equivocate

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equivocate

• purposely be unclear
• equi (equal)
• voc (voice)

2
superfluous

• unnecessary
• super (over)
• flu (flow)
• ous (full of)

3
bilateral

• two-sided
• bi (two)
• lat (side)

4
unilateral

• one-sided
• uni (one)
• lat (side)

5
circumspect

• cautious, careful
• circum (around)
• spect (look)

6
commensurate

• of like measure equal
• com (together)
• mens (measure)

7
malevolence

• evil intent
• mal (bad)
• vol (will)

8
neophyte

• beginner
• neo (new)
• phyte (plant)

9
misanthrope

• people-hater
• mis (bad)
• anthropo (human)

10
bellicose

• warlike
• bell (war)

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anthropomorphic

• man-shaped characteristics of man
• anthropo (human)
• morph (shape)

12
captious

• fault-finding
• cap (take in)
• ous (full of)

13
neologism

• new word
• neo (new)
• log (word)

14
malediction

• curse
• mal (bad)
• dict (say)

15
incredulous

• skeptical
• In (not)
• cred (believe)
• ous (full of)

16
omniscient

• all-knowing
• omni (all)
• sci (know)

17
monomania

• obsession with one thing
• mono (one)
• mania (madness)

18
specious

• seems true, but it is false
• spec (look)
• ous (full of)

19
excoriate

• express strong disapproval tear off skin
• ex (out)
• corium (skin)
• ate (cause)

20
prototype

• first model
• proto (first)
• type (kind)

21
xenophobia

• fear of foreigners
• xeno (stranger)
• phobia (fear)

22
benediction

• blessing
• bene (good)
• dict (say)

23
amorphous

• shapeless
• a- (not, or without)
• morph (shape)

24
preponderance

• bulk
• pre (before)
• pond (weight)

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magnanimous

• generous in forgiving
• magn (great)
• anim (mind)