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October 22, 2020 by BureaucratONE Leave a Comment Last Updated October 22, 2020

1. Egoist - me firsts, greed affects others
2. Egotist - height of conceit, my amorous conquest - periya gundan
3. Altruist - let me help you, nallagudy
4. Introvert - unsocial, giving lot fuck about what others think of me - old me 
5. Extrovert - social, time waste
6. Ambivert - both, kind of new me
7. Misanthrope - world is bunch of assholes so I don't like humans
8. Misogynist - bitches everywhere bro
9. Misogamist - don't like legal commitment like marriage, dating ok
10. Ascetic - Buddha, self-austerity

1. Ego - I(Latin root)
2. Egocentric- extreme form of egoist, centre of universe
3. Egomaniac - morbid obsession

1. Alter - other
2. Alteration - change into other
3. Altercation - dispute because I have other views
Alter ego - others who are like you

1. Verto - turn
2. Ambi - both
3. Dexter -right hand
4. Ambidexterity - both hand skilful usage - like virus
5. Dexterous - skilful - note the spelling
6. Sinister - left hand (latin)
7. Sinister(english) - threatening, evil, dangerous
8. Gauche(french) - left hand
9. Gaucherie -awkward
10. Droit - right hand
11. Adroit - skilful usually mental, quick witted
12. Adroitness - opposite to gaucherie

1. Andros- male
2. Anthropos - mankind
3. Misein -to hate
4. Gamos -marriage
5. Gyne - women
6. Gynaecologist - female disorder specialist
7. Polygamy, monogamy, bigamy
8. Polygyny, polyandry, philanthropy, anthropology



1. Asketes - monk or hermit
2. Anthropocentric - human centred
3. Andromaniac - obsessed with men
4. Gynandrous - having both men and women characters -hermaphrodite

1. Obstetrician - delivery and mom before and after pregnancy
2. Paediatrician - child specialist
3. Dermatologist - skin doctor
4. Ophthalmologist - eye doctor - off-thal-mol-a-jsit
5. Orthopaedist - bone doctor -aw-tha-pee-dist
6. Cardiologist - heart doctor
7. Neurologist - brain doctor
8. Psychiatrist - mental doctor

1. Obstetrix - midwife - to stand
2. Paidos - child
3. Iatreia - medical healing
4. Pedagogy - principles and method of teaching - the leading of a child
5. Agogos - leading
6. Pedis - foot
7. Pedagogue - narrow minded, strait laced, old fashioned, dogmatic doctor
8. Demagogue - asshole leader accused of demagoguery and he is demagogic 
9. Demos - people
10. Derma - skin
11. Hypodermic - needle penetrates under skin
12. Hypos -under
13. Epidermis - outermost layer of skin
14. Taxidermist - stuffs animal skin
15. Pachyderm - elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros
16. Dermatitis - skin infection
17. Ophthalmos - eye
18. Oculus - eye
19. Oculist - eye doctor
20. Ocular - adjective for eye
21. Monocle - lens for one eyes British upper class
22. Binocular - field glass for two eyes
23. Inoculate - an eye or hole is made in your skin to inject serum
24. Optometrist - measure vision but not doctor
25. Optician - makes spectacles
26. Opsis, optikos - view, sight
27. Metron - measure

1. Ortho - straight or correct
2. Paidos - child
3. Orthopaedist - straighten child - spinal curvature - once but now bone doctor
4. Orthodontist - straighten teeth
5. Odontos - tooth
6. Kardia - heart
7. Logos - science
8. Cardiologist - heart doctor
9. Cardiac - heart malfunction
10. Cardiogram - e-record of heartbeat
11. Cardiograph - instrument to record heart beat
12. Neuron - nerve
13. Neuralgia - pain along nerves
14. Algos - pain
15. Neuritis - inflammation of the nerves
16. itis - inflammation
17. Neurosis - emotional assholeness - he is neurotic
18. Osis - diseased condition
19. Psychosis - total mental - is psychotic 
20. Psyhe - spirit, soul or mind
21. Psychiatrist  - mind healer -speciality is psychiatry  
22. Iatreia - medical healing
23. Geriatrics - elderly medical speciality
24. Geras - old age
25. Nostos  - return
26. Nostalgia - pain of return - homesickness

1. Psychologist - study of mind, behaviour analyst
2. Psyche(english) - mental life, spiritual life, self-image
3. Psychic(adj) - 6th sense
4. Psychic disturbance - emotional or mental disturbances
5. Psychopathic - mental disorder 
6. Pathos - suffering or disease
7. Psychopath or sociopath - typical psycho
8. Psychosomatic -body ailment due to mind
9. Soma - body
10. Psychogenic - ailment of psychic origin 
11. Genesis - birth or origin
12. Psychotherapy -treatment for psychogenic disorder

1. Periodontist - gum specialist
2. Peri - surround, around
3. Endodontics - root canal speciality
4. Exodontics - tooth extraction speciality
5. Endo - inner, within
6. Exo - out
7. Metron - measurement
8. Thermometer - temp measuring instrument
9. Therme - heat
10. Barometer - atm pressure measuring instrument
11. Baros - weight
12. Sphygmomanometer(sfig'-mo-me-nom'-i-te) - measures blood pressure  
13. Sphygmos - pulse


1. Osteopath - massage therapist - wrong etymology -not orthopaedist
2. Chiropractor - manipulates spinal connection
3. Chiropodist - corn, calluses, bunions, fallen arches treatment - minor leg ailments
4. Cheir, chiro - hand
5. Pous, podos - foot
6. Chiropodist - Hand and foot develops calluses due to manual job so they cure it
7. Chiropractor - cures with hand
8. Chirography - penmanship
9. Mancy - foretell, predict
10. Chiromancy/cer - hand reading
11. Octopus - eight legged
12. Platypus - flat foot beaver like duck billed egg laying mammal
13. Okto - eight
14. Octogenarian - 80's
15. Platys - broad, flat
16. Tripod - three legged
17. Podium - place where speaker stands
18. Ium - place where - gymnasium, stadium, auditorium
19. Podiatrist - chiropodist
20. Quinquagenarian - 50s
21. Sexagenarian  -60s
22. Septuagenarian - 70s
23. Nonagenarian - 90s
24. Telescope - instrument to see distance objects
25. Skopein - to view
26. Octoginta - 80
27. Quinquaginta -90
28. Sexaginta - 60
29. Septuaginta - 70
30. Nonaginta - 90
31. Centum - 100

