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Word Within the Word. List 53. incuse (adj.). Stems:. in =. in. cud =. strike. The copper plate had an incuse design. incuse. hammered in. incise (v.). Stems:. cise =. cut. The surgeon had to incise into the knee to repair the damage. incise. to cut in. rhinoplasty (n.).

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  1. Word Within the Word List 53

  2. incuse (adj.) Stems: in = in cud = strike The copper plate had an incuse design.

  3. incuse hammered in

  4. incise (v.) Stems: cise = cut The surgeon had to incise into the knee to repair the damage.

  5. incise to cut in

  6. rhinoplasty (n.) Stems: rhino= nose plasto= molded The expensive rhinoplasty did not correct his broken nose.

  7. rhinoplasty plastic surgery on the nose

  8. necromancy Stems: necro= death The Haitian necromancer claimed the dead told her the future.

  9. necromancy sorcery

  10. exeunt omnes (n.) Stems: omni= all At the end of the play, the playwright had written the direction, exeunt omnes.

  11. Exeunt omnes Stage direction meaning, “all leave”

  12. quadrilateral (n.) Stems: quadr= four In geometry he was studying a quadrilateral polygon.

  13. quadrilateral four-sided

  14. ipse dixit Stems: say dict= His statement was ipse dixit – completely without proof.

  15. Ipse dixit arbitrary statement

  16. aqua vitae Stems: aqua= water He detected the pungent aroma of aqua vitae through the tavern window.

  17. Aqua vitae An alcoholic drink from the Middle Ages

  18. isocracy (n.) Stems: same iso= The remote tribe was an isocracy and had no appointed leader.

  19. isocracy a government in which all citizens have equal power

  20. phantasmagoria (n.) Stems: appearance phan= In his nightmare he saw a phantasmagoria of faces and objects.

  21. phantasmagoria rapidly changing, fantastic images – as in a dream

  22. prescience(n.) Stems: knowledge sci= His prescience gave him a warning before the calamity hit.

  23. prescience foreknowledge

  24. anomaly (n.) Stems: without a= same homo= The result from the experiment was an anomaly .

  25. anomaly an abnormality

  26. recant (v.) Stems: sing cant= Galileo was forced to recant his statement about the universe, in favor of one that was geocentric.

  27. recant retract

  28. preclude (v.) Stems: close clude= Your application was incomplete, which precludes you from being considered for the scholarship.

  29. preclude closed prior to beingconsidered

  30. circumscribe (v.) Stems: circum= around The behavior of students is carefully circumscribed.

  31. circumscribe limit

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