vocab 11-12

Question 1

battery

Answer 1

(n); a beating or pounding, especially an unlawful beating, as in assault and battery; guns or heavy artillery; a group of similar things used together

Question 2

battlement

Answer 2

(n); a defense wall with alternating high and low sections (often used in plural form)

Question 3

abate

Answer 3

(v); to reduce in quantity or intensity; to subside; to diminish

Question 4

bellicose

Answer 4

(adj); warlike; eager to fight

Question 5

belligerent

Answer 5

(n); a country or persons engaged in warfare or hostile action;
(adj); behaving in a hostile or aggressive manner; engaged in combat

Question 6

daunt

Answer 6

(v); to intimidate; to discourage or dishearten

Question 7

indomitable

Answer 7

(adj); unconquerable

Question 8

forte

Answer 8

(n); a person’s strong point; the thing in which a person excels
(adj); in music, loudly; forcefully

Question 9

fortitude

Answer 9

(n); courage in enduring pain or trouble

Question 10

carte blanche

Answer 10

(n); Unrestricted power to act at one’s discretion; unconditional permission or authority

Question 11

cartel

Answer 11

(n); an organization of firms in the same industry for the purpose of regulating production, pricing, and marketing of goods and decreasing competition by members; a coalition of political or special interest groups to achieve a common cause; a bloc

Question 12

cartographer

Answer 12

(n); a maker of maps or charts

Question 13

pugilist

Answer 13

(n); a fistfighter, especially a professional boxer

Question 14

pugnacious

Answer 14

(adj); quarrelsome; eager for a fight

Question 15

impugn

Answer 15

(v); to oppose or attack as false; to seek to discredit

Question 16

battuo, battuere, battui, battuum

Answer 16

(root) to beat, to knock

Question 17

bellum

Answer 17

(root) war

Question 18

domo, domare, domui, domitum

Answer 18

(root) to tame, to subdue

Question 19

fortis

Answer 19

(root) strong

Question 20

khartes

Answer 20

(root) leaf of papyrus, a writing

Question 21

pugno, pugnare, pugnavi, pugnatum

Answer 21

(root) to fight

Question 22

battery, battlements, abate

Answer 22

words coming from the root battuo, battuere, battui, battuum

Question 23

bellicose, belligerent

Answer 23

words coming from the root bellum

Question 24

daunt, indomitable

Answer 24

words coming from the root domo, domare, domui, domitum

Question 25

forte, fortitude

Answer 25

words coming from the root fortis

Question 26

carte blanche, cartel, cartographer

Answer 26

words coming from the root khartes

Question 27

pugilist, pugnacious, impugn

Answer 27

words coming from the root pugno, pugnare, pugnavi, pugnatum

Question 28

cadence

Answer 28

(n); a rhythmic flow of sound, as in poetry or aroatory, or of movement, as in marching or dancing

Question 29

casuistry

Answer 29

(n); the use of moral principles to reason out what is right or wrong in everyday situations (usually associated with a morality that emphasizes adherence to established laws); subtle but misleading or flase application of reasoning; a quibbling or evasive way of making difficult decisions

Question 30

decadent

Answer 30

(adj); declining or decaying (applied to a condition, things, or people); (n); a person who is decaying mentally or morally; (usually capitalized) a member of a group of nineteenth-century French and English artists who were inspired by artificial and morbid things

Question 31

Occident

Answer 31

(n); (capitalized) the parts of the world that lie west of Asia, especially the countries of Europe and the western Hemisphere

Question 32

recidivism

Answer 32

(n); a relapse into a former habit, especially criminal or antisocial behavior

Question 33

cede

Answer 33

(v); to yield or surrender rights or possessions, usually officially

Question 34

accede

Answer 34

(v); to consent; to agree; to take office; to become a ruler

Question 35

concession

Answer 35

(n); the act of granting or yielding; permission by authority for special use, especially the privilege of setting up a business in a certain place, or the place itself

Question 36

intercede

Answer 36

(v); to act on another's behalf; to mediate in a dispute; to seek to reconcile differences

Question 37

predatory

Answer 37

(adj); preying on other animals; plundering; exploiting or victimizing others

Question 38

depredation

Answer 38

(n); destruction, plunder

Question 39

punctilious

Answer 39

(adj); precise, scrupulous; attentive to details, especially of ettiquette

Question 40

pungent

Answer 40

(adj); having a strong, biting taste or smell

Question 41

compunction

Answer 41

(n); uneasiness caused by guilt; remorse; scruples

Question 42

expunge

Answer 42

(v); to omit; to delete; to obliterate

Question 43

cado, cadere, cecidi, casum

Answer 43

(root) to fall

Question 44

cedo, cedere, cessi, cessum

Answer 44

(root) to move, to yield

Question 45

praeda

Answer 45

(root) spoils of war, plunder, booty

Question 46

pungo, pungere, pupugi, punctum

Answer 46

(root) to prick, to puncture

Question 47

cadence, casuistry, decadent, Occident, recidivism

Answer 47

words coming from the root cado, cadere, cecidi, casum

Question 48

cede, accede, concession, intercede

Answer 48

words coming from the root cedo, cedere, cessi, cessum

Question 49

predatory, depredation

Answer 49

words coming from the root praeda

Question 50

punctilious, pungent, compunction, expunge

Answer 50

words coming from the root pungo, pungere, pupugi, punctum