The Word Within the Word: List 40

List 40

Vale: farewell
Proto: first
Mal: bad
Sarco: flesh
Gno: know
Ana: up
Ex: out
Magn: great
Super: over
Dict: say
Agon: actor
Ism: doctrine
Phag: eat
Sur: over
Lect: gather
Pos: put
Mort: death
Miss: send

Valediction: farewell speech
Protagonist: leading person
Maladroit: clumsy
Stoicism: indifference to sensation
Sarcophagus: stone coffin
Ignominious: disgraceful
Surrealistic: unrealistically imaginary
Analects: selected writings
Expository: explanatory
Exegesis: critical interpretation
Magnum opus: great work
Moribund: dying
Supercilious: scornful
Diction: word choice
Emissary: messenger