Word Stem Units 1 - 4 -- Keywords -- Flashcards

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something that happens before anotherantecedent
two-footed animalbiped
honor; memorializecommemorate
worthy of hatreddespicable
balanceequilibrium
insert between; interruptinterject
shy personintrovert
mistaken opinion or beliefmisconception
after deathposthumous
twice a year or half-yearlysemiannual
opponent; enemyantagonist
cautious; carefully awarecircumspect
talk or behave in a way to show you think you are better; lower oneselfcondescend
disorganized, untidydisarray
going beyond; excessiveextravagant
within the walls; involving only students at the same schoolintramural
evilmalevolent
coolly unconcernednonchalant
opinion formed beforehandprejudice
lower ranksubordinate
shallow, not deepsuperficial
something that represents something elsesymbol
not embarrassedunabashed
disorder; chaosanarchy
murder of large number of people because of racegenocide
inflammation of the voice box that causes loss of voicelaryngitis
able to be heardaudible
attract attention by being extremely interestingcaptivate
removal of body tissue to discover if it is diseasedbiopsy
fatportly
summarySYNopsis
little importance; insignificantTRIvial
containing waterAQUeous
warlikeBELLigerent
remove; cut outexCISE
self-governing; independentAUTOnomous
assign the origin of a certain characteristicaSCRIBe
word choiceDICTion
100th anniversaryCENTennial
speak in favor ofADvocate