Root: hab, hib, (lib)

Meaning: to have, to hold as customary

 

1. habiliment : equipment
2. habitude: customary condition
3. inhabit : dwell
4. prohibit : to forbid
5. inhibit : restrain

 

Root: no, not, note, notation

Meaning: knowledge, known

 

1. notoriety : bad repute
2. connotation : a secondary meaning
3. connoisseur : expert in matters of art
4. incognito : to avoid notice
5. quaint : strange, pleasant

 

Context:

 

1. Clothes as worn by people in particular profession is habiliment
2. A person’s habitude reflects his belief
3. Weird notions inhabit is mind
4. Smoking is prohibited here
5. His extreme inhibition made him go unnoticed in the meeting
6. His notoriety lent him no credibility
7. The word fireplace has a possible connotation of hospitality
8. A connoisseur is reliable in matters of taste and fine arts
9. The star decided to travel incognito to avoid fans
10. The quaint old house evoked happy memories

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