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WORD LIST. STEM WORDS. DEMUR. NOUN, VERB STEM: (DE) DOWN to make objection, take exception. POIGNANT. ADJECTIVE STEM: (PUNCT) POINT keenly distressing to the feelings, affecting or moving the emotions. AMBIVALENT. ADJECTIVE STEM: (VAL) WORTH, (LENT) FULL OF
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WORD LIST STEM WORDS
DEMUR • NOUN, VERB • STEM: (DE) DOWN to make objection, take exception
POIGNANT • ADJECTIVE • STEM: (PUNCT) POINT keenly distressing to the feelings, affecting or moving the emotions
AMBIVALENT • ADJECTIVE • STEM: (VAL) WORTH, (LENT) FULL OF having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action
AMBIGUOUS • ADJECTIVE • STEM: (AG) TO DO, (AMBI) BOTH open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations
APPREHEND • VERB • STE: (PRE) BEFORE, (AD) TO, (HEND) GRASP to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority
INDOLENT • ADJECTIVE • STEM: (IN) NOT,(DOL) SUFFER having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful
GREGARIOUS • ADJECTIVE • STEM: (GREG) GROUP fond of the company of others; sociable
ALTERCATION • NOUN • STEM: (ALTER) OTHER a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy
ALTER EGO • NOUN • STEM (EGO) I a second self; a perfect substitute or deputy
MOLLIFY • VERB • STEM: (MOLL) SOFT to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease