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Vocabulary 11, 12
Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book A
Term | Definition |
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transgress | to go beyond set limits; to break a rule |
transitive | describing an action carried from subject to verbs to objects; needing a direct object |
transitory | lasting for only a short while |
translucent | permitting light to pass through, but not see-through |
ambience | environment; the surrounding atmosphere |
obituary | notice of a death with biographical information |
transient | passing quickly; staying only a short time; a person or thing having a short stay |
aberration | straying from what is normal or accepted |
erratic | irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality, or ideas |
episode | an incident in a person's life or in a story or play |
exodus | mass departure or emigration |
Exodus | the departure of the Israelites from Egypt |
itinerant | traveling from place to place to perform som duty; a person who travels from place to place |
itinerary | a route of travel; a plan or record of a journey |
advent | arrival or coming into being |
Advent | 4 weeks before Christmas; the birth of Christ |
circumvent | to avoid; to evade by cleverness; to avoid by passing around |
convene | to assemble, especially for a meeting |
intervene | to interfere or interrupt; to occur between events or periods; to come between to ease a situation |
telepathy | communication from one mind to another without speech, writing, or other sensory means |
deviate | to turn aside from a course, norm, pattern, or subject |
devious | winding, round about; underhanded, deceptive, tricky |
impervious | not penetrable to light rays, moisture, etc.; incapable of being influenced or affected |
Root: trans | (L) "across" |
Roots: venio, venire, veni, ventum | (L) "to come" |
Root: tele | (G) "at a distance" |
Root: via | (L) "way," "street," "road," |