Vocabulary : Apo to Apocopate

Apo : A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.
Apocalypse : The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament. ;; Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure. ;; One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from Jewish authors between 250 b. c. and 150 a. d., and designed to propagate the Jewish faith or to cheer the hearts of the Jewish people with the promise of deliverance and glory; or proceeding from Christian authors of the opening centuries and designed to portray the future.
Apocalyptic : Alt. of Apocalyptical ;; Alt. of Apocalyptist
Apocalyptical : Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.
Apocalyptically : By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.

Apocalyptist : The writer of the Apocalypse.
Apocarpous : Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous.
Apochromatic : Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective.
Apocodeine : An alkaloid, /, prepared from codeine. In its effects it resembles apomorphine.
Apocopate : To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. ;; Alt. of Apocopated

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