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script written language

Answer 1

**script**: a ‘written’ document **manuscript: **a document originally ‘written’ by hand **scripture**: holy ‘writings’ **subscription:** fee paid to a magazine to ‘underwrite’ its production **prescription**: document ‘written’ beforehand by a physician **transcript**: document ‘written’ across to another to form a copy **postscript**: extra words which are written after the main body of a letter

Answer 2

**sectarian **Sectarian views tend to be intolerant or unaccepting of points of view that differ from their own. **consecutive **Consecutive events happen one right after the other with no breaks in between. **persecute **cause to suffer **prosecute **conduct a prosecution in a court of law

Answer 3

sense: ‘feeling’ faculty nonsensical: not ‘feeling’ right sensible: ‘feels’ right to do sensitive: susceptible to ‘feeling’ sensory: pertaining to ‘feeling’ sensation: act of ‘feeling’ insensate: not able to ‘feel’sentimental: ruled by ‘feelings’ assent: ‘feel’ the way another does consent: ‘feel’ with another dissent: ‘feel’ apart from another resent: send angry ‘feelings’ back sentinel: one who ‘feels’ his surroundings sentry: one who ‘feels’ his surroundings

Answer 4

sequel something that follows something else sequential in regular succession without gaps sequestrate keep away from others consequence a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon consequent following or accompanying as a consequence consequential having important issues or results inconsequential Inconsequential matters are unimportant or are of little to no significance. subsequent One thing that is subsequent to another is later than—or after it—in time. sequence A sequence of actions is the order in which those actions take place. obsequious If someone is being obsequious, they are trying so hard to please someone that they lack sincerity in their actions towards that person. sequester If you sequester someone, you keep them separate from other people.

Answer 5

tactile Something that is tactile can be physically touched. contact When there is contact between two things or people, they touch or there is a link formed between them. intact constituting the undiminished entirety recontact The act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people. tact consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense tactful having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others tactility the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain tactless lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others

Answer 6

contemporary-belonging to the same period temporal: of “time” contemporary: of “time” spent together contemporaneous: of “time” spent together temporary: of a short “time” temp: worker hired for a short period of “time” tempus fugit: Latin for “time” flies tempo: “timing” or speed of something extemporaneous: of being out of “time” to prepare temporize: to delay in order to gain more “time” to do something contretemps: an occurrence that goes against the smooth “timing” of a period of “time” extemporize: to play with no “time” to have prepared a piece of music tempest: storm which comes around at a certain “time”

Answer 7

tractor: machine which ‘drags’ attractive: that which ‘pulls’ you detract: ‘drag’ from subtract: ‘drag’ away from distract: ‘pull’ away extract: ‘pull’ out intractable: not able to be ‘dragged’ tractable: able to be ‘pulled’ contract: agreements ‘pulled’ legally together retract: ‘pull’ back protracted: ‘dragged’ forth in time traction: quotient of ‘draggability’ distraught: ‘pulled’ apart emotionally

Answer 8

convene-to come together reconvene-to come together again intervene-to put oneself in a meeting contravene-to act or be in violation for not doing what you were supposed to do

Answer 9

inventor-one who comes to find something prevent- the act of coming ahead to avoid something

Answer 10

averse: ‘turned’ away converse: thoroughly ‘turned’ irreversible: not able to be ‘turned’ back reverse: ‘turned’ back obverse: ‘turned’ towards Universe: everything ‘turned’ into one whole thing adversary: one ‘turned’ against you versus: ‘turned’ against anniversary: another year ‘turned’ conversation: ‘turned’ with another while speaking verse: ‘turn’ of poetry divorce: having ‘turned’ apart from a spouse diverse: ‘turned’ apart version: a ‘turning’

Answer 11

vocal: of “calling” voice: that which can “call” vocabulary: words “called” out, what words are being “called” out, or what words “call” things vociferous: of carrying “calling” a long ways, hence being loud vocation: a “calling” in life avocation: a “calling” away from a job, hence a hobby or other pastime advocate: to “call” towards as a show of support invoke: to “call” upon invocation: a “calling” upon revoke: to “call” back irrevocable: not capable of being “called” back provoke: to “call” forth provocation: the act of “calling” forth evoke: to “call” forth evocation: the act of “calling” forth vocalize: to “call” with the voice

Answer 12

convoke To convoke a meeting or assembly is to bring people together for a formal gathering or ceremony of some kind. evoke call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) invoke summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic provoke call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) revoke fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

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