Word Stem Units 1 - 4 -- Keywords -- Flashcards
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| something that happens before another | antecedent |
| two-footed animal | biped |
| honor; memorialize | commemorate |
| worthy of hatred | despicable |
| balance | equilibrium |
| insert between; interrupt | interject |
| shy person | introvert |
| mistaken opinion or belief | misconception |
| after death | posthumous |
| twice a year or half-yearly | semiannual |
| opponent; enemy | antagonist |
| cautious; carefully aware | circumspect |
| talk or behave in a way to show you think you are better; lower oneself | condescend |
| disorganized, untidy | disarray |
| going beyond; excessive | extravagant |
| within the walls; involving only students at the same school | intramural |
| evil | malevolent |
| coolly unconcerned | nonchalant |
| opinion formed beforehand | prejudice |
| lower rank | subordinate |
| shallow, not deep | superficial |
| something that represents something else | symbol |
| not embarrassed | unabashed |
| disorder; chaos | anarchy |
| murder of large number of people because of race | genocide |
| inflammation of the voice box that causes loss of voice | laryngitis |
| able to be heard | audible |
| attract attention by being extremely interesting | captivate |
| removal of body tissue to discover if it is diseased | biopsy |
| fat | portly |
| summary | SYNopsis |
| little importance; insignificant | TRIvial |
| containing water | AQUeous |
| warlike | BELLigerent |
| remove; cut out | exCISE |
| self-governing; independent | AUTOnomous |
| assign the origin of a certain characteristic | aSCRIBe |
| word choice | DICTion |
| 100th anniversary | CENTennial |
| speak in favor of | ADvocate |