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No. Word Root Meaning Word Meaning

1 astral astro stars relating to the stars

2 astringent stringere bind harsh

3 astronomical astro stars enormously large

4 astute ------- ------- wise

5 asunder ------- ------- into parts6 asylum ------- ------- place of refuge

7 asymmetric meteron measure not symmetrical

8 atavism ------- -------

resemble to remote ancestors rather than

parents

9 atheist theo god one who denies the existence of God

10 atone make amends

11 atrocity ------- ------- brutal deed

12 atrophy ------- ------- wasting away

13 attentive ------- ------- alert and watchful

14 attentuate ------- ------- make thinner

15 attest ------- ------- testify

16 attribute tribus

division of the Roman

people essential quality

17 attrition terrere to rub gradual decrease in numbers

18 atypical typos impression not normal

19 audacious ------- ------- bold

20 audit audi hear examination of accounts

21 augment augere increase increase

22 augury ------- ------- omen

23 august impressive

24 aureole aurum gold halo

25 auroral pertaining to aurora borealis

26 auspicious ------- ------- favouring success

27 austere ------- ------- forbiddingly stern

28 authenticate ------- ------- prove genuine

29 authoritarian augere to create subordinating the individual to the state

30 authoritative augere to create having the weight of authority

31 autocratic auto self having absolute power

32 automaton auto self

mechcanism that initiates actions of the

humans

33 autonomos auto self self governing

34 autopsy auto self examination of a dead body35 auxillary ------- ------- offering or providing help

36 avalanche ------- ------- great mass of falling snow or ice

37 avarice ------- ------- greediness for wealth

38 avenge ------- ------- take vengeance for something

39 aver verus TRUE assert confidently

40 aversion vert turn firm dislike

41 averse vert turn reluctant

42 avert vert turn prevent

at one

Roman Emperor Augustus

From the Roman goddess Aurora

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43 aviary avis bird enclosure for birds

44 avid ------- ------- greedy

45 avocation vocare speak minor occupation

46 avow vocare speak declare openly

47 avuncular avunculus uncle like an uncle

48 awe ------- ------- solemn wonder

49 awl ------- ------- pointed tool used for piercing50 awry ------- ------- distorted

51 axiom ------- ------- self-evident truth requiring no proof

52 azure ------- ------- sky blue

53 babble chatter

54 bacchanalian drunken

55 badger pester

56 badinage ------- ------- teasing conversation

57 baffle ------- ------- frusturate

58 bait ------- ------- tease

59 baleful ------- ------- threatening

60 balk ------- ------- stop short

61 ballast ------- -------

heavy substance used to add stability or

weight

62 balm ------- ------- something that relieves pain

63 banal ------- ------- commonplace

64 bandy ------- ------- discuss lightly

65 bane ------- ------- curse

66 baneful ------- ------- destructive

67 bantering ------- ------- good natured ridiculing

68 barb ------- ------- openly cutting remark

from the immitation of sound

Roman God Bacchus

from the creature's white head and

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