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Latin V-VIII
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tacit | saying nothing; still |
| torpid | having lost temporarily all or part of the power of sensation or motion, as a hibernating animal; dormant |
| animosity | feeling of strong dislike or hatred; ill will; hostility |
| contingent | happening by chance; accidental; fortuitous |
| suffice | to be enough; be sufficient or adequate |
| deferential | showing deference; very respectful |
| sagacious | having or showing keen perception or discernment and sound judgment, foresight, etc. |
| vociferous | loud, noisy, or vehement in making one's feelings known; clamorous |
| simulated | to give a false indication or appearance of; pretend; feign |
| prescient | apparent knowledge of things before they happen or come into being; foreknowledge |
| disparate | unequal |
| assimilate | to change (food) into a form that can be taken up by, and made part of, the body tissues; absorb into the body |
| infatuate | to make foolish; cause to lose sound judgment |
| presage | a sign or warning of a future event; omen; portent; augury |
| dissemble | to conceal under a false appearance |
| disparage | to lower in esteem; discredit |
| indiscriminate | not based on careful selection or a discerning taste; confused, random, or promiscuous |
| mores | olkways that are considered conducive to the welfare of society and so, through general observance, develop the force of law, often becoming part of the formal legal code |
| sensuous | of, derived from, based on, affecting, appealing to, or perceived by the senses |
| proviso | a clause, as in a document or statute, making some condition or stipulation |
| invidious | such as to excite ill will, odium, or envy; giving offense |