THE WORD WITHIN THE WORD LIST 69 GREEK

THE WORD WITHIN THE WORD LIST 69

GREEK AND LATIN STEMS • • • AD—TO TEN—THIN EXTRA—BEYOND PRO—FORWARD FUNDUS—BOTTOM SE—APART IN—IN PER—THROUGH VEN—COME PHAN—TO SHOW • • • PRO—BEFORE LEGEIN—TO SPEAK HEDONE—DELIGHT ISM—DOCTRINE PATER—FATHER MIS—BAD CRED—BELIEVE TERR—LAND DE—FROM ATE—CAUSE

ATTENUATED • ADJECTIVE • WEAKENED IN FORCE OR STRENGTH; MADE THIN, SLENDER, OR FINE HE STARED AT THE FEEBLE AND ATTENUATED LIMBS OF THE P. O. W. ’S.

EXTRANEOUS • ADJECTIVE • COMING FROM OUTSIDE, EXTERNAL, FOREIGN EXTRANEOUS DEMANDS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO GET HER HOMEWORK COMPLETED.

PROFOUND • NOUN • OF DEEP MEANING NED’S TEACHER WAS AMAZED AT THE PROFOUND IDEAS HE CAME UP WITH WHILE ANALYZING THE POETRY.

SEDULOUS • ADJECTIVE • DILIGENT, PERSEVERING MARCIA IS A SEDULOUS ATHLETE WHO CONTINUES TO PUSH HERSELF TOWARDS SUCCESS.

INCUNABULA • NOUN • INFANCY; THE FIRST STAGES OF ANYTHING I LET MY EDITOR PROOFREAD THE INCUNABULA OF MY FIRST NOVEL.

PARVENU • NOUN • PERSON WHO HAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED WEALTH BUT IS NOT YET RECOGNIZED SOCIALLY THE PARVENU’S WEALTH DID NOT BUY HIM ACCEPTANCE IN HIS NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

SYCOPHANT • NOUN • ONE WHO TRIES TO PLEASE OTHERS IN ORDER TO GAIN PERSONAL ADVANTAGE (AN OBSEQUIOUS PARASITE) THE ENTOURAGE WHO CONSTANTLY SWARM BRITNEY SPEARS CONSISTS OF SYCOPHANTS LOOKING TO BECOME CELEBRITIES.

ADAGIO • ADJECTIVE • VERY SLOW OR LEISURELY (AS IN MUSIC) THE SOOTHING ADAGIO TUNE PUT AVERY TO SLEEP IN NO TIME.

DESUETUDE • NOUN • THE STATE OF BEING NO LONGER USED OR PRACTICED; DISUSE MANY LAWS THAT ARE STILL IN EFFECT HAVE FALLEN INTO DESUETUDE.

PROLEGOMENON • NOUN • PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OR DISCUSSION; OFTEN INTRODUCING A LONGER WRITTEN PIECE SHE BEGAN HER THESIS PAPER WITH A BRIEF PROLEGOMENON.

HEDONISM • NOUN • DOCTRINE THAT PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS; DEVOTION TO PLEASURE WITH HEDONISTIC DELIGHT, THE BEAR SNOOZED AFTER HIS BIG MEAL OF SALMON.

NARCISSISM • NOUN • EXCESSIVE SELF-LOVE; VANITY LEE WAS SO OBSESSED WITH HIS OWN NARCISSISM THAT IT OFTEN GOT HIM IN TROUBLE WITH HIS WIFE.

PATRICIAN • NOUN • A PERSON OF NOBLE OR HIGH RANK; ARISTOCRAT MONTAGUE AND CAPULET WOULD BE CONSIDERED PATRICIANS DUE TO BOTH THEIR WEALTH AND SOCIAL STATUS.

MISCREANT • NOUN • AN EVIL-DOER OR VILLIAN HE IS A MISCREANT AND IS KNOWN TO TELL LIES AND CHEAT.

TERRA FIRMA • NOUN • FIRM OR SOLID EARTH WE WERE RELEIVED TO REACH THE TERRA FIRMA AFTER TRAVELING THROUGH THE MUDDY BOG. MY MOTHER STOOD ON TERRA FIRMA WHEN IT CAME TO MY CURFEW.