1. Graphein - to write
2. Graphology - study of handwriting
3. Calligraphy - penmanship 
4. Cacography - bad, illegal handwriting
5. Kallos - beautiful
6. Kakos - bad, harsh
7. Callipygian - nice  ass
8. Pyge - ass
9. Cardiograph - heart writer
10. Photograph - written by light
11. Phonograph - sound writter
12. Telegraph - distance writter
13. Biography - life writing
14. Cacophony - bad, harsh sound
15. Photo - light
16. Phone - sound
17. Tele - distance
18. Bios - life
19. Geras - old
20. Geron - old man
21. Gerontology - science of socio-eco problems of old
22. Senex - old
23. Senile - mental deterioration due to old age 
24. Senescent - aging
25. Adolescent - growing into adulthood
26. Convalescent - growing healthy
27. Obsolescent - becoming obsolete
28. Escent - growing
29. Senior - older
30. Senate -council of older

1. Astronomy - study of celestial bodies
2. Astron - star
3. Nomos - arrangement, law or order
4. Astrology - josiam
5. Astronaut - rocket pilot 
6. Cosmonaut - less exaggerated rocket piolet
7. Kosmos - universe
8. Nautes - sailor
9. Naus - ship
10. Nausea - sea sickness, ship sickness
11. Aster - star shaped flower
12. Asterisk - star shaped symbol*
13. Astrophysics - physics dealing with heavenly bodies
14. Disaster - ancient people believed star bring calamities
15. Dis - against
16. Autonomy - make own laws
17. Auto - self
18. Metronome - governs measure(timing) of player
19. Geometry - measurement of shapes - ancient  times earth
20. Geography - writing about or mapping earth
21. George - earth worker
22. Ergon -work
23. Autobiography - write about oneself
24. Biopsy - medical examination
25. Opsis, optikos - view, vision
26. Autopsy - self viewing corpse
27. Botane - plant
28. Botany - study of plant kingdom
29. Zoology - study of animal kingdom
30. Zoion - animal
31. Botanical - adjective of botany
32. Zodiac- astrological paths of sum, moon and planets
33. Scorpio - scorpion
34. Leo - lion
35. Cancer - crab
36. Taurus - bull
37. Aries - ram(uncastrated goat)
38. Pisces - fish


1. Entomology - study of insects
2. En -in
3. Tome - cutting
4. In+sect = cutting in = insect
5. Ek - out
6. Ec+tome - cut and remove
7. Tonsillectomy - tonsils removal
8. Appendectomy - appendix removal 
9. Mastectomy - breast removal
10. Hysterectomy - uterus removal
11. Prostatectomy - prostate removal
12. Ec+centric=eccentric=abnormal behaviour
13. Kentron - centre
14.  atom - not possible divide further
15. A - negative prefix
16. Anatomy - cutting up of plant and animal to learn physical structure
17. Ana - up
18. Tome - part of larger book - now large boring book
19. Dichotomy - divide into two - black and white
20. Epitome- summary of a book or he is epitome of kindness
21. Epi - on , upon
22. Logos - science or study and word or speech
23. Philology - the love of words or science of language
24. Philein - love
25. Linguistics - philology
26. Lingua - tongue
27. Philanthropy - love of mankind
28. Philander - play around
29. Philosophy - love of wisdom
30. Sophos - wise
31. Philadelphia - brotherly love
32. Adelphos - brother
33. Philharmonic - love of music or harmony
34. Philtre - love potion
35. Aphrodisiac - whatever arouses 
36. Aphrodite - Greek goddess of love and beauty 
37. Bibliophile - book collector
38. Anglophile - British admirer
39. Biblion - book
40. Anglus - english
41. Semantics - word and psychological influence
42. Sociology - study of society
43. Socius - companion 
44. Panis - bread
45. Pantry - storage of bread and others
46. Companion - breaks bread with others

1. Francophile - France loving
2. Russophile - Russia loving
3. Hispanophile - Spain loving
4.  Germanophile - German loving
5. Nipponophile - Japan loving
6. Sinophile - China loving
7. Androphile - men loving
8. Gynaephile - women loving
9. Zoophile - animal loving
10. Botanophile - plant loving
11. Paedophile - child harasser  

