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EXAMPLE   obsequious



  16. queror                                                                        _________________

  EXAMPLE   querulous

  17. cilium                                                                        _________________


  EXAMPLE   supercilious

  18. super-                                                                        _________________

  EXAMPLE   superior


  19. strepo                                                                        _________________

  EXAMPLE   obstreperous

  20. pecus                                                                         _________________


  EXAMPLE   impecunious

  21. equus                                                                         _________________

  EXAMPLE   equine


  22. caballus (caval-)                                                             _________________

  EXAMPLE   cavalier

  23. loquor, locutus                                                               _________________


  EXAMPLE   circumlocution

  24. cado                                                                          _________________

  EXAMPLE   decadence


  25. vanesco                                                                       _________________

  EXAMPLE   evanescent




  III—same or opposite?


   1. penury—affluence

  SAME      OPPOSITE
   2. vicarious—secondhand

  SAME      OPPOSITE
   3. ephemeral—evanescent

  SAME      OPPOSITE
   4. badinage—persiflage

  SAME      OPPOSITE
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