1. Roots List 26

2. When I draw your name, I will ask you to read aloud one of the sets below, then share a NEW sentence of your own. Friday, we’ll have a quiz on all 25 words. No generic sentences like “I looked up the word cephalopod.”
1) delineate: to outline He will quickly delineate the options. 2 ) retrograde: backward The planet seems to move in a retrograde motion. 3) epiphany: revelation The epiphany was a flash, a sudden appearance of insight.

3. When I draw your name, I will ask you to read aloud one of the sets below, then share a NEW sentence of your own. Friday, we’ll have a quiz on all 25 words. No generic sentences like “I looked up the word cephalopod.”
1) inherent: built-in Americans possess an inherent right to free speech. 2 ) plutocracy: government of the wealthy Is the nation controlled by plutocrats? 3) sine qua non: essential element Money was the sine qua non for acceptance.

4. When I draw your name, I will ask you to read aloud one of the sets below, then share a NEW sentence of your own. Friday, we’ll have a quiz on all 25 words. No generic sentences like “I looked up the word cephalopod.”
1) corpulent: full bodied His corpulence was caused by his gluttony. 2 ) vociferous: loudly voiced His vociferous protests could be heard for blocks. 3) rectify: to correct Please take steps to rectify the situation and make it right.

5. softener He bought a bottle of creamy emollient for his skin.

6. Dark sadness Some people feel a certain melancholy on rainy days.

7. Within the skull Intracranial surgery will not exorcise her demons.

8. Of the heart and vessels You need cardiovascular exercise.

9. histology Study of living tissues
The classic histology textbook was out of print.

10. Orbital point nearest the sun The planet reached perihelion.

11. Two-part division The right/wrong dichotomy seemed simplistic.

12. diseased The fascist dictator was a pathological liar.

13. Having hidden meaning We found a cryptic inscription in the stone.
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Having hidden meaning
We found a cryptic inscription in the stone.

14. Having two equal sides He drew an isosceles trapezoid on the board.

15. Disease-causer The team’s careful search did not locate the pathogen.

16. Affectedly holy His sanctimonious lectures were hypocritical.

17. twisting The tortuous mountain highway wound steeply up.

18. Right-angled Do you like the building’s rectilinear architecture?

19. Change of shape The insect’s metamorphosis was miraculous.

20. Rock carving The prehistoric petroglyph was high on the cave wall.