Word Power Made Easy - Chapter 14: Sessions 39-41
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penury
poverty (starts w/ p)
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vicarious
secondhand
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ephemeral
impermanent; lasting for a short time
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euphemism
circumlocution
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badinage
banter
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bovine
placid; stolid; cowlike
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nostalgia
homesickness
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cacophony
harsh noise
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carnivorous
meat-eating
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clandestine
secret
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penuria
need, neediness
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ad- (af-)
to, toward
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fluo
to flow
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opulentus
wealthy (starts w/ o)
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ephemera
things that exist, used, or enjoyed for a short time
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e-, ex-
out
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vanesco
to vanish
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-esce
begin to
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eu-
good
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pheme
voice
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phone
sound
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logos
word, speech
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thanatos
death
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an-
negative prefix (starts w/ a)
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platys
broad or flat
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odyne
pain
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indigent
poor; of limited means
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euphemistic
inoffensive
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platitudinous
flat, trite
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euphoric
feeling tiptop
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affluent
wealthy (starts w/ a)
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euphonious
pleasant in sound
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penurious
stingy; tight-fisted
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evanescent
fleeting
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opulence
lavish luxury
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euthanasia
painless death
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euphony
pleasant sound
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platitude
trite remark
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evanescence
impermanence
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euphoria
feeling of well-being
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parsimony
stinginess
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destitution
poverty (starts w/ d)
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persiflage
light, teasing banter
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penuriousness
tightfistedness
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anodyne
statement intended to allay anxiety
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indigence
poverty, want
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eulogy
high, formal praise
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affluence
wealth
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bromide
trite statement
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evanesce
begin to vanish
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parsimonious
stingy, frugal
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eulogistic
highly praising
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cliche
hackneyed phrase
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opulent
ostentatiously wealthy
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bromidic
stilted ion expression
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euphonic
pleasant-sounding
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destitute
in want
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eulogize
praise
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-ine
like, similar to, character of
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leo
lion
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felis
cat
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porcus
pig
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canis
dog
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vulpus
fox
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ursus
bear
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lupus
wolf
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equus
horse
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piscis
fish
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nostos
return
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algos
pain
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kakos
bad, harsh, ugly
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xylon
wood
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carnis
flesh
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voro
to devour
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herba
herb
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omnis
all
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potens, potentis
powerful
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sciens
knowing
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ubique
everywhere
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vale
farewell
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re-
again, back
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in-
in
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clam
secretly
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canine
doglike
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voracious
greedy, devouring
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vulpine
foxlike
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omnipotent
all-powerful
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surreptitious
stealthy, clandestine
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leonine
lionlike
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omniscient
all-knowing
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ursine
bearlike
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feline
catlike
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porcine
piglike
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nostalgic
homesick
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cacophonous
harsh-sounding
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herbivorous
grass-eating
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omnivorous
eating everything
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ubiquitous
found everywhere
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carnal
lewd, lecherous, lubricious
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incarnate
in the flesh
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