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| recede | To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark; to withdraw |
| precede | to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time |
| precedent | any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations |
| antecedent | the word a pronoun replaces, which "goes before" it |
| proceed | to move or go forward or onward, esp. after stopping |
| secede | to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc. |
| concede | to acknowledge (an opponent's victory, score, etc.) before it is officially established; to yield |
| intercede | to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition |
| succeed | to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result; OR to come next after in an order or series, or in the course of events; follow |
| dismiss | to send away |
| remiss | negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc |
| missile | an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow. |
| admission | right or permission to enter |
| missionary | a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work |
| emission | something that is emitted; discharge; emanation |
| promissory | containing or conveying a promise or assurance |
| centrifugal | moving or directed outward from the center |
| centripetal | directed toward the center |
| centrist | a member of a political party of the Center; moderate. |
| concentric | having a common center, as circles or spheres |
| decentralize | to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area |
| eccentric | deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd; "out of the center, i.e. of normality" |
| bibliography | a list of source materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text; or a list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer. |
| bibliophile | a person who loves or collects books |
| bibliolatry | Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures |
| bibliomancy | divination by means of a book, esp. the Bible, opened at random to some verse or passage, which is then interpreted |
| bible | (when capitalized) the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments; (when not capitalized) any book, reference work, periodical, etc., accepted as authoritative, informative, or reliable |
| bibliomania | An exaggerated preoccupation with the acquisition and ownership of books |
| bibliophobia | A dread of books |
| anthropology | The scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans |
| anthropomorphic | Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena |
| anthropoid | resembling humans |
| lycanthrope | werewolf |
| misanthrope | a hater of humankind |
