Word Within the Word List #66

ob

(against) objurgate

phan

(appearance) epiphany

apo

(away) apophasis

re

(back) rebuke

inter

(between) internecine

phor

(carry) euphoria

ate

(cause) pontificate

tomy

(cut) dichotomy

cup

(desire) cupidity

odious

(disgusting) Her too-tractable fiance now seemed simple and odious to Ester.

visage

(face) The murdered king's hollow visage stared pallidly at the moonlit battlement.

euphoria

(feeling of well-being) A warm euphoria crept over her as she slipped into the water.

proto

(first) protocol

mend

(flaw) medacious

ous

(full of) odious

eu

(good) euphoria

cupidity

(greed) The scaly, European dragon is known for his bootless cupidity.

nec

(kill) internecine

vid

(look) visage

fic

(make) pontificate

apophasis

(mention by denial) "I won't even mention..." he began, in a clumsy apophasis.

Internecine

(mutually destructive) The internecine conflicts of Eastern Europe are ancient.

epi

(on) epiphany

objurgation

(rebuke) The objurgations of Cinderella's stepsisters hurt her feelings.

epiphany

(revelation) It was no epiphany; Lincoln found Grant through process of elimination.

protocol

(rules of ceremony) Protocol called for Alice to flatter the Caterpillar.

phan

(say) apophasis

rebuke

(sharp reprimand) Lady Macbeth rebuked her husband for his hesitant apprehension.

sopor

(sleep) soporific

soporific

(sleep-inducing) The big meal had a soporific effect on the Cyclops.

pontificate

(speak dogmatically) Nixon pontificated to Kennedy on his duties as a citizen.

jur

(swear) objurgate

dicho

(two parts) dichotomy

dichotomy

(two-part division) Modern life transcends many traditional dichotomies.

mendacious

(untruthful) The egregiously mendacious tale lacked a semblance of verisimilitude.

uxor

(wife) uxorious

uxorious

(wife-doting) The uxorious husband was blind to his wife's limitations.