1. Disparaging - playing it down
2. Equivocating - intentionally vague
3. Titillate - tickle, arouse happiness
4. Adulate - praise, flatter lavishly, hero worship 
5. Proscribe - forbid, accentuating the negative
6. Obviate - prevents or accentuates the affirmatives 
7. Militate -  be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing
8. Maligning - dirtying others
9. Condone - accept after forgiving
10. Placate - make less hostile
11. Par - equal
12. Disparity - lack of equality
13. Parity - equal
14. Disparate - complete difference
15. Compare 
16. Con, com - with, together
17. Pair
18. Peer
19. Aequus - equal
20. Vox, vocis - voice
21. Unequivocal - very clear in their stand
22.  ambiguous - vague but not intentional 
23. Double entendre - double meaning(one is always sexy)
24. Equity - fairness and equality
25. Equinox - equal night -march 21 and sep 21
26. Nox, noctis - night
27. Nocturnal - active at night
28. Nocturne - picture of night scene or musical
29. Equanimity - calm or serene
30. Animus - mind
31. Magnanimity - large mind
32. Equability - equanimity 
33. Equilibrium - equal balance
34. Libra - balance, weight
35. Equilibrist - rope ealker
36. Equilateral - equal sides
37. Lateral - sides
38. Equator, equation, equidistant, equivalent
39. Equestrian - someone on horse
40. Pedestrian - someone on foot
41. Equestrienne - women on horse
42. Equus - horse 
43. Equine -like a horse
44. Ine - like
45. Fero - to bear or carry
46. Vociferous - carrying much voice
47. Vocalise - to give voice or sing
48. Compliment <flattery <adulation 
49. Scriplus, scribo  - to write
50. Scribe, scribble, prescribe, describe, subscribe, script, scriptures, manuscript, typescript
51. De - down 
52. Describe - to write down -to explain
53. Manus - and
54. Manuscript - handwritten 
55. Scriptures - holy writing
56. Subscribe - under contract
57. Sub - under
58. Inscribe - to write into metal or stone
59. In - in, into
60. Postscript - something written after main write up
61. Via - road
62. Obvious - middle of the road
63. Obviate - remove from the road
64. Trivial - less important issue - three road junction overhearing
65. Militis - soldier, fighting man
66. Militate - fight against me
67. Militant - aggressive protestor
68. Militia - army from civil population
69. Malus - bad, evil
70. Malign - bad
71. Dico, dictus - to say or tell
72. Malediction - an evil saying, a curse
73. Volo - to wish, to willing
74. Malevolent - wishing evil
75. Facio, factus - to do or make - fec, fic, factus
76. Maleficent - doing harm
77. Malefactor - evildoer
78. Malefaction - crime
79. Maladroit - unskilled, clumsy
80. Malaise - disease - lack of ease - bad ease
81. Malus, mal - bad
82. Malady  - disease
83. Malignancy - cancer

1. Notorious - infamous
2. Notify - to make known
3. Notice - what makes known
4. Fy - to make
5. Consummate - highly skilled, perfection
6. Incorrigible - beyond reform
7. Inveterate - habitual
8. Congenital - along birth, in 9 months
9. Hereditary - moment of conception
10. Chronic - continuous
11. Pathological - disease
12. Unconscionable - no regrets
13. Scio - knowledge
14. Glib - smooth, suspiciously fluent
15. Egregious - outstandingly bad
16. Notus - known
17. Noted industrialist - well known
18. Childlike  - admire under worldliness
19. Childish  - derogatory
20. Summus - highest
21. Sum - addition
22. Corrigo - set straight
23. In - negative or intensifies the root
24. Invaluable - can't be quantified  
25. Vetus - old
26. Veteran - grew older serving in army or expert
27. Genesis - birth or origin
28. Genetics - science of transmission hereditary characteristics
29. Genealogy - study of family tree or ancestors 
30. Genital - sexual organ
31. Genesis - beginning, birth or origin
32. Regenerate - to recreate
33. Generate - to create
34. Re - again or back
35. Regress, recede - to move back
36. Con - with or together
37. Chronos - time
38. Anachronism - out of date, like science fiction
39. Incongruous - out of place
40. Chronology - order of occurrence 
41. Chronometer - time piece
42. Chronometry - measurement of time
43. Synchronise - to time together
44. Pathos - feeling or disease
45. Sympathy - suffer along
46. Syn - with or along
47. Anti- against
48. Antipathy - dislike
49. Apathy - no feeling
50. Empathy - more than sympathy, into others feeling
51. Em - en - in
52. Pathetic - suffering - pathetic story
53. Telepathy - read other mind i.e communication
54. Con - together
55. Conscience - to know what is right and wrong
56. Sciens - knowledge
57. Omnis - all
58. Omniscient - infinite knowledge 
59. Prescient - knowing events before - psychic
60. Nescient - ignorant
61. Egregious - exceptionally vicious
62. Grex, gregis - herd or flock
63. E - ex - out 
64. Gregarious - prefer human companion
65. Congregate - religious flock or flock
66. Segregate - separate 
67. Aggregate - collection
68. Con - together
69. Se - apart
70. Ad - ag - to or towards
71. Anaphrodisiac - lacks sexual desire
72. Omnipotent - all powerful
73. Omnipresent - present all over

1. Bonus - extra pay
2. Bene - good
3. Benign - not harmful, kindly
4. Benediction - blessing
5. Benefactor - good doer
6. Beneficiary - recipient of good
7. Facio - to do or make
8. Bonbon - sweet or good-good
9. Bona fide - in good faith
10. Fides - faith
11. Fidelity - faithfulness 
12. Fido - stereotypical name for dog
13. Infidel - non believer in religion 
14. Infidelity - unfaithfulness
15. Dico, dictus - to say or tell
16. Dictate, dictator, dictation, dictatorial 
17. Predict - say beforehand
18. Dictaphone - speech recorder
19. Contradict - to say against
20. Addiction - yes to bad habit
21. Facio, factus - to do or make
22. Factory - making place
23. Ory - place where
24. Fact - something done
25. Fiction - made up
26. Manufacture - manually made
27. Artificial - art made by human
28. Magnus - large
29. Magnify - enlarge
30. Manuscript - manually written
31. Volo - wish 
32. Voluntary, involuntary, volunteer
33. Volition - act wishing - against her volition 
34. Plac - to please, appease
35. Implacable - unyielding 
36. Placid - calm, easy going, serene
37. Complacent - pleased with yourself
38. Con - together, with
39. Dono - to give
40. Donation - charity
41. Condone - to forgive
42. Trans - across

