Derivatives 25-28 Flashcards

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1
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Et cetera

A

And the rest, and so forth

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Felicity

A

Great happiness, bliss

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Fortuitous

A

Happening by good luck

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Fugitive

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One who flees from danger or justice

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Nocturnal

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Happening, or active in the night

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Sanguinary

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Bloodthirsty, accompanied by much bloodshed

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Supernatural

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Not attributable to natural forces

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Aetat. or aet.

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An abbreviation meaning aged, at the age of

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Ardent

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Intense in feeling, enthusiastic

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Decapitate

A

Behead, cut the head off of

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Derelict

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Neglectful of duty

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Edifice

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A large imposing building

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Illegible

A

Unable to be read

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Quidnunc

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An inquisitive, gossipy person, a busybody

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Relinquish

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Surrender, abandon, let go

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Conjugal

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Referring to the relation between husband and wife

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Flume

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A narrow gorge or ravine with a stream running through it

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Oculist

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One who deals with functions and diseases of the eye

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Replenish

A

Furnish a new supply

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Sempiternal

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Everlasting, perpetual, eternal

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Solar

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Produced by or coming from the sun

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Solstice

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The time at which the sun is either at its farther north or its farthest south of the equator

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Ubiquitous

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Seeming to be present everywhere at the same time, omnipresent

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Versatile

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Competent in many things, able to turn easily from one occupation to another

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Cloister

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A place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery or convent

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Divest

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To free of something unwanted

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Expound

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To set forth point by point, to state in detail

28
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Investiture

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The conferring of an office or special authority, with appropriate symbols, robes, etc.

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Posterity

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All succeeding generations, future mankind

30
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Sedentary

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Keeping seated most of the time

31
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Vestibule

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A small entrance hall or room

32
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Sanguine

A

Confident