Latin2 16a Flashcards

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Apostasy

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N) abandoning of what one believed in

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Adversity

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N) misfortune, calamity, wretched state

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Cognomen

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N) family name, surname

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Compensate

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V) make up for, counter balance, make amends, pay for

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Complicity

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N) partnership in wrong doing

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Compromise

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N) settlement in which both sides give up some demands

V) to settle by giving up some demands

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Credential

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N) that which entitles to confidence, often a certificate of position

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Device

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N) a plan , scheme, trick, mechanical contrivance, a design or emblem

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Ecstatic

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A) characterized by emotion of great joy

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Equivocate

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V) hedge, use vague terms, be purposefully ambiguous

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Phosphorescent

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Giving off light without heat

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Plight

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Predicament, awkward or dangerous situation

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Portray

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To make a picture a picture of, depict, delineate

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Positive

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Sure, definite, confident, assured

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Repository

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Box, chest, or room for safekeeping, a place where things are kept

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Restitution

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Reparation, making good for loss or damage

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Specialize

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To make particular, to direct or concentrate on one thing

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Spectrum

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The range of colored bands in light, a range of something

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Vertigo

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Dizziness or giddiness

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Visible

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