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+|confident
+|adj
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+|
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 |conceited
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 click Expand for words related to '''PIE *kap-''' (to grasp, run after, hunt)
 <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">''to grasp'':<br>accept; anticipate; anticipation; behave; behoof; behoove; cable; capable; capacious; capacity; caption; captious; captivate; captive; captor; capture; case.<br>''to run after, hunt'':<br> catch; catchpoll; cater; chase; conceive; cop; copper; deceive; emancipate; except; forceps; gaffe; haft; have; hawk; heave; heavy; heft; incapacity; inception; incipient; intercept; municipal; occupy; participation; perceive; precept; prince; purchase; receive; recipe; recover; recuperate; sashay; susceptible.</div>
+|-
+|servile
+|adj. belonging to a class of servants or subordinates; under, beneath in rank
+|from ''servilis'' for "slave"
+root: "serve", as in "to serve"
+|from PIE '''''*seruo'''-'' "guardian", which gives us "shepherd", so the shepherd serves the sheep
+|-
+|obsequious
+|
+|
+|
 |-
 |sage
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 |stout
 |adj. having large or strong body; bulky physique
-|
+|from Old French ''estout'' for "brave, fierce, strong"
 |from Old French "estout" for "brave, fierce, proud"
 from PIE '''*stel-''' "to put, stand, put in order"
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-words to add:
-stupefy
+== Other words to know ==
+{| class="wikitable"
-despondent
+|accrue
+|-
-lasx
+|afrobeat
+|-
-fallacy
+|aghast
+|-
-disingenuous
+|amenable
+|-
-dis- = not
+|astute
+|-
-in-
+|banal
+|-
-      genous
+|bel- = war
+|-
-incipient
+|belligerent
+|-
-solicitous
+|callous
+|-
-fallacy
+|causal
+|-
-aghast
+|contentious
+|-
-presumptous
+|cordial
+|-
-repugnant
+|daunting
+|-
-dismal
+|deciduous
+|-
-etymology
+|delectable
+|-
-virulent
+|deliberately
+|-
-vexing
+|despondent
+|-
-banal
+|dis- = not
+|-
-trite
+|disdain
+|-
-formidable
+|disingenuous
+|-
-daunting
+|dismal
+|-
-languid
+|distraught
+|-
-stupor
+|dogmatic
+|-
-lassitude
+|emaciated
+|-
-accrue
+|etymology
+|-
-sanguine
+|fallacy
+|-
-belligerent
+|fallacy
+|-
-bel- = war
+|fiddlehead
+|-
-contentios
+|formidable
+|-
-haphazard
+|fortitude
+|-
-mandate
+|fowl
+|-
-fortitude
+|frailty
+|-
-odious
+|haphazard
+|-
-tempestous
+|hiatus
+|-
-subservience
+|hierarchy
+|-
-insomnia
+|idiosyncrasy
+|-
-lethargy
+|impromptu
+|-
-inundation
+|incipient
+|-
-idiosyncrasy
+|ingenious
+|-
-frailty
+|innuendo
+|-
-coridal
+|insomnia
+|-
-hiatus
+|inundation
+|-
-panacia
+|languid
+|-
-innuendo
+|lassitude
+|-
-astute
+|lax
+|-
-amenable
+|lethargy
+|-
-succulent
+|livid
+|-
-deciduous
+|logic:
+|-
-tussock
+|mandate
+|-
-perrenial
+|nonplussed
+|-
-callous
+|odious
+|-
-nonplussed
+|opposite
+|-
-impromtu
+|panacea
+|-
-distraught
+|perennial
+|-
-dogmatic
+|presumptuous
+|-
-livid
+|repugnant
+|-
-emaciated
+|sanguine
+|-
-delectable
+|solicitous
+|-
-logic:
+|stupefy
+|-
-heiricachy
+|stupor
+|-
-opposite
+|subservience
+|-
-synonymous
+|succulent
+|-
-causal
+|synonymous
+|-
+|tempestuous
+|-
+|trite
+|-
+|tussock
+|-
+|vexing
+|-
+|virulent
+|-
+|}