chronic

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chronic

• constant
• chron (time)

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hyperbole

• extreme exaggeration
• hyper (over)
• bole (throw)

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sonorous

• full-sounding loud
• son (sound)
• ous (full of)

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germane

• related
• germ (vital / related)

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convivial

• friendly, fond of company
• con (together)
• viv (life)

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cognomen

• nickname
• cogn (know)
• nomen (name)

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anarchist

• one against government
• an (without)
• archy (government)

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animadversion

• criticism
• anim (mind)
• ad (to)
• vert (turn)

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pusillanimous

• cowardly
• pusill (very small)
• anim (mind)
• ous (full of)

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subterfuge

• deception trick
• sub (below)
• fug (flee)

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saturnine

• gloomy and distant
• Saturn
• ine (nature of)

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luminary

• person most admired in a profession
• lum (light)

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exorbitant

• unreasonable
• ex (out)
• orb (circle)

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expatriate

• banish / one who moves abroad
• ex (out)
• patria (native land)

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filigree

• lacy design
• fil (thread)
• granum (grain)

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eulogy

• words of praise
• eu (good)
• log (word)

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sedentary

• sitting most of the time
• sed (sit)

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euphoria

• feeling of extreme happiness
• eu (good)
• phor (carry)

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bonhomie

• good-naturedness
• bon (good)
• homme (man)

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bona fide

• authentic
• bon (good)
• fid (faith)

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bon vivant

• indulger in luxury
• bon (good)
• viv (life)

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mutable

• changeable
• muta (change)
• able

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impute

• attribute fault or responsibility
• im (into)
• put (think)

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status quo

• present state
• status (state)
• quo (in which)

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paradigm

• model
• para (beside)
• digm dicere (show)