| unnecessary | not essential, needless |
| unintended | on accident, not on purpose |
| uncooked | raw |
| unharmed | not affected or hurt |
| unnatural | artificial, not genuine or spontaneous |
| circumference | the outer boundary |
| circumnavigate | to sail or fly around |
| circulatory | circulation of blood through your body |
| circumstance | cocondition, condition or attribute with time, place, etc. that determines a fact or event |
| circumscribe | encircle, to draw a line around |
| diameter | straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference |
| diagonal | extending from one edge of a solid figure to the other |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more people |
| diagnosis | process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased situation |
| dialect | the way people from a particular region or group speak that is different from everyone else |
| influence | capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or to produce effects on the actions, behavior, etc. of others |
| effluence | process of flowing out, something that flows out |
| confluence | a flowing together of two rivers of streams |
| reflux | a flowing back |
| effluvium | a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor |
| theologian | a person versed in theology (study of religion) |
| theocracy | a form of government in which God or a diety is recognized as the supreme civil ruler |
| polytheist | the belief in many or more than one Gods |
| atheist | a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a suprene or higher beings |
| theocentric | having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, or feelings |
| scribe | a person who serves as a professional copyist |
| inscription | a brief usu. informal dedication or note that is written or signed by hand in a book |
| scriptorium | a room in which manuscripts are stored, written, or copied |
| prescribe | to lay down in writing as a rule or course of action, to order the use of a medicine |
| proscribe | to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful, prohibit |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech |
| hyperbola | curve formed by an intersection of a double right circular cone with a plane that cuts both halves of the cone |
| hypersensitive | excessively or abnormally sensitive, susceptible phsycologically to a specific agent |
| hyperventilate | to breathe rapidly and deeply |
| hyperglycemic | when there's an abnormally high level of glucose in blood |
| amble | an easy gait |
| ambulatory | relating to walking, able to walk or move about, sheltered place for walking |
| somnambulist | someone who performs motor acts (as walking) during sleep |
| perambulate | to walk around |
| ambulance | a vehicle equipped often carrying the injured or sick |
| aloof | apart, indifferent |
| apprehend | to seize, arrest, take into custody, to understand, become aware of |
| belligerent | waging war,inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness |
| bemuse | to confuse or bewilder |
| brittle | fragile, frail, easily damaged |
| complacency | the state of being self-satisfied |
| derision | scoffing at, mockery, ridicule |
| imperious | extremely overbearing |
| indignation | anger as a result of somethink unjust |
| juncture | a point of joining |
| mollify | to soothe or appease, to assuage |
| morose | being sullen or gloomy |
| mottled | marked with spots of different color |
| ominous | threatening |
| plaintive | mournful and expressing sorrow |
| pugnacious | looking for a fight, combative, belligerent |
| relish | to take great pleasure or delight in |
| reprehensible | deserving blame or reprimand |
| revere | to honor, to regard with respect |
| scuttle | to sink usu. a ship |
| slough | to cast off |
| stilted | artificially formal, stiff, pompous |
| wispy | small in amount, fragile, slight |
| deliberate | carefully weighted or considered, to think carefullyar attentively |
| contradict | to assert the opposite or contrary of, deny directly and categorically |
| contravene | to come or be in conflict with |
| counterspy | a spy working in opposition to enemy espionage |
| contrapuntal | composed of two or more independent melodies sounded together |
| counteract | to oppose of mitigate the affects of by contrary action, check |
| heterosexual | sexually oriented to persons of the opposite sex |
| heterodyne | to mix a frequency with another frequency |
| heterodox | not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, unorthodox |
| heterogeneous | different in kind, composed of different substances |
| heterocyclic | pertaining to a branch or chemistry dealing with cyclic compunds (different atoms) |
| verdict | the finding or answer of a jury |
| dictate | to say or read aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record |
| dictum | an authoritative pronouncement, judicial assertion |
| malediction | a curse, imprecation, the utterance of a curse |
| predict | to declare or tel in advance, to foretell |
| multitude | a great number |
| multipartite | divided into several or many parts |
| multipurpose | able to be used ofr several purposes |
| multiply | to make many or manifold, porcess of multiplication |
| multilingual | using or able to speak many or several languages with some facility |
| metamorphosis | a change in form form one stage to the nest in the life history of an organism |
| metaphysics | branch or philosophy that treats the first principles |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something in which it is not literally applicable |
| metalinguistic | pertaining to the realtionship between languages and other cultural systems |
| metabolism | sum of the chemical and physical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produces, maintained, and destroyed |
| nonabrasive | not causing a scraped spot or area |
| nondescript | of no recognized, definite, or particular type of kind |
| nonentity | a person or thing of no importance |
| nonsense | words or language having little or no meaning, foolish, absurd |
| nonferrous | containing little or no iron |
| telephone | an instrument for sending and recieving sounds over long distances by electricity |
| phonics | study of sound, method of teaching people to read and pronounce word by learning their phonetic value |
| microphone | an instrument for turning sound waves into electric currents |
| phonograph | instrument for reproducing sounds by means or vibrations of a needle following a spiral groove on a revolving disk |
| homophone | one of two or more words prounced alike, but with different menings, derivations, or spellings |
| transoceanic | crossing or extending across the ocean |
| transmit | to transfer information, spread or pass on |
| transport | to convey from one place to another, to move |
| transfer | to move to the posession of another, to pass on |
| transducer | device that is actuated power from one system and supplies power in another form to a second system |
| revitalize | to give new life or vigor to |
| vital | necessary to the maintenance of life |
| vitamin | organic substance that is essential on tiny amounts to the nutrition of most animals |
| vitality | mental and physical vigor |
| vitalism | belief that life is coused by a vital force distict from physical and shemical forces |
| chronic | marked by a long duration or frequent occurence |
| anachronism | error of placing a person or thing in the wrong period |
| chronicle | description of events, to record history |
| chronology | science that deals with measuring time and dating events |
| chronometer | very accurate timepiece |
| reciprocal | mutual, interacting |
| repulse | to repel or rebuff |
| rile | to make angry, to arouse resentment |
| scupulous | very principled, careful, and consciencious |
| spiritual | concerned with the soul of God, not material or tangible |
| humility | the quality or state of being humble in spirit |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point, silly, insipid |
| innumerable | very many, more than can be counted |
| monotony | sameness |
| muted | toned down or silenced |
| mutinous | rebellious, unruly |
| nonchalance | indifference, a showing of little interest |
| pacifistic | opposed to was or the use of force |
| porous | something that permits the passage of substances through pores |
| premature | occuring or existing earlier than what is normal |
| adaptable | willing to conform or adjust |
| appreciate | to increase in value |
| boisterous | rowsy, rough, and stormy |
| bourgeois | a person with the traits or viewpoints of the middle class |
| complex | complicated |
| conceit | excessively high opinion of one's own worth or ability |
| disciple | a follower of a teacher or philosophy |
| exhaust | to use up, to drain |
| homely | plain or unattractive in apperance |
| benediction | a blessing |
| benevolent | characterized by or suggestive of doing good, charitable |
| benefactor | one that gives aid |
| beneficiary | one who recieves a benefit, recipient of benefits |
| beneficial | producing or promoting a favorable result, advantageous |
| credible | capable of being believed, plausible, reliable |
| credence | acceptance as true or valid, belief, trustworthyness |
| credulity | a disposition to believe too readily |
| incredulous | skeptical, disbelieving |
| credo | sat of fundamental beliefs, a guiding principal |