Roots 13-18 Flashcards by Ryan Olstad | Brainscape

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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

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perfidious

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false to a trust; faithfulness

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perfidy

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violation of trust

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grat

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pleasant, thank, favor

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congratulate

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give “props” to someone for a good achievement

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gracious

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willing to give

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grateful

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happy and thankful for what one has

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gratis

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out of kindness or favor

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gratitude

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being grateful

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gratuitous

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more than necessary; unwarranted

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gratuity

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a thank you gift/tip

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ingrate

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someone who doesn’t show gratitude

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ingratiate

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work oneself into another’s favor

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mor (mort)

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death

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immortality

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unable to die

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moribund

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dying; near death

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mortal

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able to die

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mortality

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relating to death; death quantity/rate

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mortician

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one who works with dead; undertaker

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mortification

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scare; terror; embarassment

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mortuary

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morgue

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corp

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body

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corporal

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high up in army; corporal punishment

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corps

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members of an army

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corpse

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dead body

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corpulent

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bulky; obese; very fat

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corpus

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general collection of writing/law

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corpuscle

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blood cell; minute particle

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corpus delicti

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facts proving that a crime has been committed

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incorporate

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to bring in together