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08/23/2014

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Term
sacr/sanct/secr
Definition
sacred
Term
ex:sacr/sanct/secr
Definition
sacred:
sacrifice:
sanctify
sanction:
execrable:
sacrament
sacrilege:
Term
sanctify
Definition
to make holy
Term
execrable:
Definition
abominable
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sacrament
Definition
something regarded as possessing sacred character
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sacrilege:
Definition
the violation of anything sacred
Term
sal/sil/sault/sult
Definition
to leap; to jump
Term
ex:sal/sil/sault/sult
Definition
insult:
assault:
somersault:
salient:
resilient
insolent:
exult:
desultory:
Term
salient:
Definition
prominent or conspicuous
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insolent:
Definition
boldly rude or disrespectful
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exult:
Definition
to show or feel triumphant joy
Term
desultory:
Definition
at random, unmethodical
Term
sci
Definition
to know
Term
ex:sci
Definition
conscious:
conscience:
unconscionable
omniscient:
prescient:
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unconscionable
Definition
unscrupulous
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prescient:
Definition
having knowledge of things before they happen
Term
scribe/scrip
Definition
to write
Term
ex:scribe/scrip
Definition
scribble:
describe:
script
postscript:
proscrib
ascribe
conscription:
transcript
circumscribe
Term
postscript:
Definition
any addition or supplement
Term
ascribe
Definition
to credit or assign, as to a cause or course
Term
conscription:
Definition
draft
Term
se
Definition
apart
Term
ex:se
Definition
select:
separate
seduce
segregate
secede
sequester:
sedition:
Term
sequester:
Definition
to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement
Term
sec/sequ
Definition
to follow
Term
ex:sec/sequ
Definition
second
prosecute:
sequence:
obsequious
non sequitur
Term
prosecute:
Definition
to seek to enforce by legal process
Term
obsequious
Definition
fawning
Term
non sequitur
Definition
an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the promises
Term
sed/sess/sid
Definition
to sit; to be still; to plan; to plot
Term
ex:sed/sess/sid
Definition
preside:
resident
sediment:
dissident:
residual:
subsidiary:
insidious
assiduous
Term
dissident:
Definition
disagreeing, as in opinion or attitude
Term
subsidiary:
Definition
serving to assist or supplement
Term
insidious
Definition
intended to entrap or beguile
Term
assiduous
Definition
diligent, persistent, hardworking
Term
sens/sent
Definition
to feel; to be awake
Term
ex:sens/sent
Definition
sense:
sensory:
sentiment
presentiment:
dissent:
resent:
sentinel
insensate:
Term
sentiment
Definition
an attitude or feeling toward something
Term
presentiment:
Definition
a feeling that something is about to happen
Term
dissent:
Definition
to differ in opinion, esp. from the majority
Term
sentinel
Definition
a person or thing that stands watch
Term
insensate:
Definition
without feeling or sensitivity
Term
sol
Definition
to loosen; to free
Term
ex:sol
Definition
dissolve:
soluble
resolution:
dissolution:
dissolute:
absolution:
Term
resolution:
Definition
a formal expression of opinion or intention made
Term
dissolute:
Definition
indifferent to moral restraints
Term
absolution:
Definition
forgiveness for wrongdoing
Term
spec/spic/spit
Definition
to look; to see
Term
ex:spec/spic/spit
Definition
perspective
speculation
suspicious
spectrum:
retrospective
circumspect:
perspicacious:
conspicuous:
specious:
Term
circumspect:
Definition
watchful and discreet, cautious
Term
perspicacious:
Definition
having keen mental perception and understanding
Term
conspicuous:
Definition
easily seen or noticed; readily observable
Term
specious:
Definition
deceptively attractive
Term
sta/sti
Definition
to stand; to be in place
Term
ex:sta/sti
Definition
static
destitute:
obstinate:
constitute:
stasis:
Term
static
Definition
of bodies or forces at rest or in equilibrium
Term
destitute:
Definition
without means of substitution
Term
obstinate:
Definition
stubbornly adhering to a purpose, opinion, or course of action
Term
constitute:
Definition
to make up
Term
stasis:
Definition
the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces
Term
apostasy
Definition
renunciation of an object of one's previous loyalty
Term
sua
Definition
smooth
Term
ex:sua
Definition
suave:
persuade:
dissuade
assuage:
Term
assuage:
Definition
to make less severe, ease, relieve
Term
sub/sup
Definition
belows
Term
ex:sub/sup
Definition
submissive
subsidiary:
subliminal:
subtle
subterfuge:
supposition:
Term
subsidiary:
Definition
serving to assist or supplement
Term
subliminal:
Definition
existing or operating below the threshold of confidence
Term
subterfuge:
Definition
an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule
Term
supposition:
Definition
the act of assuming
Term
super/sur
Definition
above
Term
ex:super/sur
Definition
surpass:
superlative
supersede:
supercilious:
superfluous
surmount:
surveillance:
Term
superlative
Definition
the highest kind or order
Term
supersede:
Definition
to replace in power, as by another person or thing
Term
supercilious:
Definition
arrogant, haughty, condescending
Term
superfluous
Definition
extra, more than necessary
Term
surmount:
Definition
to get over or across, to prevail
Term
tac/tic
Definition
to be silent
Term
ex:tac/tic
Definition
reticent
tacit:
taciturn
Term
reticent
Definition
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely
Term
tacit:
Definition
unspoken understanding
Term
taciturn
Definition
uncommunicative
Term
tain/ten/tent/tin
Definition
to hold
Term
ex:tain/ten/tent/tin
Definition
detain:
pertain:
tenacious:
abstention
tenure
tenable
sustenance
pertinacious:
Term
tenacious:
Definition
holding fast
Term
tenure
Definition
the holding or possessing of anything
Term
tenable
Definition
capable of being held, maintained, or defended
Term
pertinacious:
Definition
persistent, stubborn
Term
tend/tens/tend/tenu
Definition
to stretch; to thin
Term
ex: tend/tens/tend/tenu
Definition
tension:
tentative:
tendentious
distend:
attenuate
extenuating:
contentious:
Term
tendentious
Definition
having a predisposition towards a point of view
Term
distend:
Definition
to expand by stretching
Term
attenuate
Definition
to weaken or reduce in force
Term
extenuating:
Definition
making less serious by offering excuses
Term
contentious:
Definition
quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent
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