Word Power Made Easy

Word Power Made Easy reading notes

14 How to tak about common phenomena and occurence

2022.02.04

root/suffix/prefix	meaning	Examples
penuria	need, neediness	penurious
fluo	to flow	affluence, influence, fluid
opulentus	wealthy	opulence
ephemera	dayfly	ephemral
vanesco	to vanish	evanesce
-esce	begin to	adolenscent
eu-	good	euphemism
pheme	voice	euphemism
phone	sound	euphony
platypus	broad, flat	plateau, plate , platter, platypus
odyne	pain	anodyne

word	composition	meaning
penury	penuria	dire, abject poverty
penurious	penuria	poverty-stricken, stingy, close-fisted, niggardly, syn parimonious, but penurious is stronger
indigence		milder than penury
destitute		close syn of penurious, noun destitution
affluence	ad + fluo	possesion of money, adj affluent
opulence	opulentus	lavish expenditure and ostentatiously luxurious surroundings, adj opulent
ephemeral	ephemera	short-lived
evanscent	ex + vanesco + ent	fleeting, staying for a short time, vanishing, noun evanescence, evanesce
adolescent	esce	beginning to grow up
evanesce	esce	begin to vanish
convalesce	-esce	begin to get well after illness
putrescent	-esce	beginning to rot
obsolescent	-esce	becoming obsolete
euphemism	eu + pheme	something said in a good voice, indirect
euphony	eu + phone	good sound
eulogy	eu + logos	good speech, a ormal speech of praise, adj, eulogist, v, eulogize, noun eulogist
euphoria	eu	good feelings, adj euphoric
euthanasia	eu + thanatos	good death, method of pianless death
badinage		half-teasing, non-malicious, frivilous banter, intended to amuse
persiflage		syn of badinage, but more derisive, more contempt or mockery
cliche		a pattern of words which was new and fresh but now old
bromide		trite, dull and fallacious remark that show little evidence of original thinking
platitude	platys + tude	dull, trite, hackneyed, but the speaker uses it with an air of novelty
anodyne	an + odyne	drugs that lessen pain or statements that intended to eliminate emotional pain or anxiety

2023.02.02

root/suffix/prefix	meaning	Examples
bovis	latin ox or cow	bovine
-ine	like, similar to, characteristic of	bovine
nostos	greek a return	nostalgia
algos	greek pain	nostalgia
kakos	bad, harsh, ugly	cacophony
phone	sound	cacophony,telephone, euphony, phonograph,saxophone, phonetics, phonics
xylon	wood	xylophone
carnis	flesh	carnivorous
voro	to devour	carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous, voracious
omni	all	omnivorous,omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnibus
potens, potentis	powerful	potentate, impotent, potent, potential
sciens	knowing	omniscient
clam	secretly	clandestine

word	composition	meaning
bovine	bovis + ine	like a cow
leonine	leo + ine	like a lion
canine	canis + ine	like a dog
feline	felis + ine	catlike
procine	porcus + ine	piglike
vulpine	vulpus + ine	foxlike in apperance or temperament, shrew
ursine	ursus + ine	bearlike
lupine	lupus + ine	wolflike
equine	equus + ine	horselike, horsy
piscine	piscis + ine	fishlike
nostalgia	nostos + algos	miss the past
cacophony	kakos + phone	harsh-sounding
cacopsis		eye offending
telephone
euphony
phonograph
saxophone
xylophone	xylon + phone	a musical instrument
phonetics
carnivorous	carnis + voro	meat eating animals
herbivorous	herba + voro	plant eating
omnivorous	omni + voro	eating everything
voracious
omnipotent	omni + potens, potentis	a powerful ruler
impotent	im + potens, potentis	powerless
potent	potens, potentis	powerful
potential	potens, potentis	possessing power or ability not yet exercised
omniscient	omnis + sciens	all-knowning, infinitely wise
omnipresent	omni	present in all places at once
ubiquitous		synonym of omnipresent
omnibus	omni	for all, including all
carnelian	carnis	a reddish color, the color of flesh
carnival	carnis	outdoor entertainment with games, rides, side shows and food
carnal	carnis	signifying pleasures or appetites of the flesh rather than the spirit, sensual, lecherous, lascivious, lubricious
carnage	carnis	great destruction of life
reincarnation	carnis	a rebirth or reapperance
incarnate	carnis	in the flesh
clandestine	clam	secrecy or concelment in the working out of a plan that is dangerous or illegal, syn. surreptitious, stealthy, sneaky, furtive

2022.02.06

word	meaning
enervate	exhaust
castigate	censure, scold; slash at verbally
self-abnegation	deny oneself
recapitulate	summarize
vegetate	stagnate
simulate	pretend
intimate	suggest, hint
commiserate	sympathize
vacillate	waver

2022.02.07

word	composition	meaning
enervate	ex + nervus	nerves have been ripped out, complete devitalization
energy	en + ergon
synergism	syn + ergon	the process by which two or more substances or drugs by working together produce a greater effect in combination
synergy	syn + ergon	alternate form of synergism
castigate		syn. criticize, rebuke, censure, reprimand, berate, stronger than rail at, rank at, slash at, lash out at, tongue-lash
abnegate	ab + nego	denial
decapitate	capitis	chop off someone’s head
capitulum	capitis	little head, the headdings, or title of a chapter
recapitulate	captitis	go through the headdings, e.e summarize
capitulate	captitis	arrange in headings, arrange conditions of surrender, stop resisting and give up
vegetable	vegeto
vegetate	vegeto	do no more than stay alive, stuck in a rut, inactive unstimulating, emotionally and intellectually stagnant

word	composition	meaning
simulation	simulo	copy the real thing, pretending to be the genuine article by taking on a similar apperance
dessimulate	simulo	hide your true feelings by making a pretense of opposite feelings
dissemble	simulo	hide true feelings by pretending the opposite, to conceals the facts by deception, to pretend ignorance of facts rather than admit
intimate	intimus	noun intimacy
intimation	intimus	a significance buried deep in the innermost core
alleviate	levis	to relieve temporarily, not to cure or do away with
relieve	levis	to make light or ease again
elevate	ex + levis	to raise up
leviation	levis	rising through no visible means
levity	levis	lightness in a sense of frivolity, flippancy, joking, a lack of seriousness
commiserate	con + miser	wretched together with
vacillate	vacillate	swing back and forth in indecisions, emotionally
oscillate	oscillum	swing back and forth physically
vacillatory	vacillate	adj. of vacillate
ambivalent	ambi	have conflicting and simultaneous emotions about the same person or thing