big stems list

a priori

from theory

a posteriori

from obeservation

parthenogenesis

unfertilized birth

assonance

vowel repetition

objurgation

rebuke

demotic

of the common people

soporific

sleep-inducing

internecine

mutually destructive

sesquipedaliam

very long words

sui generis

unique

plutocracy

government of wealthy

delineate

to outline

dichotomy

two-part division

epiphany

revelation

tortuous

twisting

pre

before

gen

origin

jur

swear

sopor

sleep

ped

foot

in

line

tomy

cut

post

after

son

sound

demo

people

inter

between

cracy

government

phan

appearance

dicho

in two parts

tort

twist

ob

against

sesqui

one and a half

nec

kill

sui

self

partheno

virgin

pluto

wealth

anthropocentric

man-centered

gastronome

a gourmet or epicure

autodidact

self-taught person

monism

doctrine that reality is one

in medias res

in the middle of things

lycanthrope

werewolf

circumambient

surrounding

transmogrify

change form

reify

treat as real

au contraire

to the contrary

vivacious

lively

circumvent

get around

heleocentric

sun-following

exculpate

free from blame

introspective

inward looking

anthropo

man

centri

center

gastro

stomach

medi

middle\`

auto

self

ambi

both

contra

against

ism

doctrine

viv

life

trans

across

helio

sun

ex

out

culp

blame

intro

into

spec

look

trop

turn

mono

one

lykos

wolf

obiter dictum

passing remark

obsequious

servilely following

abase

to lower

pathetic fallacy

abscribing feelings to things

ratiocination

methodical thinking

mutatis mutandis

with necessary changes

interstice

small space

terra incognita

unknown land

sedate

calm

retort

swift reply

nihilism

belief in nothing

supersede

replace

inanimate

lifeless

condescend

lower oneself

epigram

witty comment

dict

say

tort

twist

anim

mind

epi

on

ob

against

obit

death

sequ

follow

path

feeling

ism

doctrine

inter

between

in

in or not

sed

sit

bas

low

nihil

nothing

muta

change

terr

land