Word Lovers Blog: Let's Break Down The Word of The Day! (Root Edition!/June 24th)

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 THE WORD OF THE DAY: acentrous

Pronounced: ā-sen-tr-uhs

Latin from Greek a-(not ,without) + Gk centr-(center, spiny):

ACENTROUS - Lacking a spine, lacking a center

Adjective

Latin from Greek + Greek + English combining form

(PS- I will put harder words but for right now I don't have much time so I'm putting simpler words with meaningful roots! :D)

Thank you for reading! I hope you learned something new! Who knew there was a word which means 'lacking a spine/center'?

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