A | B |
predict | to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell |
malediction | a curse; the action of speaking evil; slander |
dictation | transcribing words uttered by another |
addict | to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively |
interdict | To forbid or debar, especially authoritatively |
contradict | to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically |
credit | trustworthiness; credibility; commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc. |
incredible | unbelievable |
credible | believable |
incredulous | indicating or showing unbelief |
discredit | to show to be undeserving of trust or belief; destroy confidence in |
credibility | power to elicit belief; believability |
credo | a statement of belief, esp. religious doctrines |
century | 100 years |
bicentennial | celebration of a 200 year anniversary |
centimeter | one hundredth of a meter |
centipede | "100-foot": chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors |
centurion | The commander of a century in the Roman army (originally a century was a unit of 100 men, later it was as few as 60) |
neologism | a newly coined word |
neophyte | a beginner or novice; "new plant" |
neon | a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts ; named because it was "newly discovered" |
neolithic | "New Stone Age": last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East |
neoclassic | revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture |
neonatal | newborn; care of newly born infants |
adhesive | sticking fast; sticky; clinging |
adapt | to adjust oneself to different conditions, environment, etc. |
addendum | a thing to be added; an addition |
adherent | a person who follows or upholds a leader, cause, etc.; supporter; follower; "sticking to" the leader |
advent | a coming into place, view, or being; arrival |
advocate | a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor; lawyer; "one called to your side" |