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stems (words) 29/30

  1. colloquy
    conversatoin
  2. viable
    able to live
  3. synopsis
    summary
  4. terra firma
    solid ground
  5. sanction
    authorize
  6. Russophobe
    one who fears Russia
  7. prognosis
    medical forecast
  8. polychrome
    many-colored
  9. philanthropy
    love of mankind
  10. persipicacity
    insight
  11. mobocracy
    mob rule
  12. gerontocracy
    government of the old
  13. magniloquence
    great eloquence
  14. kleptomaniac
    pathological thief
  15. joie de vivre
    joy of living
  16. in loco parentis
    in place of parents
  17. mundane
    worldly
  18. synthesis
    combination
  19. unequivocal
    direct
  20. nihilism
    belief in nothing
  21. audiophile
    stereo buff
  22. entomology
    insect zoology
  23. omnifarious
    of all kinds
  24. individous
    causing envy
  25. deduction
    reasoning down from principles
  26. induction
    factual reasoning
  27. hagiocracy
    government of saints
  28. diction
    word choice
  29. disconsolate
    inconsolable
  30. disingenuous
    insincere
  31. fractious
    unruly
  32. nondescript
    of no category
  33. prolific
    productive
  34. chronicle
    a history
  35. primeval
    of the first ages
  36. panegyric
    elaborate eulogy
  37. fidelity
    faithfulness
  38. magnum opus
    great work
  39. antediluvian
    from before the Flood
  40. comport
    behave
  41. insurgence
    uprising
  42. expeditiously
    rapidly
  43. renovate
    restore
  44. carnage
    butchery
  45. decadent
    downfallen
  46. supercilious
    scornful
  47. inexorable
    inescapable
  48. emissary
    messenger
  49. improvident
    without foresight
  50. moribund
    dying
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stems (words) 29/30
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