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Voc 13-15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antrerevoluntionary | before the revolutionary war |
| Pre-columbain | before columbus |
| proscenium | in front of the stage surtain |
| metatarsal | after the ankle, before the toes |
| antecedent | word that a promoun refers to |
| antediluvian | before the flood, very old |
| antemeridian | before noon |
| antepenult | 3rd syllable from the end of the word, w=right before the end |
| anterior | before or toward the front |
| metacarpal | bone after the wrist before the fingers |
| mataphysics | dealing with the nature of existence |
| metastasis | after condition; spread of malignacy from its original site to other parts of the body |
| metempsychosis | passsin the soul into another body after death |
| posterior | coming after; toward the back |
| psterity | descendentss |
| osthumous | born after the death of one's father |
| postprandial | occuring after a meal |
| predecease | die before another person |
| prerecord | record in advance |
| prescient | seeming to have knowledgeof events before they occur |
| presentiment | feeling something bad will happen before it occurs |
| prognosis | forecast |
| prophesy | fortell |
| prophylaxis | preventive treatment against disease |
| adonis | very handsome man |
| atlas | book of maps |
| baedeker | guidebook, handbook |
| bowdlerize | removing words, passages |
| boycott | refuse to buy or associate with a business |
| chauvinist | fanatical patriot |
| cicerone | tourist guid |
| Damoclean | involving imminent disaster |
| gargantuan | GInormus |
| JOhn Hancock | signature |
| Machiavellian | crafty; cunning |
| malapropism | humorous misuse of words by a person unaware of it |
| mentor | wise, trusted advisor |
| mesmerize | hypnotize |
| odyssey | long wandering journey |
| philippic | bitter denunciatory speech |
| quisling | traitor |
| quixotic | impractically idealistic |
| sadistic | deriving pleasure by inflictin pain on others |
| Stentorian | Very loud |
| alchemy | magic |
| baksheesh | gift of moeny. tip |
| bellicse | inclined to fight or quarrel |
| carp | find unreasonable fault |
| collation | light meal |
| cull | select pick out |
| demur | object |
| desuetude | diuse |
| divert | amuse |
| rue | regret |
| tacitiurn | uncommunative |
| dun | insisted demands for paymetn |
| empirical | relying of observation or experience |
| equivocate | use misleading terms to not commit oneslef |
| hypothetical | nased on or involving a hypothesis |
| imprimatur | approval |
| ingenous | naive |
| mendacious | lying |
| panegyric | tribute; speech of high praise |
| preen | dress good |
| pusillanimous | timid, coward |
| quagmire | difficult situation |
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