Vocabulary Cards Latin | 9A

Question 0

Artifice

Answer 0

N) trickery; skill or ingenuity

Question 1

Abstinence

Answer 1

N) a refraining from some or all food, drink, or other pleasures.

Question 2

Benefactor

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N) a patron; one who gives help or financial aid

Question 3

Caption

Answer 3

N) a heading or title (found on illustrations)

Question 4

Corpulent

Answer 4

A) fat; obese; stout

Question 5

Decease

Answer 5

V) to die

Question 6

Degree

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N) any of successive steps in a process; social, or official rank; unit of measurement for angles and arcs

Question 7

Dictum

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N) a formal statement of opinion; a saying or adage

Question 8

Enclose

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V) to shut in all around; surround; out within an envelope

Question 9

Induct

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V) to place formally in an office or group; to enroll in the armed forces

Question 10

Interject

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V) to throw in between; interrupt with

Question 11

Malfeasance

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N) wrongdoing or misconduct, esp. in handling of public affairs

Question 12

Podium

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N) a small platform (as for a lecturer)

Question 13

Prescribe

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V) to write beforehand; order, direct or advise

Question 14

Secure

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A) free from fear, care, danger, etc.; safe; firm (as a knot)
V) to protect; to obtain; to make certain; to make firm or fast

Question 15

Sickle

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N) a tool with a crescent-shaped blade on a short handle used to cut tall grass or weeds

Question 16

Suffice

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V) to be enough or adequate

Question 17

Susceptible

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A) easily influenced or affected by

Question 18

Valve

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N) a device which regulates flow by means of a membrane, flap, lid, etc.

Question 19

Preside

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V) to serve as chairman; to have control or authority over