Lesson 9 And 10 Flashcards

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An object made by human beings; often refers to a primitive tool or other relic from an earlier period

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Artifact

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2
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Craftiness or trickery

Cleverness or skill

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Artifice

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Without deceit or cunning; natural or simple

Crude; ignorant; uncultured

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Artless

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4
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A skilled craftsman

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Artisan

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5
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Song

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Aoide

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A poem usually addressed to a particular person, object, or event that has stimulated deep and noble feelings in in the poet

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Ode

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A humorous imitation of a piece of literature or music

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Parody

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Speech or writing expression great pleasure or enthusiasm

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Rhapsody

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Canto, cantare, cantavi, cantatum

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To sing

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The chanting or speaking of words seeming to have magical power or used to create magical spell

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Incantation

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To take back a formal statement or belief previously made known

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Recant

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Pingo, pingere, pinxi, pictum

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To embroider; to paint

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13
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To paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture

To describe to put pictures in words

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Depict

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A sharp pointed tool for writing on waxen tablets

Picture or drawing representing words or ideas

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Pictograph

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Cresco, crescere, crevi, cretum

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To grow; to increase

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16
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To come as a natural increase or advantage

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A cure

17
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A gradual increase in sound, often referring to music

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Crescendo

18
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Abnormal growth or outgrowth

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Excrescences

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Facio, facere, feci, factum

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To make

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Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action

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Beneficence

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Effective as a means or remedy

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Efficacious

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Acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent

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Facile

23
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An exact copy of a book, painting or document

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Facsimile

24
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A group or clique within a larger group

Conflict within an organization or nation

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Faction

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To calm; to make Gentiles or softer in feeling

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Mollify

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Texo, texere, texui, texttum

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To weave

27
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The parts before or after a word or statement that influences its meaning

The circumstances surrounding an event or situation

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Context

28
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A false reason put forth to conceal the true one

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Pretext

29
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Ars, Artie

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Art