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Wizened:

• Withered
• Shriveled
• Looking Wrinkled
• Dried up with age

Pronounced as Wizz + nd.

Memory Cue: Old -> Wise -> Wizened

Situational Use:

• The wizened, old man was surprisingly sharp for his age.
• Pollution wizened the blooming flower despite of it being the spring season.

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Ophthalmologist:

• An eye doctor
• A physician qualified to diagnose and treat eye diseases and conditions

Pronounced as Off + Th (from Thing) + Ul (Like Um in Umbrella) + Mo (from Monday) + Law + Jist / Gist. Also pronounced beginning as Op.

Ophthalmologist comes from the Greek root - Ophthalmos meaning Eyes or the Eyeballs and Logo – Reason (Used in the manner of Studying scientifically / Research)

Have you ever been to an Ophthalmologist? Or an optometrist?

What’s the difference?

The Optometrist measures your eyesight and is not also a trained doctor just as an Ophthalmologist is. [Correction by Jason T. Flores O.D. - Thanks a trillion for helping us! ]

Roots of Optometrist?

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Ciliated:

• Having minute hair / projecting threads
• Eyelashes
  
• Micro-organisms with thread-like projections for the purpose of locomotion.
  

Pronounced as See + Lee + Ate + Ed.

Derived from Latin Cilium meaning Eyelashes.

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Wary: Being cautious and watchful

Pronounced as Way (emphasized) + Ree {Listen to it here}

It comes from Old English Warian meaning to be on guard. It is also the root of the word – Beware meaning to be vigilant.

Situational Uses:

• During an economic downturn, even the brokers are wary of the stock-markets.
• Be wary of the recent barrage of emails claiming that you’ve won a prize.

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Pronounced as Ree + Seed (emphasized) {Listen to it here}

Comes from Latin Recedere which means to go back.

It is based on the Latin cedere meaning to give way, which is the root for:

• Cede – Surrender something
• Concede – Grant rights to
• Precede – To come before
• Excess – More than enough

How many other words do you think are based on the root ‘cede‘?

Situational Uses / Sentences:

• Fish became stranded in the hull of the vessel during receding tides.
• The most common cause of sensitive teeth in adults is exposed tooth roots due to receding gums.
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Euphemism is pronounced as U (as You) [emphasized] + F or Ph (from Phone) + Mism {Listen to it here}

It is derived from Greek Euphemismos [ = Eu (good) + Pheme (speech)] meaning to speak with pleasing words.

Situational Uses:

• In his effort to be extremely polite, he chose to be euphemistic too.
• The phrase “collateral damage” is a euphemism for injury to civilians during a military operation.

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Pronounced as Say (emphasized) + Shee + Ate {Listen to it here}

Based on the Latin root Satis meaning enough which is also the root for Satisfy.

Situational Uses / Sentences:

• She satiated herself at dinner.
• “The novel left him well satiated for the night. Tomorrow shall be another day.”

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Pronounced as Trep + Uh + Day (emphasized) + Shun {Listen to it here}

Origin: Latin root Trepidare meaning to startle or to be agitated.

Situational Uses / Sentences:

• The students are looking forward to the experiment with great excitement and trepidation.
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Pronounced as Dis + Sent (emphasized) {Listen to it here}

It comes from Latin Dissentire meaning to feel differently. Dissentire = Dis + Sentire (to feel)

Situational Uses / Sentences:

• The crowd displayed their dissent before the law enforcers by openly flouting rules.
• Chinese government censors are scouring the internet for signs of dissent. Source: The Economist

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WeboWord’s daily word for 16th Oct. 2009.

Also means:

• To give off a faint or intermittent light
• A small or indistinct appearance of something

Pronounced as Glimps {Listen to it here}

It comes from a prehistoric Germanic word which is the also the root of the word – Gleam (meaning to shine brightly).

Situational Uses / Sentences:

• First Glimpse at What the Chrome Browser May Look Like in Chrome OS – LifeHacker.com
• The studios are increasingly providing behind-the-scenes glimpses at the making of new releases.

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