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WWW Vocab. Words
word within the word vocabulary(not roots) for list # 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antedate | to put on before |
| antecedent | go before (cedere- to go before) |
| antebellumn | before war |
| anterior | situated in front |
| antemeridiem | before noon |
| antepenult | third to last (penultimate, penul=almost, timate=last) |
| antiaircraft | designed for or used in defense against enemy aircraft. |
| antibody | body's defense against bacteria |
| anticlimax | comes afterboiling point in literature |
| anticline | comes after boiling point in literature (against cline, going DOWN) |
| antitoxin | fights against poison |
| antithesis | opposite of whatever- ideas, people plan |
| bilateral | two sided (strucutre or agreement) |
| bicycle | 2 wheeled vehicle |
| binary | based on two places or parts |
| bimonthly | occuring every other month |
| biped | two footed animal (ped-foot, pedestrian, TWO FOOTED walking person) |
| bipolar | opposite expression |
| binocular | two tubes in which a person looks through to see things closer than they are actually are |
| bicuspid | having or ending in 2 points (cuspid-point) |
| circum navigate | going around entirely |
| circumspect | watchful: cautious (specere-to look) |
| circumvent | going around; bypass. devious |
| circumlocution | indirect way of speaking (logui- to speak) |
| circus | large public entertainment usually set up in several large tents |
| combination | to put 2 or more things together |
| comfort | to sooth (fortas-strong) |
| commensurate | to measure together (meneuratus- to measure) |
| common | together |
| complete | to finish (plere-to fill) |
| combo | slang for combination small group of jazz musicians |
| contract | agreement made by 2 parties that is enforced by law (trahere-to draw) |
| confidence | person has trust in other pesron (fidere- to trust) |
| confine | to enclose in certain quarters joined in conspiracy (finis-end) |
| confederate | a person, group, nation, etc., united with others in a confederacy; an ally. |
| conjunction | join two words of the same equality contact |
| contact | touched together (getting in touch) (tangere:touch) |
| deposit | to put in safe keeping and trust |
| descent | the act of moving from top to bottom |
| despicable | to be despised(specere:look) |
| denounce | condemned: punished |
| deduct | to take away |
| demolish | to destroy or ruin (a building0 |
| decrepit | to crack:break, feeble, infirm (crepare:to break0 |
| deplete | action of being used up |
| distract | draw away (trahere: to draw) |
| distort | to make crooked (torque: to twist0 |
| dispute | to consider 2 different arguments (putore:to consider) |
| dissonant | disagreeable or harsh in sound: out of harmony (sonare:sound) |
| disperse | to scatter (not random0 |
| dismiss | to send away (miss: to send) |
| dissuade | opposite of persuade:urge away (suadere: to urge) |
| disprove | unapproving |
| equitable | fair: impartial: reasonable |
| equilateral | having all sides equal |
| equivocate | to speak vauely or ambigously |
| equinox | happenning 2 times a year : days are equal , day 'n night (nox: night) |
| equation | an expression with variables and mathematical expressions of 2 things with the same value |
| equilibrium | a state of rest or balance due to the equal action of opposing forces. |
| extraterrestrial | beyond what can be explained: (outside earth (=terrestrial)) |
| extraordinary | extra ordinary: beyond what's expected |
| extravagant | spending too much : wasteful |
| extrovert | turns out to people: outgoing (vert:to turn) |
| extramural | outside walls(travel basketball) (mural: walls) |
| international | between nations |
| interdepartmental | anything that is accuring between departments |
| interstellar | between or among stars |
| interject | to throw in (jecure: to throw) |
| interlude | space between: for church, service, movie, theatre, etc. :between 2 events (lutus: to play) |
| intracellular | something within cells (proton, neutrons, electrons) |
| intravenous | within the vain |
| intracranial | occurring in skull |
| intrastate | occuring within state |
| intrauterine | Occurring or situated within the uterus. |
| introduce | lead witin (duct- lead) |
| introspecture | to practice introspection (spect: look) |
| introvert | shy person (vert-turned to self) |
| introrose | Not needed to know: turned and faced inward |
| intromission | to set, put, or let in: introduce |
| malevolent | wishing evil to others: harmful thinking (velle: to wish. Mal: bad) |
| malcontent | not satisfied or content with circumstancea mile content person |
| malicious | full of or characterized by (harmful) |
| maline | speking evilly:nastily:bearing badness |
| malady | illness:disease |
| malapropism | act or habit of using words ridiculously |
| malonym | cliche: malapropism |
| nonstop | not stopping |
| nonprofit | not making money |
| none | not any |
| nonconformity | |
| nonplussed | puzzled completely:state of utter complexity |
| nonchalant | coolly unconcerned |
| postgraduate | after graduation |
| posthumous | after death |
| postscript | older series of notes |
| posterity | all future generations |
| posterior | situated behind |
| postlude | comes after event (after party) |
| tricycle | 3 wheeled bicycle for children needing balance |
| triangle | 3sides 3angles |
| triceps | back of upper arm: 3 points of origin |
| triad | group of 3 people or things |
| trichotomy | division of 3 parts (tests,class, etc.) |
| triceratops | dinosaurs with 3 horns |
| trivia | matters or things that don't really matter: unimportant |
| trialogue | a discussion in which involves 3 people |
| prelude | whatever preceeds after something big (introductory piece) |
| preposition | parts of speech relates to time,space |
| premonition | anticapation ahead of time (monere: to warn) |
| premature | before supposed to happen (pre____ baby) |
| predict | to tell in advanced |
| predecessor | a retiring official |
| semitone | music |
| semiaquatic | partly aquatic (frogs, crocidiles) |
| semicircle | half circle |
| semiweekly | issued or occuring twice a week |
| semiannual | occuring every half a year |
| semiformal | partly formal |
| subterannian | underground |
| subtract | in mathematical terms: to take away from a number |
| subordinate | lower class |
| submarine | a vessil that can be submerged |
| subterfuge | an artifice or expedeint dishonest and under handed (fugew |
| substantial | put alot of money or time into something |
| supervise | oversee or direct |
| superb | noble or majestic |
| superior | greater in quality or value |
| superfluous | more than needed |
| supercilious | hotilly: didainful |
| supernatural | can't be explained |
| synthetic | involving synthesis: made by artificial material |
| synchronized | same time |
| synonym | word has same meaning as other names (nym: name) |
| syndrome | diorder or disease |
| synopsis | brief summary |
| syntax | order(tussein:to arrange) |
| sympathy | feeling together:feeling what someone else is feeling (pathos: feeling) |
| symbiosis | both organisms benefit from cause and effect(bee and flower, rhino and african birds) |
| symbol | to represent something else |
| symmetry | the exact same thing bu opposite |
| symphony | made of percussion, band and strings |
| symposium | a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject, esp. a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic before an audience. |
| unfit | not fit for job, company, thing, etc. |
| unequal | not very equal |
| undone | not cmoplete |
| unequivocal | cannot be mistaken for doubt or misinpetition |
| unearned | not deserved |
| unconventional | not vvery normal: outside of normal |
| untenable | cannot defend |
| misfire | to fit badly |
| mistake | an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc. |
| misfortune | 1. adverse fortune; bad luck. 2. an instance of this; mischance; mishap. |
| misfire | (of a rifle or gun or of a bullet or shell) to fail to fire or explode. |
| misdeed | an immoral or wicked deed. |
| misguide | 1. to guide wrongly; misdirect. 2.misled; mistaken: Their naive actions were a misguided attempt to help the poor. |
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