re; again, back

Ex: reiterate repeat

retro; backwards

Ex: Retrospect looking back

se; away, aside

Ex: Secede withdraw

Semi; half, partly

Ex: Semimannual every six hours

sub,suc, suf, sug, sup, sus; under, less

Ex: Subway, Succumb, Suffuse, Suggest, Suppress, Suspend

Super, Sur; over, above

Ex: Supernatural, Surtax

Syn, Sym, Syl, Sys; With, together

Ex: Synchronize, Sympathy, Syllogism, System

Tele; Far

Ex: Telemetry

Trans; across

Ex: Transport

Ultra; beyond, excessive

Ex: Ultramodern

Un; not

Ex: Unwitting

Under; below

Ex: Undergrid

Uni; one

Ex: Unision

Vice; in place of

Ex: Vicarious

With: away, against

Ex: Withhold

oust; v. Expel, drive out

Ex: The world wondered if Aquino would be able to oust Marcos from office.

outtandish; adj. bizarre; peculiar; unconventional.

Ex:The eccentric proffesor who engages in markedly outtandis behavior is a stock figure in novels with an academic setting.

Outmoded;adj. no longer stylish; old-fashioned.

Ex: Lenore was perfectly happy to wear outmoded

clothes as long as they were clean and unfrayed.

Outskirts; N. Fringes; outer borders.

Ex: We lived in central London...spring up on the outskirts of a great city.

Outstrip; V. Surpass; outdo

Ex: Jesse Owens easily outstripped his white competitors to win the Olympics Game.

Overbearing; Adj. bossy, and arrogant. Decisively important.

Ex: She said, "good birth is of overbearing importance; compared to that, neither wealth nor talent signifies."

Overt; Adj. Open to view.

Ex: According to the US constitution, a person must commit an overt act before he may be tried for treason.

Overwrought; Adj. Extremely agitad; hysterical.

Ex: When Kate heard the news of the sudden tragedy, she became overwrought to work and had to leave the office early.

Pacfist; N. One opposed to force; antimilitarist. 

Ex: During the war though the pacifists refused to bear arms.

Pacify; V. Soothe; make calm or quiet; subue.

Ex: Dentists criticize the practice of giving fussy children sweets to pacify them.

Pact; N. Agreement; treaty.

Ex: Tweedliedum and Tweedliedee made a pact not to quarrel anymore.

Painstaking; Adj. Showing hard work; taking great care.

Ex: The new high-frequency word list is the result of painstaking efforts on the part of our research staff.

Palatable; Adj. Agreeable; pleasing to the taste .

Ex: Neither Jack's underbaked opinions nor his overcooked casseroles were palatable to Jill.

Palette; N. Flat surfaceon which painter mixes pigments; range of colors commonly used by a particular artist.

Ex: Through chromatic analysis, the forgers were able to match all the colors in Monet's palette.

Pall; V. grow tiresome. 

Ex: The study of word lists can eventually pall and put one to sleep.

Palliate; V.Lessen the violence of; alleviate; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses. 

Ex: Not content merely to palliate the paitents sores and cankers.

Pallid;adj. pale; wan.

Ex: He had no exceptionally pallid complextion.

Palpable; Adj. tangible; easily preceptible; unmistakeable.

Ex: The paitents enlarged spleen was palpable.

Palpitate; V. Throb; flutter. 

Ex: As he became excited, his heart began to palpitate more and more erratically.

Paltry; Adj. Insignificant; petty; trifling.

Ex: One hundred dollars for a genuine imitation Rolex watch!

Pan; V. Criticize harshly. 

Ex: The playwrightwas miserable when the critics paned in unanimously.

Panacea; N. cure-all; remedy for all diseases.

Ex: The rich youth cynically declared that the panacea for all all speeding tickets was a big enough bribe.

Panche; N. Flair; flamboyance.

Ex: Many preformers imitate Noel Coward, but few have his panache and sense of style.

Pandemic; Adj. widespread; affecting the majority of people. 

Ex: They feared the AIDS epidemic would soon reach pandemic proportions.

Pandemonium; N. Wild tumult.

Ex: When the ships collided in the harbor, pandemonium broke out among the passangers.

Pander; V. Cater to the desires of others.

Ex: The reviewer accused the makers of Lethal Weaponn of pandering to the masses taste for violence.

Panegyric; N. formal praise. 

Ex: Blushing at all the praise heaped upon him by speakers.

Panoramic; Adj. Related to an unobstructed and comprehensive view.

Ex: From Insperation Point we had a magnificent panomaric view of the Marin headlines and San Francisco  Bay.

Pantomime; N. acting without dialogue.

Ex: Artists in pantomime need no words to communicate with their audience.

Parable; N. short, simple story teaching a moral.

Ex: Let us apply to our own conduct the lesson that  this parable teaches.