Root Vocabulary

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a primary or chief enemyArchenemy
to insistAver
to turn aside or preventAvert
cautious, careful to consider the choices before making a decisionCircumspect
involving perception, memory, reasoning, or any mental abilityCognitive
fond of living the good lifeConvivial
ready to believe with very little evidenceCredulous
a set of beliefsCreed
with a hidden or difficult to understand meaningCryptic
worthy of blameCulpable
tending to clear a person of guiltExculpatory
to associate too closelyFraternize
government ruled by a small group of peopleOligarchy
a feeling of sympathetic pityPathos
being able to sense the futurePrecognition
Professional fighterPugilist
being combative and argumentative by naturePugnacious
to pervert or corruptSubvert
hesitant or uncertainTentative
truthfulnessVeracity
lively and spiritedVivacious