H ELA 2 - Ante, theo, mono, greg

ante - before (Latin) : theo - god, religion (Greek)

antebellum

pre-civil war America (1860)

ante

bid, wager made at the beginning

A.M. - ante meridiem

before noon

anterior

at the front

anteroom or antechamber

a room at the front

antecedent

the noun a pronoun replaces

antediluvian

before the Great Flood

antiquity

the ancient past

theocracy

government centered around religion

monotheism

belief in one god

theology

study of religion

polytheism

belief in many gods

theologian

one who studies religion

theist

one who has a god/religion

atheist

one who has no god/religion

agnostic

one who isn't sure if there's a god/religion

theomaniac

one who thinks he’s a god