Latin ll 16A Vocab Words

Question 0

Apostasy

Answer 0

An abandoning of what one believed in.

Question 1

Adversity

Answer 1

Misfortune;calamity;wretched state.

Question 2

Cognomen

Answer 2

The family name;surname

Question 3

Compensate

Answer 3

Make up for;counterbalance;make amends;pay for

Question 4

Complicity

Answer 4

Partnership in wrongdoing

Question 5

Compromise

Answer 5

Settlement in which both sides give up some demands. To settle by giving up some demands.

Question 6

Credential

Answer 6

That which entitles to confidence; often a certificate of position

Question 7

Device

Answer 7

A plan;scheme;trick;mechanical contrivance; a design or emblem

Question 8

Ecstatic

Answer 8

Characterized by emotions of great joy

Question 9

Equivocate

Answer 9

Hedge; use a vague terms; be purposely ambiguous.

Question 10

Phosphorescent

Answer 10

Giving light without heat

Question 11

Plight

Answer 11

Predicament; awkward or dangerous situation

Question 12

Portray

Answer 12

To make a picture of; depict;delineate

Question 13

Positive

Answer 13

Sure ; definite;confident;assured

Question 14

Repository

Answer 14

Box; chest;or room for safekeeping; place where things are kept.

Question 15

Restitution

Answer 15

Reparation ;making good for loss or damage

Question 16

Specialize

Answer 16

To make particular ; to direct or concentrate on one thing

Question 17

Vertigo

Answer 17

Dizziness

or giddiness

Question 18

Visible

Answer 18

Can be seen by eye; can be observed with the mind; manifest