1. Taciturn - silence, unresponsiveness
2. Laconic - economy, brevity, meaningfulness, pithy
3. Inarticulate - awkwardness, spluttering, incoherence
4. Garrulous - rambling chatter, meaningless speech - garrulous old man
5. Garrio - to chatter
6. Banal - hackneyed, unoriginal, phraseology
7. Verbose - wordiness, repetitiousness, too many words with little meaning
8. Verbum - word
9. Voluble - fluency, rapidity, words roll smoothly
10. Volvo, volulus - to roll 
11. Cogent - clarity, logically fluent, persuasiveness
12. Cogo - to drive together, compel, force
13. Vociferous - clamorous or vehement feeling
14. Loquacious - talkativeness
15. Taceo - silent
16. Tacit - unspoken agreement, implied without being stated 
17. Reticent - to keep silent, reserved
18. Loquor - to speak
19. Soliloquy - speak to oneself  -esp in plays
20. Ventriloquist - art of speaking from belly 
21. Ventris - belly
22. Colloquial - speak with people - informal
23. Con - coll - corr - comp/m/b
24. Circumlocution/ory - talking around or indirect expression
25. Circum - around
26. Laconia - ancient sparta
27. Eloquent - artistically fluent, persuasive - eloquent plea to jury
28. Magniloquent or grandiloquent - flowery, pompous language
29. Magnanimous - big hearted/mind
30. Magnate - power and influential person - business magnate
31. Magnify - to make - fy - larger
32. Magnificent - fic - facio - impressive, beautiful 
33. Magnum - large bottle - wine or champagne
34. Magnum opus - great work, masterpiece 
35. Opus - work
36. Opera - number of works in musical drama
37. Operate, co-operate, operator 
38. Verbatim - a word for word
39. Verbal - verb or words in general - verbal fight/agreement 
40. Verbiage - excess of words or style of using words - medical verbiage 
41. Revolve - to roll again
42. Revolution - complete change
43. Volvo - to roll
44. Involve - roll in
45. Evolve - roll out 
46. Modus operandi - mode of operating or method of operating 
47. Modus vivendi - method of living
48. Somniloquy - sleep talking
49. Aurist - ear specialist
50. Otologist - ear specialist
51. Laryngologist - larynx specialist
52. Gastrologist - stomach specialist
53. Enterologist - small intestine specialist
54. Proctologist - anus specialist
55. Aural - refers to ears
56. Stereophonic - deep, solid sound
57. Noctambulist - night walker
58. Somnific - sleep inducing - somnific lecture
59. Circumambulator - walk around
60. Circumnavigate - sail around
61. Navis - ship

1. Venter, ventris - belly
2. Ventral - empty like belly
3. Ventricles - blood receiving empty lower heart
4. Auricle -upper heart
5. Auris - ear
6. Avunculus - mother's side uncle - good guy
7. Avuncular  - uncle's adjective -avuncular capacity
8. Dorsal - back side of ventral or belly
9. Endorse - back it
10. Vociferous - vox, vocis, ferro -to bear
11. Somniferous - carrying sleep speech
12. Somnus - sleep
13. Insomnia - inability to sleep
14. Somnolent - sleepy, drowsy
15. Somnambulism - sleep walking
16. Ambulo - to walk
17. Ambulatory - walkable patient
18. Perambulator - infant walking vehicle to go through - pram
19. Pre - through
20. Amble - walk aimlessly
21. Ambulance -  two stretcher bearer walked of battlefield
22. Preamble - intro speech
23. Sopar  - sleep
24. Soporific - sleeping pill
25. Articulus - to join
26. Articulate - clearly spoken, well joined 

1. Fraternalize - socialise esp with subordinates
2. Fraternal - brotherly or non-identical twins
3. Fraternity - guild - medical fraternity 
4. Sorority - women organisation 
5. Uxorious - worships his wife
6. Henpecked - not synonym of uxorious but wife dominated
7. Uxorial - duties, privileges befitting wife
8. Marital - pertaining to marriage
9. Extramarital - outside marriage
10. Premarital - before marriage 
11. Rex, regis - king
12. Tyrannosaurus rex - king of dinosaurs - king of the tyrant lizard
13. Regal - royal - regal mansion, manner, reception
14. Regalia - actually kings decorated cloth but now good formals or insignia(badge), or uniform - 5star general in full regalia
15. Dipsomania - alcoholism
16. Dipsa - thirst
17. Kleptomania - vaseegarn like thief 
18. Klepte  - thief
19. Pyromania - obsession to start fire
20. Incendiarism - starts fire for revenge
21. Incendo, incensus - to set fire
22. Pyro - fore
23. Ardo, arsus - to burn
24. Arson - setting fire for personal gains 
25. Megalomania - obsessed with power, godliness, importance, grandeur - napoleon, hitler, alexander, invincibility 
26. Megas - great, big, large
27. Megaphone - sound amplifier
28. Nymphomania - sexually obsessed  women
29. Nymphe - bride
30. Satyr mania - incessant(constant) sexual desire on part of  male - aka satyriasis
31. Satyr - Greek god with horn and goat leg 
32. Mania -morbid attraction, dread(fear)
33. Phobia - morbid repulsion 
34. Claustrophobia  - fear of enclosed place or crowd
35. Claustrum - enclosed place
36. Agoraphobia - fear of open places so they stay at home
37. Agora - market place
38. Acrophobia - fear of height
39. Akros - height

