Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
USMACTSAT
Word Roots 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| superfluous | extraneous |
| superimpose | to put or place one thing over something else |
| superannuated | 1. outworn, old-fashioned, out-of-date 2. forced to retire because of old age or infirmity |
| anterior | located before or toward the front or head |
| antecedent | preceding; a preceding event or circumstance (Victorian literature was one of the antecedents of Modernism) |
| antediluvian | before the flood (the flood that took place in the Bible) |
| antebellum | before the war (the American Civil War) |
| ante meridiem | before noon |
| antechamber | waiting room |
| preamble | introductory statement |
| precocious | unusually advanced or mature in development, esp. mentally |
| precipitate | expedite; hasten the occurrence of something |
| predilection | preference; tendency to think favorably about something |
| precarious | risky, uncertain, potentially dangerous |
| supernal | a fictional language spoken by the gods |
| precedent | something done or said that may be an example or rule to guide later acts of a similar kind |
| posterior | situated toward or on the back; rear |
| posterity | future descendants or generations |
| posthumous | after death, particularly published after the death of the author |
| recur | to occur, or happen, again |
Created by:
hingram2000
Popular SAT sets