| antecedent |
an event, circumstance, or thing coming before another. |
| beguile |
to deceive or cheat by using guile. |
| censure |
to criticize or condemn. |
| circumscribe |
to keep within bounds; confine; restrict. |
| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| deducible |
able to be concluded or inferred from certain facts or principles. |
| diminutive |
very small; tiny. |
| fulcrum |
that which other things are contingent upon or built around; a pivotal point or agent. |
| incandescent |
giving off light as a result of being heated. |
| incision |
a cut made during surgery. |
| jocose |
inclined to joke; jovial; merry. |
| philosophy |
the study of the nature of life, truth, knowledge, and other important human matters, |
| skeptic |
one who is inclined to question or doubt assertions that are made or accepted by others. |
| stupor |
a state of unconsciousness, insensibility, or torpor. |
| suborn |
to induce (someone) to commit a crime or other corrupt deed. |