ante, ant

before

plac

calm

super, sur

above

belli, bell

war

dem

people

endemic

adj – peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people; native:

trepidation

n - a state of alarm or dread; apprehension

placate

v – to appease; to reduce anger, especially by making concessions:

placate the mob

implacable

adj – impossible to placate or appease:

implacable foes;

superfluous

adj – being beyond what is required or sufficient:

benign

adj – of a kind and gentle disposition; harmless

antebellum

adj – Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War

bellicose

warlike in manner or temperament

circumvent

to go around; bypass:

circumvented the city

demagogue

a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace