The Word Within the Word: List 32

List 32

Hypo: under
Dox: opinion
Put: think
Mega: large
Alter: other
Contra: against
Con: together
Circum: around
Sol: alone
Fy: make
Ous: full of
Hetero: different
Pater: father
Ver: true
Sangui: blood
Ego: I
Ven: come
Flu: flow
Loqu: talk
Moll: soft
Greg: group
Tion: act or state

Hypothecate: pledge as security
Heterodox: unorthodox
Paterfamilias: male head of family
Putative: thought-to-be
Aver: affirm or declare
Megaton: force of a million tons of dynamite
Sangfroid: cold-blooded composure
Alter-ego: second self
Altercation: heated dispute
Contravene: go against
Confluence: a flowing together
Circumlocution: talking in circles
Soliloquy: speech to oneself
Mollify: make soft
Gregarious: sociable