Chapter 15 Flashcards
1
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Castigate
A
Tongue lashing
2
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Self abnegate
A
Self sacrifice for others
3
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Recapitulate
A
Repeat
4
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Vegetate
A
Boring, no joy in life
5
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Simulate
A
Pretending
6
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Intimate
A
Dropping hints
7
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Alleviate
A
To help
8
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Commiserate
A
Sharing of sorrow, empathy, sympathy
9
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Vacillate
A
Going back and forth
10
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Nervus
A
Nerve
11
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Energy
A
Fuel
12
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Ergon
A
Work
13
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Erg
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Physics term for work
14
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Synergism
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When two or more substances work together
15
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Castigate (verb)
A
To punish
16
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Ab-
A
Away
17
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Nego
A
To deny
18
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Neg-
A
No
19
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Aio
A
I say
20
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Negate
A
To deny the truth or existence of
21
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Caput, capitis
A
Head
22
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Captain
A
Head of group
23
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Capital
A
Head city
24
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Decapitate
A
To take someone’s head off
25
Capitulum
Little head, heading
26
Vegeto
To live and grow
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Vegetation
Passive existence; thick brush
28
Simulo
To copy
29
Similis
Alike
30
Dissimulate
Hide feelings behind opposing feelings
31
Dissemble
To pretend to be opposite and conceal true intentions
32
Intimus
Innermost
33
Levis
Lightweight
34
Relieve
To make light or easy again
35
Elevate
To raise up
36
Levitation
Floating in midair
37
Levity
Lightness, frivolity, flippancy
38
Miser
Wretched
39
Con
Together or with
40
Vacillo
To swing back and forth
41
Vacillatory
See all sides hard time deciding
42
Ambivalent
Conflicting feelings about the same topic
43
Oscillate
Physically swing
44
Oscillum
Swing
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Enervate
To completely exhaust
