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egocentric

egocentric. s elf-centered e go (I) + centri (center). tangible. touchable t ang (touch)+ i ble (able) +. demagogue. p olitical leader gains power by appealing to mass prejudice d emo (people) + a gog (leader). preclude. prevent p re (before) + c lud (close). cryptologist.

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egocentric

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  1. egocentric • self-centered ego (I) + centri (center)

  2. tangible • touchable tang (touch)+ ible (able) +

  3. demagogue • political leader gains power by appealing to mass prejudice demo (people) + agog (leader)

  4. preclude • prevent pre (before) + clud (close)

  5. cryptologist • code breaker crypt (hidden) + logy (science) + ist (one who)

  6. ethnocentrism • racial or cultural prejudice ethno (race or culture) + centri (center)

  7. pedagogue • teacher ped (child) + agog (leader)

  8. recant • withdraw a statement re (again) + cant (sing)

  9. revoke • cancel re (again) + voc (voice)

  10. pugnacious • combative pugn (fight) + ous (full of)

  11. incisive • sharp; cutting in (into) + cise (cut)

  12. diatribe • abusive criticism dia (through) + trib (pay)

  13. anomaly • abnormality an (without) + homo (same)

  14. enumerate • to list or count e = ex (out) + numer (group) + ate (cause)

  15. circumscribed • limited circum(around) + scrib (write)

  16. intercede • mediate inter (between) + cede (go)

  17. disputatious • argumentative dis (away) + put (think) + ous (full of)

  18. loquacious • talkative loqu (talk) + ous(full of)

  19. abrogate • abolish, to do away with ab (away) + rogat (ask)

  20. prescience • foreknowledge pre (before) + sci (know) +

  21. sacrosanct • sacred sacro (holy) + sanct (holy)

  22. androgynous • masculine & feminine andro (male) + gyn(woman) + ous (full of)

  23. acronym • word from initial letters acro (high) + nym (name)

  24. congenital • at birth con (together) + gen (origin)

  25. cacophony • bad noise con (together) + gen (origin)

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