Root Words

 

Magnanimous - big-hearted.

Pusillaniomous - faint-hearted.

Equanimity - even-headedness; balanced mind; calm; poise.

Longanimity - patience; resilience; tolerance.

Animosity - hatered; dislike; ill-will; enmity.

Unanimity/Unanimous - one-mindedness.

Animated - high-spirited; liverly; energetic; vivacoius.

 

Democracy - a government by the people.

Autocracy - a system of government by one person with absolute power.

Plutocracy - a system of government where rich people the richest people rule or have power.

Aristocracy - a class of people who hold high social rank.

Bureaucracy - a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state official rather than by elected representatives.

Mobocracy - rule or domination by the masses.

Theocracy - a country that is ruled by religios leaders.

Meritocracy - government or the holding of power by people selected according to merit.

Oligocracy - a government by a small group of powerful people.

Gerontocracy - a state, society or group governed by old people.

 

Creed - a system of religion belief; a faith.

Credible - able to be believed or trusted.

Incredible - impossible or difficult to believe.

Credulous - having or showing too great a readiness to believe things; gullible.

Credence - if you give or lend credence to a theort or story, you believe it.

 

Euphony - a pleasing sound especially in speech.

Euphemism - a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word.

Euphoria - feeling of intense happiness and excitement.

Euthanasia - the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.

Eulogise - to praise someone or something in a speech or piece of writing.

Eulogy - a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, especially a tribute to someone who has just died.

Eureka - a cry of joy or satisfaction when one finds or discovers something.

 

Malafide - carried out in bad faith or with intent to deceive.

Bonafide - made with earnest intent : sincere; a bona fide proposal.

Fidelity - the quality or state of being faithful or loyal.

Infidelity - he action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner.

Confide - tell someone about a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it to others.

 

Genesis - lifeless, about to die.

Engender - to give birth to.

Progeny - one's children, offspring.

Genealogy - the study of family history.

Genocide - the act of killing memebers of a race.

Indigenous - born or grown in a particular region; local

 

Loquacious - talkative.

Eloquent - able to talk with ease; fluent.

Grandiloquent - using fancy words or speech.

Magniloquent - using fancy words or speech.

Soliloquist - a self-talker.

Circumlocution - a round-about talk; indirect or diplomatic talk.

Colloquial - (language) used in talk in an informal way.

Locution - a characteristic manner to talk.

 

Amort - lifeless, about to die.

Moribund - about to die, in the last stages.

Mortician - one who conducts funerals, undertaker.

Mortify - to embarass someone to death (metaphoric); humiliate.

Self-mortification - the act of subjecting one's body to decay and death by giving up food.

 

Omnivore - an animal that can naturally eat both plant and meat.

Omnipresent - present or having an effect everywhere at the same time.

Omniscient - having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight.

Omnipotent - having unlimited power.

 

Philanderer - a lover boy, casanova, casual lover.

Philanthropy - lover for the mankind; humanitarianism, charity

Bibliophile - a lover of books.

Necrophile - a lover of dead bodies (sexual).

Xenophile - a lover of foreigners or foreign things.

Philatelist - a lover of stamps.

Logophile - a lover of words.

Philology - lover for words, language or literature; study of literature or language.

Philogyny - love or admiration for women.

Pedophilia - a (sexual) lover for kids.

Zoophilia - a (sexual) lover for animals.

 

Sage - a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.

Sagacity - acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.

Sagacious - having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd.

Presage - a presentiment or foreboding.

Sapient - having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.

Homosapiens - the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong.

 

Sanguine - cheerful, hopeful and confident about the future

Sanguinary - involving or causing much bloodshed.

Sanguineous - resembling or containing blood.

Sanguisuge - blood sucking, leech.

Sanguinity - feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident.

Consanguinity - of the same blood or origin. specifically : descended from the same ancestor.

Sanguinolent - containing, tinged with, or mixed with blood.

Sang froid - the ability to stay calm in a difficult or dangerous situation; composure.

 

Taciturn - habitually silent, uncommunicative; reticent.

Tacit - implied; not spoken.

 

Vivacious - lively; energetic.

Convival - lively; jovial.

Vivisection - cutting animals for experiments.

Viviparous - giving birth to living beings rather than eggs.