1. Martinet - dictatorial - a French army guy - an epithet
2. Sycophant - adulatory, toadying
3. Dilettante - hobby
4. Dilettare - delight
5. Virago - sorna akka, termagant, harridan, blatant veneration
6. Vir - man
7. Chauvinist - super patriot - Nicholas Chauvin
8. Monomaniac - obsessed with one thing - religious fanatic
9. Iconoclast - raja ram mohan roy - against established ideas
10. Eikon - religious image
11. Klaein - to break
12. Atheist - non believer in god
13. Lecher - lascivious, lust driven, lewd, wanton(casual), libidinous, promiscuity(indiscriminate sexual relation), orgies(immoderate indulgence)
14. Hypochondriac - imaginary illness 
15. Sykon -fig
16. Phanein - to show
17. Dia -through
18. Diaphanous - almost transparent usually gown but not glass
19. Tyro - beginner in art
20. Virtuoso - mastery in an art - plural osos or osi
21. Dilettantes/ti, libretto/ti, concerto/ti - plural - s or I
22. Libretto - story of an opera
23. Patriotic - nationalism - father land
24. Patrimony - inheritance from father
25. Money - juno moneta - goddesss guarding temple
26. Patronymic - name formed from father - jhonson, martinson
27. Pater, patris - father
28. Onyma - name
29. Syn - same
30. Synonym - same meaning or name
31. Antonym - opposites
32. Homonym - same pronunciation but different meaning
33. Homophone - homonym 
34. Homo - same
35. Paternal - fatherly
36. Paternalism - fatherly government that is protective
37. Patriarch - rule by father 
38. Archein - to rule
39. Patricide - father killer
40. Cide - to kill
41. Patrician - noble origin - patrician  nose
42. Patron - sponsor, supporter, regular customer
43. Paterfamilias - male head of family 
44. Padre - military chaplain(clergymen)
45. Mater, matris - mother
46. Matriarch - mother ruler
47. Maternity - motherhood
48. Maternal - motherly
49. Matron - mature enough to be mother - women her youth
50. Alma mater - soul mother - intellectual mother i.e school or college which one attended
51. Matrimony - marriage
52. Matricide - mother killer
53. Suicide - self kill
54. Sui - oneself
55. Fratricide - brother killer
56. Frater, fratris - brother
57. Sororicide - killing one's sister
58. Soror - sister
59. Homicide - human being killer
60. Homo - person
61. Homicide
62. Regicide - killing of king
63. Rex, regis - king
64. Uxoricide - wife killer
65. Uxor - wife
66. Mariticide - husband killer
67. Maritius - husband
68. Infanticide - newborn killer
69. Infans, infantis - baby
70. Genocide - race or nation killing
71. Genos - race
72. Parricide - killing of either or both parents

1. Theos - god
2. Atheist - disbeliever on god
3. Agnosticism - god in unknowable
4. Gnostos - known
5. A - negative
6. Diagnosis - knowing through examination
7. Prognosis - prediction but not solely disease 
8. Prognosticate is verb
9. Diagnose is the verb
10. Monotheism - belief in one god
11. Polytheism - many gods
12. Pantheism - god is combination of all forces
13. Pan - all
14. Theology - study of god and religion
15. Lecher - thina thana thina thana
16. Lechier - to lick
17. Libidinous - libido - pleasure
18. Lascivious  - lascivia - wantonnnes
19. Lubricious - lubricus - slippery
20. Licentious - licere - permitted
21. Licence - permission
22. Illicit - not permitted 
23. Lewd - lewed - vile
24. Lustful - lust -pleasure, desire
25. Prurient - sexual longing
26. Pruritus - longing to itch
27. Prurio - to itch
28. Hypochondria - unhappily anxious with health
29. Hypo - under
30. Chondros - cartilage of breast bone
31. Hypothyroid - under working thyroid
32. Hypotension - low pressure 
33. Hypercritical - over crtical
34. Hyperthyroidism - over working thyroid
35. Hyperacidity, hyperactive, hypersensitive
36. Matronymic - mother driven name
37. Meter, metr - metronymic - mother driven
38. Metra - uterus 
39. Metritis - uterus inflammation
40. Metralgia -uterine pain
41. Endometriosis - inside uterus an abnormal lining
42. Incendiary speech - sets audience alight figuratively 
43. Incense - incense stick
44. Incence - anger greatly - I am incensed 
45. Ardent - burning with zeal
46. Ardor - burning passion
47. Megaphone - that sounds greater
48. Megalopolis - big city
49. Metropolis - mother city
50. Polis - city, state
51. Police - who guards the city
52. Politics- art governing the city or country
53. Bibliokleptomaniac - book stealer
54. Gynaekleptomaniac - women stealer
55. Paedokleptomaniac - child stealer
56. Demokleptomaniac - person abductor
57. Androkleptomaniac - men abductor
58. Acromaniac- obsession to reach highest peak
59. Agora maniac - obsessed to be on open market
60. Claustomaniac - obsessed to be in confined space
61. Gnosiology - study of knowledge
62. Amadeus - love god
63. Latin - amor - love - deus -god
64. Deity - god
65. Greek - philos - love - theos
66. Theophilus - love god
67. Gottlieb - god love
68. German - Lieb - love - gott - god
69. Wolfgang amadeus theophilus gottlieb mozart
70. Cellophane - transparent tape
71. Hypoglycaemia - low blood sugar
72. Glykys - sweet
73. Haima, aem - blood
74. Haemorrhage - excessive blood flow
75. Anaemia - no blood 
76. Haematology  - science of blood
77. Haemophilia - love of blood - no clotting
78. Haemoglobin - blood globules
79. Hyperglycaemia - more sugar in blood
80. Pantheon - Rome temple for all gods
81. Pandemonium - place for all demons but now wild noisy disorder
82. Panorama - all around view
83. Horama - view
84. Kleptophobia, pyrophobia, gynae phobia, androphobia, demo phobia     
85. Triskaidekaphobia - fear of number 13
86. Triskai - 13
87. Deka - 10

1. Bloomers - women's wear
2. Boycott - Irish farmer boycotted
3. Marcel - button curly hair
4. Silhouette - simple outline filled with colour
5. Derrick - framework of beam and column
6. Sadist - pleasure through torture 
7. Galvanism - electricity with chemical or therapeutic application of electricity to body
8. Guppies - small fish
9. Nicotine - made tobacco famous in Europe
10. Bayonet - dagger in front of rifle from bayonne, France
11. Cantaloupes -a variety of melons from cantalupo. Italy
12. Calicut - calico cotton export 
13. Tuxedo - dinner coat
14. Gypsies - origin of gypsies but now north India
15. Damask - elaborately patterned silk from Damascus, Syria
16. Satin - silk from zaitun(marco polo called) or tzu-t'ing china 
17. Frankfurters or hot dogs or sausages from Frankfurt, Germany

