English Word Root: post

behind, after, afterward
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1 poster   Speak  
n. a sign posted in public place as an advertisement
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2 posterior   Speak  
a. later in time; later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; located behind
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3 posterity   Speak  
n. descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
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4 postgraduate   Speak  
n. student who continues studies after graduation for second degree
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5 posthumous   Speak  
a. happening after a person's death, as of child born after father's death
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6 postmortem   Speak  
a. occurring or done after death; relating to a medical examination of a dead body
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7 postoperative   Speak  
a. happening or done after a surgical operation
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8 postpone   Speak  
v. hold back to a later time; delay; defer
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9 postscript   Speak  
n. paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer
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10 postulate   Speak  
n. essential premise; the underlying assumption
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11 posture   Speak  
n. position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
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12 postwar   Speak  
a. happening or existing in the period after a war, especially the First or Second World War
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