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pre - (before) a priori gen - (origin) parthenogenisis jur - (swear) objurgation sopor - (sleep) soporific ped - (foot) sesquipedalian lin - (line) delineate tomy - (cut) dichotomy tort - (twist) tortuous ob - (against) objurgation sesqui - (one and a half) sesquipedalian nec - (kill) internecine post - (after) a posteriori son - (sound) assonancedemo - (people) demonic inter - (between) internecine cracy - (government) plutocracy phan - (appearance) epiphany dicho - (in two parts) dichotomy sui - (self) sui generis partheno - (virgin) parthenogenisis pluto - (weatlh) plutocracy a priori - (from theory) The theory was developed through deduction from principle, a priori. a posteriori - (from observation) The idea was reached inductively from evidence, a posteriori parthenogenesis - (unfertilized birth) Athena was born by parthenogenesis from Zeus's forehead. assonance - (vowel repetition) Notice the assonance of the words croon, duel, and tube. objurgation - (rebuke) We read the teacher's red penned objurgations on the term paper. demotic - (of the common people) We studied the demotic alleyway ific - (sleep-inducing) His soporific platitudes bored everyone in the audience. i nternecine - (mutually destructive) Their internecine wars doomed the barbarian tribes. sesquipedalian - (very long words) Having a sesquipedalian vocabulary is fun. sui generis - (unique) Her self-originated style was bodly sui generis. plutocracy - (government of wealthy) The democracy degenerated into a plutocracy. delineate - (to outline) Please quickly delineate the features of your plan. dichotomy - (two part division) Is there a clear dichotomy between the two choices? epiphany - (revelation) In a sudden epiphany, he saw the solution! tortuous - (twisting) The tortuous highway winds through the hills of West Virginia.