47. WPME p. 392
scribo, scriptus, to write
proscribe
malus, bad
malign
dico, dictus, to say or tell
malediction
facio, to do or make
malefactor
bonus, bene, good, well
benevolent
fides, faith
infedility
dono, to give
condone
nox, noctis, night
equinox
equus, horse
equestrian
libra, balance, pound
equilibrium
taceo, to be silent
taciturn
laquor, to speak
loquacious
solus, alone
soliloquy
venter, ventris, belly
ventral
magnus, big, large
magniloquence
verbum, word
verbatim
volvo, volutus, to roll
voluble
dorsum, back
endorse
vox, vocis, voice
vocal
fero, to bear or carry
vociferous
ambulo, to walk
somnabulist
somus, sleep
somnolent
phanein, to show
sycophant
vir, man, male
virago
pater, patris, father
patricide
onyma, name
synonym
homos, the same
homonym
phone, sound
homophone
archein, to rule
matriarch
mater, matris, mother
matriarch
caedo (-cide), killing, kill
suicide
homo, person
homicide
uxor, wife
uxorious
maritus, husband
matricide
pyros, fire
pyromania
theos, God
atheist
vivo, to live
viviparous
credo, to believe
credulous
pungo, to pierce sharply
pungency
unus, one
unanimous
trepido, to tremble
intrepid
scintilla, spark
scintillate
urbs, city
urbanity
rus, ruris, country (countryside)
rural, rustic
gnosis, knowledge
prognosis
pan, all
pantheism
omnis, all
omniscient
disparage—praise
O
proscribe—prohibit
s
placate—irritate
O
taciturn—talkative
O
cogent—brilliant
s
atheistic—religious
O
convivial—unfriendly
O
ingenuous—naïve
S
perspicacious—keen-minded
s
intrepid—fearful
O
malign—praise
O
inarticulate—verbal
O
verbose—laconic
O
tyro—virtuoso
O
megalomania—modesty
O
satyriasis—nymphomania
O
claustrophobia—agoraphobia
O
indefatigability—tirelessness
S
credulous—skeptical
O
animosity—hostility
s
is lewd and lustful
lecher
caters to the rich
sycophant
is an accomplished musician
virtuoso
sneers at traditions
iconoclast
is the mother-ruler of a family tribe, or
nation
matriarch
has an irresistable urge to steal
kleptomaniac
is excessively patriotic
chauvinist
is a loud-mouthed woman
termagant
is a beginner
tyro
is a dabbler
dilettante
does not know whether or not God exists
agnostic
is a criminal
malefactor
is a connoisseur of good food
gourmet
sets fires for revenge
incendiary
meets adversity or pain without flinching
stoic
walks in his sleep
somnambulist
is obsessively addicted to drink
dipsomaniac
has imaginary ailments
hypochondriac
compulsively sets fires
pyromaniac
is a woman who is sexually insatiable
nymphomaniac
to make unnecessary
obviate
to flatter fulsomely
adulate
to spread slander about
malign
economical in speech
laconic
trite and hackneyed
banal
word for word
verbatim
killing of masses of people
genocide
inheritance from one’s father
patrimony
belief in many gods
polytheism
a person aggressively fighting for a cause
militant
sincere; valid; in good faith
bona fide
babbling ceaselessly about trivia (adj.)
garrulous
to speak to oneself, as in a play
soliloquize
masterpiece
magnum opus
unselfish; not revengeful
magnum opus
able to walk after being bedridden
ambulatory
inability to fall asleep
insomnia
morbid fear of heights
acrophobia
the killing of one’s brother
fatricide
opposite in meaning (adj.)
antonymous
“joy of life”
joie de vivre
to rob of life or vigor
devitalize
inexperience, unsophistication
naivete
scrupulously careful in the observance of proper procedure
punctilious
clear, understandable (of style or language)
perspicuous
wary, cautious, watchful
circumspect
a backward look
retrospect
all of one mind (adj.)
unanimous
uncomplaining in face of pain, misfortune, or emotional difficulties (adj.)
stoical
between cities (adj.)
interurban