All WOW Words (updated per quiz)

Pre

before in time, place, rank, etc.

Predilection

a partiality or preference in favor of something

connotations: formal, positive, fancy, sophisticated

Presage

an indication or warning of a future consequence; to indicate or warn in advance

connotations: formal, mystical, negative

Predisposition

an inclination or susceptibility to something in advance

connotations: negative, formal

Preponderance

greater in weight, power, or importance

connotations: formal, legal, scientific, factual

Precocious

marked by unusual early development or maturity

connotations: formal, creative

Ant, Ante

before

Antiquated

old and outdated or obsolete

connotations: negative, formal

Antiquity

ancient times, especially those before the Middle Ages; the quality of being old or ancient

connotations: historical, formal, positive

Antebellum

referring to the period before the American Civil War

connotations: Southern, historical, formal

Anterior

placed before or in front; prior in time

connotations: scientific, medical, factual, objective

Antedate

to precede in time; to give a date earlier than the actual one

connotations: formal, scientific, factual

Prae and Ante

root definitions: before

Ob

against

obfuscate

v. to make so confused as to be difficult to understand

connotations: formal, legal, academic?

obstinate

adj. stubbornly adhering to an opinion, attitude or course of action

connotations: negative

obstreperous

adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant

connotations: formal, negative

obdurate

adj. hardened against influence or feeling

connotations: formal, cold

Ant, Anti

opposite, opposed to

antagonism

n. hostility; the quality of being an opposing force

connotations: dramatic

antidote

n. something that relieves or counteracts

connotations: medical, scientific

antipathy

n. a strong dislike or aversion

connotations: intense

antithesis

n. direct contrast, opposition

connotations: formal, literary, intense

cede

to surrender or yield.

connotations: legal, academic

recession

the act of withdrawing, an extended moderate decline in general business activity

connotations: business

concede

to acknowledge, often reluctantly

connotations: debate, legal

precedent

an act or example that may be used as a model for later instances

connotations: legal, historical

accession

something acquired or added

connotations: royalty

conductive

contributing or leading to a particular result

connotations: scientific

deduction

a process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises

connotations: scientific, logical, objective

inductive

arising from the process of deriving general principles from specific instances or facts

connotations: scientific, logical, objective

traduce

to slander

connotations: formal, academic

induce

to persuade or move to action; to influence

connotations: tempting

root prae

before (root)

root ad

to, near, toward (root)

root in

into, within (root)