1. Convivial - extroverted, gregarious, genial, affable not hostile
2. Indefatigable - super productive without tiring - ideal me not enervated
3. Ingenuous - not devious but obvious not worldly - a compliment but synonyms like naïve, gullible, credulous are not
4. Perspicacious - razor sharp mind, not obtuse
5. Magnanimous - big hearted, forgives, no grudges, not petty
6. Versatile - master of all trades - Michelangelo
7. Stoical - unaffected by pleasure or pain -stoic patience/courage not timid
8. Intrepid - fearless or dauntless - dauntless explorer
9. Scintillating - witty conversationalist not banal
10. Urbane - polished, refined, poised - all these out of wide experience, not rude
11. Vivo - to live
12. Vita - life
13. Convivo in latin - to live together
14. Convivium in latin - to feast or banquet
15. Vivacious - animated(having life and vigour) personality
16. Vivid - freshness of life and sharp - vivid colour
17. Revive - bring back the life
18. Vivisection - operating on live animal 
19. Sectus - cut
20. Anti-vivisectionist - who oppose such procedure
21. Viviparous - producing live babies like humans not eggs
22. Oviparous - egg laying
23. Ovum - egg
24. Pareto - to give birth to
25. Oval - egg shape
26. Ovoid - egg shaped in 3d
27. Ovulate - to release egg into ovary
28. Love - egg zero shaped - 15 - 0 is 15 love
29. Vital -essential part of life 
30. Vitalize - to give life to
31. Revitalize - restore strength
32. Defrost, decompose, declassify
33. Devitalize - to remove life - recession devitalized the economy
34. Vitamin - minerals needed for life
35. Bon vivant - convivial, man about town
36. Joie de vivre - joy of living
37. Gourmet - convivial person who enjoys food
38. Gourmand - not complementary but who enjoys food 
39. Gormandize - like pig
40. Glutton - a derogatory gormandize
41. Ennui - boredom, tedium


1. Ingenious - clever, shrewd, inventive
2. Ingenuous - frank not artful and worldly
3. Disingenuous - cunning, dishonest, crafty
4. Naïve - synonym of ingenuous but not compliment - idealism due to ignorance
5. Credulous - willing to believe almost everything
6. Gullible - easily tricked or fooled not out of ignorance but stupidity 
7. Ingenuous > naïve > credulous > gullible
8. Credo - personal belief, code of ethics 
9. Credit - will be given only if they believe you
10. Ous - full of
11. Credible story - believable story
12. Incredulous - attitude of scepticism
13. Incredible - unbelievable 
14. Creed - religious belief
15. Credence - belief - I have no credence
16. Credentials - documents proving a title

1. Specto - to look
2. Spectacles - look at the world through glasses
3. Spectator -one who looks
4. Inspect - to look into
5. Retrospect - looking back
6. Prospect - looking ahead
7. Conspicuous - easily seen
8. Perspicacious - keen minded, mentally sharp, astute(sharp)
9. Per - through
10. Spic- to look
11. Acumen - mental keenness, perspicacious
12. Acuo -sharpen
13. Acute - sharp, sudden - acute pain, acute mind or sharp mind
14. Acupuncture - sharp needle treatment
15. Punctus - point
16. Punctuate - full stops and commas
17. Punctuate - interrupt the atmosphere - lightning punctuates the storm, silence punctuated by the wailing of police 
18. Punctual - right on the point of time
19. Punctilious - observance of proper procedure
20. Pungent - sharp smell, taste - pungent wit
21. Pungo - to pierce sharply
22. Perspicacious - sharp, smart, able to look through and understand quickly
23. Perspicuous - clear, simple, lucid - perspicuous writing
24. Introspection - inward thought about ourselves
25. Circumspect - alert, look around, watchful
26. Specious - looks sensible but actually not

1. Animus - mind
2. Anima - life principle, soul, spirit
3. Animal, animate, inanimate, animated
4. Magnanimous - big mind
5. Pusillanimous - petty mind
6. Pusillus - tiny
7. Unanimous - one minded - unanimous decision
8. Unus - one
9. Equanimity - equal, balanced, calm mind 
10. Aequus - equal
11. Animus - hostility - I bear no animus
12. Animosity - hostile - animosity between bill and gates
13. Versatile - multi talented
14. Verto, versus - to turn - turn hands to many thing successfully 
15. Stoa - porch on which zeno spread his stoicism
16. Intrepid - courage - not a single tremble
17. Trepido - to tremble
18. Trepidation - great fear, trembling or alarm
19. Scintillating - witty conversationalist
20. Scintilla - bright spark or small amount - there was not a scintilla of evidence against him
21. Urbane - city dweller are polished because of their experience with wide group of people
22. Urbane - gracious(charm), affable(approachable), cultivated, suave(sophisticated or debonair), tactful - a debonair gentlemen
23. Urban - cities
24. Suburbs - near the city
25. Sub - near, under, close to
26. Interurban - between city
27. Interrupt - break a conversation
28. Ruptus - to break
29. Intraurban - within city
30. Exurb - out of city
31. Suburbia - the lifestyle, manner of suburbanites
32. Urbs - city
33. Rus, ruris - country side
34. Rural - country side with farmlands
35. Rustic - antonym of urbane - unsophisticated, boorish(ill mannered), lacking social grace, uncultured - a derogatory or pejorative 
36. Rusticate - spend time in countryside 
37. Pejor -worse

1. Survival - to live on
2. Vivarium - place for animals and plant to live in natural setting
3. Ium - place for
4. Aquarium, solarium(sun bath), podium(place for foot), auditorium(place for sound)
5. Unicorn - one horned 
6. Cornu - horn
7. Uniform - one form
8. Unify - to make one - fy, facio - to make
9. Unity -oneness
10. Unicycle - one wheeled cycle
11. Kyklos - circle
12. Anniversary - one year turned
13. Annus - year
14. Universe - everything turning around

