| A | B |
|---|
| Saturnalia (n) | wild, disorderly party |
| jovial (adj) | jolly, good-humored |
| joviality (n) | joyfulness, good humor |
| cereal (n) | food from grain |
| martial (adj) | related to war |
| vulcanology (n) | science of volcanoes |
| vulcanization (n) | process of making rubber |
| venerate (v) | to look upon with great love and respect |
| cupidity (n) | strong desire, esp. for money |
| hermetic (adj) | airtight |
| bacchanalia (n) | wild drunken party |
| dionysiac (n) | one prone to drunken parties |
| tantalize (v) | to tease or torment, esp. with food/drink |
| Sisyphean (adj) | seemingly impossible |
| post mortem (adj/n) | after death; analysis of a completed event |
| posthumous (adj) | after burial; taking place after death |
| postprandial (adj) | following a meal, esp. dinner |
| post- | after |
| precarious (adj) | dangerously unstable, insecure |
| preclude (v) | to prevent or make impossible by prior action |
| predilection (n) | natural liking or preference for |
| prerogative (n) | right or privilege |
| prevaricate (v) | to stray from the truth; lie |
| presumptuous (adj) | taking liberties; overconfident yet unjustified |
| pretentious (adj) | showy |
| presentiment (n) | hunch, premonition; feeling that something is about to happen |
| pre- | before |
| trans-, tra- | across, beyond |
| transcend (v) | to go beyond, exceed expectations; to rise above the limits of |
| transient (adj) | short-lived, transitory, temporary; (Latin = going across) |
| ephemeral (adj) | short-lived, not permanent; (Greek = only for a day) |
| evanescent (adj) | short-lived, not permanent; (Latin = vanishes away) |
| transpose (v) | to reverse or change position of, esp. words |
| transgression (n) | violation of a law; overstepping a limit; sin |
| transmute (v) | to change into a different form, nature, or appearance |
| transpire (v) | to happen, occur; to come to pass |
| transmigrate (v) | to pass into another body after death |
| translucent (adj) | partially transparent; letting light pass through |
| transparent (adj) | clear; capable of being seen through; diaphanous |
