Word Within the Word Lists #31-35

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confluence

a flowing together

gastronome

a gourmet or epicure

trans

across

tion

act or state

aver

affirm or declare

post

after

re

again

contra

against

ob

against

omni

all

omniscient

all-knowing

sol

alone

non sequitur

an idea that does not follow

circum

around

pathetic fallacy

ascribing feelings to things

impugn

attack as false

caco

bad

mal

bad

cacophony

bad noise

neophyte

beginner

nihilism

belief in nothing

cred

believe

inter

between

culp

blame

benediction

blessing

sangui

blood

ambi

both

perfidy

breach of faith

sedate

calm

port

carry

centri

center

muta

change

transmogrify

change form

sangfroid

cold-blooded composure

ven

come

postlude

concluding section

omnibus

covering many things

clam

cry out

obit

death

hetero

different

imponderable

difficult to ponder

ism

doctrine

monism

doctrine that reality is one

de

down

fid

faith

pater

father

path

feeling

pugn

fight

flu

flow

sequ

follow

megaton

force of a million tons of dynamite

exculpate

free from blame

ous

full of

circumvent

get around

contravene

go against

bene

good

archy

government

greg

group

altercation

heated dispute

sacro

holy

sanct

holy

sotto voce

in a low voice

in

in or not

in medias res

in the middle of things

intro

into

introspective

inward looking

cogn

know

sci

know

terr

land

mega

large

viv

life

inanimate

lifeless

luc

light

vivacious

lively

spec

look

vid

look

bas

low

condescend

lower oneself

malapropism

ludicrous misuse of a word

fy

make

mollify

make soft

paterfamilias

male head of family

anthropo

man

anthropocentric

man-centered

monolithic

massive and uniform

ratiocination

methodical thinking

medi

middle

anim

mind

neo

new

in

not

non

not

incredulous

not believing

nihil

nothing

epi

on

mono

one

uni

one

unilateral

one-sided

dox

opinion

alter

other

ex

out

super

over

obiter dictum

passing remark

nonplussed

perplexed

phyte

plant

hypothecate

pledge as security

interdiction

prohibition

hierarchy

ranking

supersede

replace

lith

rock

sacrosanct

sacred

dict

say

alter ego

second self

vide

see

auto

self

egocentric

self-centered

autodidact

self-taught person

translucent

semitransparent

obsequious

servilely following

acr

sharp

acerbity

sharpness of temper

lat

side

sed

sit

interstice

small space

gregarious

sociable

moll

soft

phon

sound

declaim

speak rhetorically

soliloquy

speech to oneself

gastro

stomach

portly

stout

fort

strong

forte

strong point

helio

sun

heliotropic

sun-following

circumambient

surrounding

retort

swift reply

loqu

talk

loquacious

talkative

circumlocution

talking in circles

put

think

putative

thought-to-be

per

through

abase

to lower

au contraire

to the contrary

con

together

tang

touch

tangible

touchable

reify

treat as real

ver

true

trop

turn

tort

twist

hypo

under

terra incognita

unknown land

heterodox

unorthodox

fortissimo

very loudly

voc

voice

ambul

walk

perambulate

wander through

pond

weight

lycanthrope

werewolf

mutatis mutandis

with necessary changes

epigram

witty comment

lykos

wolf

gram

writing

ego

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