Set 1 Flashcards
Veracious
truthful, honest
Latin : Verus - True
abbey
group of buildings which colelctively form the dwelling place of a society of monks or nuns
Abbot
the superior of a community of monks or nuns
acrimony
harsh or bitter sharpness, esp of words
endear
to cause to be loved
sociable
inclined by nature to companionship with others of the same species
Latin : Socialus - Allied, Socius - friend
Piecemeal
one piece at a time, gradually
encyclical
addressed to all the individuals of a group : general
Latin: enkuklos -
en =in
Kuklos =Circle
heifer
a young cow
acrimonious
caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner
interpolation
inserting new or foreign matter
Latin : Interpolare :
inter - Between
Polare (polire) - to polish
abscission
the act of cutting off (surgical)
Latin - ab - off + Scindere - to cut
absolution
the act of absolving; specifically : a remission of sins pronounced by a priest
absolve
to free from sin or its penalties
Latin : Ab - ‘from’ + Solvere ‘loosen’
huckster
hawker, peddler
abut
to touch at a border
Latin : ab - ‘to, at’
impudence
quality of being offensively bold
Earnest
ardent in spirit and speech
ardent
enthusiastic or passionate
Latin : Ardere - ‘to burn’
accede
agree to a demand, request or treaty
Latin: ad - ‘to’ +cedere - ‘give way, yield’
disparity
containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements
Latin : Paritas - ‘parity’ - equal
somber
gloomy
Latin: sub - ‘ under’ + Umbra ‘shade’
cognate
of the same or similar nature : generically alike
Latin: co - ‘together with’ + natus ‘born’
akin
of or similar character
propriety
obsolete : true nature
Latin: Proprius - ‘ones own, special’
efficacious
effective
Latin: Efficere - ‘accomplish’
contemptible
worthy of scourn or disdain
Latin: Con - ‘expressing extensive force + temnere - ‘despise’
accursed
doomed to evil misery or misfortune
rescind
to repeal
Latin : Re - (express intensive force) scindere - ‘divide, split’
rote
repetition of words or sounds as a meaning of learning them with slight attention
grotto
a small cavern
Latin: Crypta - ‘hidden’
acquire
to get as ones own
Latin: ad - ‘to’ + Quaerere - ‘seek’
accomplish
to bring to pass
Latin: Ad -‘to’ + complere ‘to complete’
libel
a published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation; a written defamation
Latin : Liber ‘book’
partisan
a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person:
Latin: Pars ‘part, portion, share’
acrid
harshly pungent or bitter
Latin: acer, acri ‘sharp pungent’
conduce
to bring about
Latin : Conducere ‘bring together’
overreach
to stretch out too far
excrescence
a projection or outgrowth especially when abnormal
Latin : ex ‘out’ + crescere ‘grow’
frontier
the part of a nations territory that abuts upon another country
Latin : frans ‘front’
addle
of an egg, rotten
mordacious
biting or giving to biting
Latin: mordac - ‘biting’
conservative
adhering to the existing order of things
Latin : con ‘together’ + servare ‘to keep’
impiety
irreverence toward God
Latin: im ‘not’ + Pius ‘dutiful’
memento
a souvenir
Latin: meminisse ‘remember’
relegate
to send into exile : banish
Latin: re - ‘again’ legare ‘send’
butte
an isolated hill or mountain with steep or precipitous sides usually having a smaller summit area than a mesa
wherewith
the necessary means of resources
transparent
east to see through or understand
Latin: trans ‘through’ Parere ‘appear’
advent
the coming or arrival, as of any important change, even, state , or personage
Latin: ad ‘to’ + venire ‘come’
tilth
cultivation
affront
an open insult
Latin ad frontem ‘to the face’
prescript
prescribed as a rule or model
Latin pre ‘before’ + scribere ‘write’
recrudescent
becoming raw or sore again
Latin re ‘again’ crudus ‘raw’
abominate
to hate violently
Latin : ab ‘away from’ omen ‘sign, token’
aggression
an unprovoked attack
Latin - aggreti ‘to attack’ — ad ‘towards’ gradi ‘proceed, walk’
portent
anything that indicates what is to happen
Latin: pro ‘before’ tendere ‘stretch’
possible
being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral or supernatural
Latin: posse ‘be able’
akin
of similar nature or qualities
alabaster
a white or delicately tinted fine grained gypsum
menace
a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger
Latin minae ‘threats’
consort
a wife, husband, or companion, in particular the spouse of a reigning monarch
Latin : con ‘with’ + sors, sort ‘lot, destiny’
genesis
creation
evince
to make manifest or evident
Latin: e ‘out’ + vincere ‘conquer’
recline
lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported
Latin re ‘back’ clinare ‘bend’
allay
to reduce the intensity of, mitigate
deject
make sad or dispirited; depress
Latin: de ‘down’ jacere ‘to throw’
allot (verb)
give or apportion (something) to someone
Latin: a, ad ‘to’ + loter ‘divide into parts’
niggardly (adj)
stingy
convulse (v)
to cause to spasm in
allusion (n)
suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at
Latin : ad ‘to’ ludere ‘play’
lascivious
giving or expressing lust
Latin : lasciuus ‘lustful’
brine
water saturated with salt
mastery
the attainment of a superior skill
trammel
literary restrictions or impediments to freedom of action
Latin macula ‘mesh’
impediment
a hinderance or obstruction in doing something
Latin impedire ‘shackle the feet of’
verdant
green with vegetation
docket
the registry of judgements of a court
functionary
an official
declension
the change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender
