Latin Words Flashcards

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Adumbrate

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V.

To produce a faint image

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Avocation

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N.

Hobby or minor occupation

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Centuple

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Adj.

A hundred times as great

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Conflagration

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N.

A destructive fire

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Disinter

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V.

To dig up

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Garrulous

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Adj

Tending to talk a lot withot making sense

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Juxtaposition

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N.

Comparing by putting the items side by side

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Matron

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N.

Women in charge of domestic and medical arrangements

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Missire

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N.

A written message

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Obsequious

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Adj.

Obident & well-behaved

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Perennial

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Adj.

Lasting or existing for a long time

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Prediate

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V.

To proclaim or declare

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Providence

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N.

Forseeing and guidance of God

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Recapitulate

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V.

To review by brief summer; outline

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Terrier

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N.

Of or relating to Earth; earthly

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Aggregation

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N.

A group or mass of distinct or varied things

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Apposite

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Adj.

Suitable, well-adaptedc relevant

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Circumspect

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Adj.

Discreet & watchful

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Colloquy

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N.

A conversational exchange; dialogue

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Consign

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V.

To give over to the care of another; in trust

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Dictum

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N.

A formal announcement; motto

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Ductility

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Adj.

Capable of being hammered out thin; malleability

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Interdict

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N. & V.

An authoritice Prohibition; prohibition

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Introspect

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N.

Observation or examination of one’s own thoughts; self-analysis

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Locus
N. | A place; location
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Malediction
N. | A curse; imprecation
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Malevolent
Adj. | Wishing evil; wicked
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Mortician
N. Undertaker S- embalmer
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Prescribe
V. | To advise
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Proscribe
V. | To forbid; ban
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Allocate
V. | To set apart for a particular purpose; Allot
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Benediction
N. | A utterance of good wishes; approval
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Comport
V. | To conduct oneself; behave
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Diffident
Adj. | Lacking confidence in onems own ability; vashful
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Indict
V. | To charge with a crime; charge
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Inter
V. | A place in a grave or tomb; bury
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Novitiate
N. | A period or state of being a beginner; learner
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Perfidious
Adj. | Deliberately faithless or treacherous; deceitful
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Purport
V. | to present as an original; to proclaim
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Soliloquy
N. | An actbof talking as if alone; aside
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Specter
N. | A ghost; apparition
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Temporize
V. | To avoid making decision; procrastinate
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Transliteration
N. | The change into corresponding characters of another language; translate
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Superannuated
Adj. | Retired because of new technology; antiquated
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Porter
N. | A person who carries luggage; bellhop
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Allocution
N. | A formal speech; giving advice, address
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Confraternity
N. A brotherhood; affiliation
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Convocation
N. | The act of calling everyone together; assumins
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Egregious
Adj. | Very bad; easily noticed, atrocious
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Evanescent
Adj. | Appearing for a short time; momentary
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Extemporaneous
Adj. | Done without preparation; improvised
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Fastidious
Adj. | Excessively particular; meticulous
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Fiduciary
N. & Adj. | A person who is legally entitled to make decisions for you; trustee
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Interlocutor
N. | A person who takes part in a conversation; conversationalist
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Interurban
Adj. | Relating to or connecting urban areas; metropolitan
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Irrevocable
Adj. | Not able to changed; permanent
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Maladroit
Adj. | Unskillful; clumsy
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Manumit
V. | To release from captivity;free
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Repository
N. | A place where things are deposited; archive
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Urbanity
N. | Courtesy, politeness; elegance