Vocabulary Cards Latin | 9A Flashcards
Artifice
N) trickery; skill or ingenuity
Abstinence
N) a refraining from some or all food, drink, or other pleasures.
Benefactor
N) a patron; one who gives help or financial aid
Caption
N) a heading or title (found on illustrations)
Corpulent
A) fat; obese; stout
Decease
V) to die
Degree
N) any of successive steps in a process; social, or official rank; unit of measurement for angles and arcs
Dictum
N) a formal statement of opinion; a saying or adage
Enclose
V) to shut in all around; surround; out within an envelope
Induct
V) to place formally in an office or group; to enroll in the armed forces
Interject
V) to throw in between; interrupt with
Malfeasance
N) wrongdoing or misconduct, esp. in handling of public affairs
Podium
N) a small platform (as for a lecturer)
Prescribe
V) to write beforehand; order, direct or advise
Secure
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