1. Penury - live in poverty
2. Vicarious - second hand feeling -vicarious torment(unbearable pain) of mother who lost her son
3. Ephemeral - last for short time, fleeting(short) - fleeting glance
4. Euphemism - circumlocution 
5. Die - expire, depart this life, pass away, leave this vale(valley) of tears
6. Sexual intercourse - intimate relation, intimacy, shacking up
7. Prostitute - lady of the night, fille de joi, painted women, lady of easy virtue, fille de nuit, streetwalker
8. House of prostitution - house of ill-fame, bawdyhouse, house of ill-repute, bagnio, bordello, house, massage parlour
9. Buttock - derriere, rear end, behind, backside, posterior
10. Breast - bosom, bust
11. Toilet - powder room, little girls room, facilities, washroom
12. Badinage - small  talk with banter(teasing), frivolity(not serious), facetious(cleverly) , tongue in cheek 
13. Bovine - calm, patient, placid(even tempered), phlegmatic(showing little emotion), vegetable like, stolid(little emotion), not like high-strung(tensed) parents
14. Nostalgia - good old days feeling
15. Cacophony - grate(harsh) discordant(not aligned) sound, not euphony
16. Carnivorous - meat eater
17. Clandestine - secrecy ore well - shrouded(covered) activities
18. Penuria - need
19. Penurious - stingy, close-fisted, niggardly
20. Parsimonious - stingy but less stronger than penurious 
21. Indigence - mild form of penury or poverty 
22. Destitution - same as penury
23. Affluence - rich -affluent who is rich
24. Opulence - stronger than affluence - ultra rich and lavish or ostentatiously(display) luxurious, outrageously(extravagant or immoderate) expensive cars
25. Opulentus - wealthy
26. Fluo - to flow
27. Aff - add
28. Fluid, influence, fluent
29. Confluence - flowing together
30. Mayfly - short lived insect -ephemera 
31. Evanescent - ephemeral, vanished quickly like feeling
32. E - ex - out
33. Esece - begin to but not always
34. Escent- becoming, beginning
35. Adolescent - beginning to grow up
36. Evanesce - begin to vanish
37. Vanesco - vanish
38. Convalesce - begin to get well after illness 
39. Putrescent - beginning to rot
40. obsolescent - becoming obsolete
41. Eu - good
42. Pheme -voice
43. Euphemism - something said in good voice
44. Euphony - good sound
45. Eulogy - good speech usually given in funeral
46. Logos - here speech or word
47. Philology - love of words
48. Monologue - self talk
49. Dialogue - speech between two
50. Epilogue - short speech at the end
51. Prologue - short speech at the start -intro
52. Euphoria - good feeling
53. Euthanasia - good death
54. Thanatos - death
55. Persiflage - badinage but derisive(mocking) not malicious
56. Cliché - once new but now old - unsung heroes, fast and furious, leaps and bound, conspicuous by its absence - your writing is full of clichés
57. Bromide - absence of perspicacity, dull, trite, lack originality
58. Platitude - cliché and bromide but acting as if he made
59. Anodyne - pain killer without curing the disease - aspirin or morphine - e.g Prosperity is just round the corner - helps in allay(lessen) fear
60. Bromide - drug dulls the senses or sedative
61. Platys - broad or flat
62. Plateau -flat land
63. Plate and platter - flat dishes
64. Platypus - flat foot
65. Platitude - a flat statement that falls flat
66. An - negative
67. Odyne - pain

1. Bovine - cow like not complimentary 
2. Leonine - lion like
3. Canine - dog like
4. Feline - cat like - speak with feline grace - feline temperament 
5. Porcine - pig like
6. Vulpine - fox like -shrewdness
7. Ursine - bear like - Ursa major and Ursa minor
8. Lupine - wolf like 
9. Lupus - skin disease that eats into skin
10. Equine - horse like
11. Piscine - fishlike
12. Nostalgia - homesickness
13. Nostos - a return
14. Algos - pain
15. Cacopsis or cacoptic - eye offending
16. Telephone - sound from far
17. Phonograph - writer of sound - recorder of sound
18. Saxophone- Adolphe sax
19. Xylophone - sounds through wood
20. Xylon - wood
21. Phonetics - the science of sounds of language
22. Phonics - science of sound
23. Carnis - flesh
24. Voro - to devour(eat)
25. Herba - herbs - herbivore
26. Omnis - all - omnivorous 
27. Omnivorous reader - reads everything
28. Voracious - devouring greedily, gluttonous
29. Voracious reader, eater, pursuit of money
30. Omnipotent - all powerful
31. Impotent -powerless
32. Potent - powerful
33. Potential - possessing power
34. Potens, potentis - powerful
35. Omniscient - infinitely wise
36. Sciens - knowing
37. Ubiquitous - omnipresent
38. Ubique - everywhere
39. Ubiquitous ice cream vendor, laughter greeted the press secretary i.e laughter was heard everywhere
40. Omnibus - for all who can pay
41. Omnibus legislative bill - all miscellaneous provisions
42. Carnelian - reddish gemstone, colour of red flesh
43. Carnival - carne vale - oh flesh farewell - now exuberant or riotous
44. Carnal - found in phrases - carnal pleasures, appetites - pleasure and appetites of flesh - sensual, lecherous, lascivious, lubricious
45. Carnage - great destruction of human life
46. Reincarnation - rebirth
47. Incarnate - in the flesh or body form - devil incarnate, evil incarnate -personification 
48. Clandestine - stealthy, sneaky, furtive
49. Surreptitious - synonym of clandestine
50. Clandestine or surreptitious meeting but only clandestine plan and surreptitious movements or action
51. Thanatopsis - view of death
52. Thanatology - science of death
53. Pheme- voice
54. Phanai -to speak
55. Phet, phec, phes 
56. Pro - before-hand - prologue, prognosis 
57. Prophet - one who foretells
58. Foretell - prophecy, prophesy
59. Nostopathy - mental illness due to past esp war veterans
60. Potentiate - drug that makes other drug powerful
61. Insectivorous - insect eating
62. Piscivorous - fish eating
63. Vulpicide - fox killing
64. Felicide - cat killing  
65. Ursicide - bear killing
66. Lupicide - wolf killing
67. Canaries - bird of canary island(canary - wild dog living)

