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Lacking harmony or agreement; conflicting
discordant – adj. Lacking harmony or agreement; conflicting discordance – noun discordantly – adv. Eventually, the two discordant personalities made peace with each other.
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Highly unstable; explosive
volatile – adj. Highly unstable; explosive volatility – noun His volatile temper often got him in trouble with the law.
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distend - verb To swell; extend Overeating had distended his stomach.
The sea distended about them.
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fecund – adj. fertile; productive
The fecund farmland provided the farmer with his best crop ever.
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A “feeling” a word suggests.
connotation - noun a meaning that is implied or suggested. A “feeling” a word suggests. A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”
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Affixes Prefix: poly Definition: many Examples: polygon, polyculture
Suffix: -ish Definition: belonging to, like, tending to, near or about; forms adjectives from nouns or other adjectives Examples: Spanish, babyish, freakish, sevenish, reddish
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