The Word Within the Word • List #66
Latin stems are in standard style, Greek stems are in italics, and new stems are in boldface:
cup
eu
phor
proto
ous
vid
fic
ate
mend
uxor
epi
(desire)
(good)
(carry)
(first)
(full of)
(look)
(make)
(cause)
(flaw)
(wife)
(on)
cupidity
euphoria
euphoria
protocol
odious
visage
pontificate
pontificate
mendacious
uxorious
epiphany
apo
phan
re
ob
jur
sopor
inter
nec
dicho
tomy
phan
(away)
(say)
(back)
(against)
(swear)
(sleep)
(between)
(kill)
(two parts)
(cut)
(appearance)
apophasis
apophasis
rebuke
objurgate
objurgate
soporific
internecine
internecine
dichotomy
dichotomy
epiphany
1. cupidity (greed) The scaly, European dragon is known for his bootless cupidity.
2. euphoria (feeling of well-being) A warm euphoria crept over her as she slipped into the water.
3. protocol (rules of ceremony) Protocol called for Alice to flatter the Caterpillar.
4. odious (disgusting) Her too-tractable fiancé now seemed simple and odious to Esther.
5. visage (face) The murdered king's hollow visage stared pallidly at the moonlit battlement.
6. pontificate (speak dogmatically) Nixon pontificated to Kennedy on his duties as a citizen.
7. mendacious (untruthful) The egregiously mendacious tale lacked a semblance of verisimilitude.
8. uxorious (wife-doting) The uxorious husband was blind to his wife's limitations.
9. apophasis (mention by denial) "I won't even mention ... " he began, in a clumsy apophasis.
10. rebuke (sharp reprimand) Lady Macbeth rebuked her husband for his hesitant apprehension.
11. objurgation (rebuke) The objurgations of Cinderella's stepsisters hurt her feelings.
12. soporific (sleep-inducing) The big meal had a soporific effect on the Cyclops.
13. internecine (mutually destructive) The internecine conflicts of Eastern Europe are ancient.
14. dichotomy (two-part division) Modem life transcends many traditional dichotomies.
15. epiphany (revelation) It was no epiphany; Lincoln found Grant through process of elimination.