Roots 13-18 Flashcards by Ryan Olstad

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mand (mandat)

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order, commit, command

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countermand

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issue a contrary order

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mandate

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limit; oversee

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mandatory

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required to do

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remand

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send or order back; recommit

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writ of mandus

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written order from court to enforce the performance of some public duty

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cred (credit)

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believe

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accredit

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give someone authority; accept as worthy of belief

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credence

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belief

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credentials

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things that make someone reliable

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credulous

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too ready to believe

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creed

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summary of believed in principles

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discredit

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remove someone’s reliability

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incredible

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not believable/reliable

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incredulity

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disbelief

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credit

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belief; faith; trust

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fid

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trust, faith

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confidant/confidante

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someone good to trust

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confident

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trusting/faithful that something will happen

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confidential

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exclusive; secret

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diffidence

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lack of faith in oneself

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fidelity

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faithfulness to trust or vow

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fiduciary

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held in trust; confidential

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infidel

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nonbeliever

perfidious

false to a trust; faithfulness

perfidy

violation of trust

grat

pleasant, thank, favor

congratulate

give "props" to someone for a good achievement

gracious

willing to give

grateful

happy and thankful for what one has

gratis

out of kindness or favor

gratitude

being grateful

gratuitous

more than necessary; unwarranted

gratuity

a thank you gift/tip

ingrate

someone who doesn't show gratitude

ingratiate

work oneself into another's favor

mor (mort)

death

immortality

unable to die

moribund

dying; near death

mortal

able to die

mortality

relating to death; death quantity/rate

mortician

one who works with dead; undertaker

mortification

scare; terror; embarassment

mortuary

morgue

corp

body

corporal

high up in army; corporal punishment

corps

members of an army

corpse

dead body

corpulent

bulky; obese; very fat

corpus

general collection of writing/law

corpuscle

blood cell; minute particle

corpus delicti

facts proving that a crime has been committed

incorporate

to bring in together