Vocab List 5 & 6 Flashcards

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Coherent

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  1. Showing orderly relation of parts
  2. Sticking together
  3. Being able to communicate clearly and logically
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Colloquial

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Characteristic of ordinary conversion rather than formal speech or writing

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Commiserate

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To feel or express sorrow or pity

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Condone

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To forgive; to disregard an offense

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Commodious

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Spacious, roomy, as in a house

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Contrite

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Thoroughly remorseful and repentant of one’s sins

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Abstain

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To refrain from something by one’s choice

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Impertinent

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  1. Impudent; rude
  2. Irrelevant
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Pertinacious

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Holding firmly, even stubbornly, to abelief

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Tenacity

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Hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly

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Aptitude

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A natural talent or ability; quickness in learning

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Inept

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  1. Without skill
  2. Inappropriate or out of place; foolish or absurd
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Adjunct

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An added part of essential to the whole

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Conjugate

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To give forms of verbs in a fixed order

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Injunction

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An authoritative command or order

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Juncture

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  1. A serious state of affairs
  2. The condition or point of being joined
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Subjugate

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To conquer; to dominate completely

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Astringent

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Harsh; severe (used usually in terms of punishment)

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Strait

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  1. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
  2. (usually plural) a difficulty or bad position
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Stringent

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  1. Severe; constricted; tight (Usually in terms of rules)
  2. Pertaining to scarcity of money
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What does the Latin root “cum” mean?

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with; together with

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What does the Latin root “tenere” mean?

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To hold; to keep

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What does the Latin root “apere” mean?

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To fasten; to attach

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What does the Latin root “jungere” mean?

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To join

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What does the Latin root “stringere” mean?

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To draw together tightly; to tie