WWW List 21

equivocate

to hedge
equi-equal
voc-voice
ate-cause

superfluous

unnecessary
super-over
flu-flow
ous-full of

bilateral

two-sided
bi-two
lat-side

unilateral

one-sided
uni-one
lat-side

circumspect

cautious
circum-around
spect-look

commensurate

of like measure
com-together
mens-measure
ate-cause

malevolence

evil intent
mal-bad
vol-will

neophyte

beginner
neo-new
phyte-plant

misanthropist

people-hater
mis-bad
antropo-man
ist-one who

bellicose

warlike
bell-war

anthropomorphic

man-shaped
antropo-man
morph-shape

captious

fault-finding
cap-take
ous-full of

neologism

new word
neo-new
log-word or reason
ism-doctrine

malediction

a curse
mal-bad
dict-say
tion-act or state

incredulous

not believing
in-in or not
cred-believe
ous-full of

magnanimous

great-minded
magn-great
anim-mind
ous-full of

omniscient

all-knowing
omni-all

monomania

obsession with one thing
mono-one
mania-madness

specious

false
spec-look
ous-full of

excoriate

verbally flog
ex-out
ate-cause

prototype

first model
proto-first

xenophobia

fear of foreigners
xeno-stranger
phobia-fear

benediction

blessing
bene-good
dict-say
tion-act or state

amorphous

shapeless
a-not
morph-shape
ous-full of

preponderance

bulk
pre-before
pond-weight