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 |
study of humans | anthropoLOGY |
statement of beliefs | CREDo |
new word | NEOlogism |
admit, acknowledge | conCEDE |
unusual, strange | ecCENTRIc |
desire to help people, especially through donations | philANTHROPy |
made up of the same parts or elements; uniformed | HOMOgeneous |
attractive and likely to persuade to do something wrong | seDUCTive |
about to happen | imPENDing |
skimming over water | HYDROplaning |
a person sent on a mission to represent another | eMISSary |
lover of books | BIBLIOphile |
look back on past events | retroSPECt |
postpone; delay | deFER |
very small | MICROscopic |
suitable for being photographed | PHOTOgenic |
star with five points | PENTAgram |
ability to communicate directly with each other's minds, without words | TELEpathy |
unreasonable | EXorbitant |
say again | REiterate |
chaos; complete disorder | PANdemonium |
a powerful force that some believe looks out and provide for people; God | proVIDence |
single unvaried tone or sound; boring | MONOtone |
having many syllables; a long word | POLYsyllabic |
fake name | PSEUDOnym |
brain doctor | NEUROlogist |
mishmash of unpleasant sound; noise | cacoPHONy |
bring back to life | reVIVe |
change of shape | metaMORPHosis |
think carefully | PONDer |
one who preaches one thing and does another | HYPOcrite |
removing front part of the brain | loboTOMY |
original model | PROTOtype |
all-knowing | OMNIscient |
person who offers financial help | BENEfactor |
fat | CORPulent |
fatherhood | PATERnity |
regret, remorse | comPUNCTion |
set aside for a special purpose | alLOCate |
generous, thoughtful, and understanding | MAGNanimous |