1. mollify
to calm; pacify
moll (soft) +
fy (make)

2. ichthyologist fish scientist ichthy (fish)+ logy (science) +
ist (one who)

3. polyglot
multi-linguist
poly (many) +
glot (tongue)

4. diaphanous semitransparent dia (through) + phan (appearance) +
ous (full of)

5. somniferous bringing sleep; boring somn (sleep) + fer (carry) +
ous (full of)

6. sinecure
easy, lucrative job
sine (without) +
cure (care)

7. soliloquy
speech to oneself
sol (alone) +
loqu (talk)

8. adherent
supporter
ad (to) +
here (stick)

9. abjure
swear to give up
ab (away) +
jur (swear)

10. caustic
sarcastic; corrosive
caust (burn)

11. confluence
flowing together
con (together) +
flu (flow)

12. depose
topple from power
de (down) +
pos (put)

13. egomania
self-obsession
ego (I) +
mania (madness)

14. egregious
outrageously bad
e = ex (out) +
greg (group) +
ous (full of)

15. analgesic
painkiller
an- (without) +
algia (pain)

16. chiromancy
palm reading
chiro (hand) +
mancy (divine knowledge)

17. oligarchy
government by a few
olig (few) +
archy (government)

18. intractable in (not) + tract (pull) + able
difficult to manage or control
in (not) +
tract (pull) +
able

19. intransigent refusing to change mind in (not) +
transigent (compromising)

20. perfidious not able to be trusted per (through) + fid (faith) +
ous (full of)

21. perspicuous brilliantly clear per (through) + spic = spec (look) +
ous (full of)

22. ingenuous
innocent or naïve
in (in) +
gen (origin) +
ous (full of)

23. circumlocution circum (around) + locu (talk)
indirect speech; talking around an issue
circum (around) +
locu (talk)

24. gregarious
sociable
greg (group) +
ous (full of)

25. discursive
rambling
dis (away) +
curs (run)