Word Power Made Easy - Chapter 14: Sessions 39-41

penury

poverty (starts w/ p)

vicarious

secondhand

ephemeral

impermanent; lasting for a short time

euphemism

circumlocution

badinage

banter

bovine

placid; stolid; cowlike

nostalgia

homesickness

cacophony

harsh noise

carnivorous

meat-eating

clandestine

secret

penuria

need, neediness

ad- (af-)

to, toward

fluo

to flow

opulentus

wealthy (starts w/ o)

ephemera

things that exist, used, or enjoyed for a short time

e-, ex-

out

vanesco

to vanish

-esce

begin to

eu-

good

pheme

voice

phone

sound

logos

word, speech

thanatos

death

an-

negative prefix (starts w/ a)

platys

broad or flat

odyne

pain

indigent

poor; of limited means

euphemistic

inoffensive

platitudinous

flat, trite

euphoric

feeling tiptop

affluent

wealthy (starts w/ a)

euphonious

pleasant in sound

penurious

stingy; tight-fisted

evanescent

fleeting

opulence

lavish luxury

euthanasia

painless death

euphony

pleasant sound

platitude

trite remark

evanescence

impermanence

euphoria

feeling of well-being

parsimony

stinginess

destitution

poverty (starts w/ d)

persiflage

light, teasing banter

penuriousness

tightfistedness

anodyne

statement intended to allay anxiety

indigence

poverty, want

eulogy

high, formal praise

affluence

wealth

bromide

trite statement

evanesce

begin to vanish

parsimonious

stingy, frugal

eulogistic

highly praising

cliche

hackneyed phrase

opulent

ostentatiously wealthy

bromidic

stilted ion expression

euphonic

pleasant-sounding

destitute

in want

eulogize

praise

-ine

like, similar to, character of

leo

lion

felis

cat

porcus

pig

canis

dog

vulpus

fox

ursus

bear

lupus

wolf

equus

horse

piscis

fish

nostos

return

algos

pain

kakos

bad, harsh, ugly

xylon

wood

carnis

flesh

voro

to devour

herba

herb

omnis

all

potens, potentis

powerful

sciens

knowing

ubique

everywhere

vale

farewell

re-

again, back

in-

in

clam

secretly

canine

doglike

voracious

greedy, devouring

vulpine

foxlike

omnipotent

all-powerful

surreptitious

stealthy, clandestine

leonine

lionlike

omniscient

all-knowing

ursine

bearlike

feline

catlike

porcine

piglike

nostalgic

homesick

cacophonous

harsh-sounding

herbivorous

grass-eating

omnivorous

eating everything

ubiquitous

found everywhere

carnal

lewd, lecherous, lubricious

incarnate

in the flesh