vocab test 3 Flashcards
Abstain (v.)
To not do something; refrain
Root: Tain
Sustain (v.)
To support for an extended period of time
Root: Tain
Tenacious (adj.)
Stubbornly persistent; determined
Root: Ten
Retinue (n.)
Group that follows an important person
Root: Ten
Replete (adj.)
Filled up with
Root: ple
Prohibit (v.)
To stop one from doing something; prevent
Root: hib/hab
Inhibit (v.)
To get in the way of; hinder
Root: hib/hab
Suffuse (v.)
To fill up from within; to spread throughout
Root: fus/found
Confound (v.)
To confuse and frustrate
Root: fus/found
Infuse (v.)
To inject; to fill something or someone with
Implement (v.)
To put into action; execute
Root: ple
Deplete (v.)
To use up; waste
Root: ple
Hib/Hab
Latin Habere, Habitum
To have, to hold
Fus/Found
Latin Fundere Fusum
To pour out
Ten/Tain/Tin
Latin Tenere, Tentum
To hold