1. Enervate  - exhaustion mentally, psychologically 
2. Castigate - somewhat synonym - censure severely, scold, rebuke, reprimand, berate - closer synonym - rail at, rant at, lash out at, tongue-lash
3. Self - abnegate - self denial
4. Recapitulate - summarise 
5. Vegetate - stagnant, no growth
6. Simulate - to pretend
7. Intimate - slight hint
8. Alleviate - reduce the pain
9. Commiserate - to sympathize
10. Vacillate - indecisiveness, irresolute(no resolution)
11. Ex - e - out
12. Nervus - nerve
13. Energy - en - in - ergon - work
14. Synergy - total greater than sum total
15. Ab - away - absent
16. Nego - to deny
17. Neg - not, no, aio
18. Negate - to deny truth or existence
19. Caput, capitis - head
20. Captain - head
21. Capital - head city
22. Decapitate - chop of someone's head
23. Capitulum - little head or heading
24. Recapitulate - go through chapter heading
25. Capitulate - arrange condition of surrender - reluctantly capitulated
26. Vegeto - to live and grow
27. Simulo - to copy
28. Smilis - like or similar
29. Simulation - copy real - Simulation of joy or simulated pearls
30. Dissimulation - hide true feeling by pretence of opposite feeling like sycophant
31. Dissemble - dissimulation
32. Intimus - innermost
33. Intimation - significant buried deep and only a hint, vague, indirect
34. Intimacy - sexual relationship
35. Levis - light or not heavy
36. Ad - al before l
37. Re - again
38. Relieve - to make light or easy again
39. E - ex
40. Elevate - to raise out
41. Levitation - rise in air
42. Levity - frivolity, flippancy, joking, lack of seriousness
43. Miser - wretched(poor, inciting pity)
44. Commiserate - sympathize
45. Con -com -with
46. Vacillo - swing back and forth
47. Ambivalence - vacillative
48. Oscillate - physical to and fro 
49. Oscillum - swing
50. Synagogue - lead together
51. Syn - together, with - b, m ,p
52. Con - together, with
53. Symbiosis - different organism living in close association
54. Symphony - sounds of all instrument sounds together
55. Symmetry - measurement together
56. Dromos - running
57. Syndrome - group of symptoms that occur together
58. Hippos - horse
59. Hippodrome - ancient Greece horse race but now theatre
60. Hippopotamus - pachyderm
61. Potamos - river

1. Obsequious - full compliance, subservient(instrumental), fawning(attempt to win favour, self-ingratiating(capable of winning favour)
2. Obsequies - funeral cortege(group following or procession)
3. Subsequent - one follows other
4. Sequel - novel or film follows other
5. Sequence - item following other  
6. Sequor - to follow
7. Querulous - nagging, harping, fretful(habitually complaining), petulant(easily irritate), whining
8. Queror - to complain
9. Supercilious - contempt, disdain(look down with contempt), sneering(expressive of arrogance) arrogance, overbearingly conceited(feeling of excessive pride or vanity) people
10. Super - above
11. Cilium - eyelid
12. Obstreperous - unruly(lacking discipline),boisterous(noisy, lacks restrain - boisterous crowd), 
13. Strepo - to make noise
14. Impecunious - always broke but not indigent, destitute
15. Pecus - cattle
16. Pecuniary - related to money  - pecuniary affairs, benefits 
17. Cheval - horse
18. Chivalrous - knightly attitude to women, gallantry(courtesy to women or valour)
19. Caballus - inferior horse
20. Cavalcade - procession on horseback
21. Cavalier - once mounted soldier but now haughty(arrogant superiority - haughty aristocrats), too offhand(inconsiderate or thoughtless), curt(rude - curt reply)  - cavalier refusal, treatment
22. Cavalry - horsed part of army
23. Noceo - to injure
24. Innocuous - innocent and cant injure anyone
25. Innocent - not guilty
26. Noxious - harmful, poisonous, unwholesome(immoral, not conducive character)
27. Bibo - to drink
28. Bibulous - drunkard but humorously, found propped(support against a solid) up the bar
29. Imbibe - in general drinking - he likes to drink - imbibe is also learning
30. Bib - apron like napkin to check drunken or eating from spilling over
31. Cado - to fall
32. Cadaverous - gaunt(very thin), haggard(very thin or burnt out), pale, sunken eyes 
33. Cadaver - corpse
34. Decadent - falling down - decadent state
35. De -down
36. Decline, descend 
37. Doleo - suffer or grieve
38. Dolorous - suffering and grieving, melancholy(feeling of thoughtful sadness)
39. Dolour - grief
40. Doleful - humorously exaggerated dismalness(causing dejection or gloomy), sadness or dreariness
41. Condole- grieve with - condolence
42. Non-Sequitur - it doesn't follow
43. Sequor, secutus - to follow
44. Consecutive - follow in order
45. Persecute - to follow through and hence to annoy
46. Prosecute - to follow before in order to complete - prosecute a campaign or legal proceeding - esp in official capacity
47. Pro - beforehand
48. Pre - through
49. Super - above
50. Superior - above in position or quality
51. Superficial - above surface
52. Superfluous - above what is necessary
53. Supernatural - above natural
54. Supervise - to oversee
55. Cado - to fall
56. Cadence - fall and rise of voice, rhythm or music
57. Occidental - western countries because sun falls
58. Oriental - eastern countries because sun rises
59. Orior - to rise
60. Orient - to adjust in place
61. Disorient - bewilder, confuse
62. Deciduous - falling down or trees whose leaves fall in autumn 
63. Incident - that fall upon or happen
64. Accident - that falls to or towards someone or thing
65. Ad - ac - to, towards
66. Coincident - two things fall together
67. Indolent - dislikes pain but actually lazy, dislike effort
68. dolores

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