Alphabetical Listing
bell-war
pac/peas-agree/peace
hosp/host-host/guest
am/im-to love
crim-fault/crime
prob/prov-prove/proof
gravheavy/weighty/serious
lev-light/raise/lighten
ag-do/go/lead drive
ven/vent- to come
cap/cep/cip- take or seize
fin- end/boundary
jac/jec- to throw
tract- drag/draw
duc - to lead
sec/sequ - to follow
ambi/amphi - both sides/around
ep/epi - upon, besides, attached to
hypo/hyp - under, beneath, below normal
therm/thermo - warm
poly- many
prim- first
hom/homo - same, alike
dis - apart, opposite of
vor - to eat
carn - flesh
fid- faith
curr/curs - to run
ped - foot
flect/flex - to bend
post - after, behind
mal - bad
cata - down
prot/proto - 1st in time, 1st formed
ante - in front of
orth/ortho - straight, right, true
rect - straight
eu - well, good
dys - bad, difficult, impaired
rog - to ask or propose
quis - to seek or obtain
ple - to fill
metr- to measure
aud - hearing
son - sound
err- wander, stray
ced/cess - to go or proceed
vid/vis - seeing or sight
spic/spec - to look at or behold
voc/vok - speaking or calling
phon - sound, speech
cur - to care for
peri - to go around something
sent/sens - to feel
soph - wisdom
tend/tent - to stretch or extend
pend/pens - to have or weigh down
pan - all, complete
extra - outside or beyond the norm
Cicerone - a guide (esp in a museum)
hector - to bully or intimidate
Hendonism - attitude that pleasure/happiness is chief goal in life
Nestor - senior figure or leader in a field
Spartan - marked by simplicity and self-denial
Stentorian - extremely loud
Stoic - seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain
Sybaritic - marked by a luxurious, sensual way of life
apollonian - harmonious, ordered, calm
bacchanalian - frenzied
delphic - unclear, ambigous
dionysian - frenzied
jovial - jolly, good- natured
mercurial - rapid, unpredictable changes of mood
olympian - lofty, superior
venereal - std’s
ad hoc - for immediate needs
ad hominem - attacking an opponents character rather than their opinions/ideas.
Alter ego - trusted friend
de facto - actual; real in practice, though not normally recognized
de jure - by right of law
ex post facto - after the fact
modus operandi - usual way of doing something
modus vivendi - way of life
calypso - folk song style from the west indies
odyssey - spiritual journey or quest
palladium- precious silver/white metal
Penelope - modest domestic house wife
procrustean - ruthlessly disregarding individual differences
protean - displaying great versatility or variety
Sibyl - female prophet or story teller
siren - woman who lures men to their deaths
augean stable - marked by an accumulation of filth or corruption
dragon’s teeth - seeds of conflict
hades - underground home of the dead
Lethargic - lazy, sluggish
Midas touch - ability to financially gain from any venture
achilles’ heal - weak spot
cassandra - one who predicts misfortune or disater
draconian - extremely servere or cruel
nemesis - powerful, frightening opponent
trojan horse - s/t that works from within to defeat
