: life; strength
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This appropriately numbered word has to do with periods of one hundred years.
What is CENTENARY? 100. CENTENARY- pertaining to a period of 100 years
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This root, which means the opposite of "MONO", can be found in one of our most recent words.
What is -POLY-? -POLY-: many, numerous
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This word contains roots that mean "self" and "center"... its meaning should be obvious.
What is EGOCENTRIC? 80. EGOCENTRIC- selfish, vain, self-centered
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This literary term refers (heh) to a textual reference.
What is ALLUSION? 106. ALLUSION- a reference to a famous text, event, or place found in another text
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This verb, containing a root that means "to cut", has nothing to do with what you might do at the gym.
What is EXORCISE? 104. EXORCISE- to banish or drive out by religious or magical means
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This adjective can be used to describe predatory animals, angry dogs, or zombies.
What is MORDACIOUS? 83. MORDACIOUS- biting or prone to biting
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This is one of two of our words containing a root that means "death".
What is NECROLOGY or NECROPOLIS? #95 NECROLOGY- a list of people who have died in a place or time period #15 NECROPOLIS- a city inhabited by the deceased
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This protesting adjective has an animal in it, one that the word could never be used to describe.
What is CLAMOUROUS? 103. CLAMOROUS- urgent or loud in complaint or demand
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Reading one of these would make you smile, as long as it was written about you!
What is an ENCOMIUM? 87. ENCOMIUM- a piece of writing that highly praises a person or thing
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This word, containing a root that means "to loosen; to clear away", is most often used in a religious context.
What is ABSOLVE? 81. ABSOLVE- to free from sin or its penalties -SOLV-: to loosen; to clear away
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Name the less common root that lends meaning to our word that means "governed by good moral standards".
What is -SCI-? 54. CONSCIENTIOUS- governed by good moral standards -SCI-: thought, knowledge
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This meaty root means "body; flesh".
What is -CARN-?
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This word, containing seemingly opposite roots, might be used to describe planets or stars.
What is NOCTILUCENT? 111. NOCTILUCENT- shining or visible at night
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One of these opposites could refer to a state of mental enlightenment (it's in the word); the other can refer to a part of a parabola. Name both.
What are ZENITH and NADIR? 98. NADIR- the lowest point 120. ZENITH- the highest point of prosperity, influence, etc.
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This aggressive verb derives much of its meaning from a root that, despite its cuddly appearance, has to do with fighting.
What is IMPUGN? 65. IMPUGN- to assail with arguments or accusations -PUG-: fight; attack
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These are both of our words that contain the root that means "war".
What is BELLIGERENT and ANTEBELLUM? 48. BELLIGERENT- having a loud, aggressive nature; warlike 108. ANTEBELLUM- existing or occurring before a war
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This is the meaning of the root that can be found in words that mean "prevailing among animals" and "the outer skin".
What is "all over, throughout"? -EPI- : all over, throughout
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The task of winning Jeopardy! is certainly no easy one; you might even describe as this.
What is ONEROUS? 86. ONEROUS- burdensome, oppressive, very hard
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You can find a picture of light doing this noun on the cover of Pink Floyd's famous album "Dark Side of the Moon".
What is FLECTION? 82. FLECTION- the act of bending
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This is the only word that shares a primary root with our word that means "a thing that exists in the wrong time period".
What is SYNCHRONIZE? 85. SYNCHRONIZE- to cause to occur at the same time or rate 79. ANACHRONISM- a thing that exists in the wrong time period
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To change almost any verb into an adjective, add this simple and extremely common suffix.
What is -ING-?