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Latin
Lesson 8
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| auriferous | containing or yielding gold |
| proviso | sentence that states a condition or limitation |
| integument | natural outer covering |
| verisimilitude | appearance of truth or fact |
| reticent | reluctant; reserved |
| sentient | aware; finely sensitive in perception or feeling |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words |
| prescient | foreknowledge of events; foresight |
| contingent | likely but not certain to happen; possible |
| perspicacity | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| perspicuity | clear |
| prospectus | prospective |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| multifarious | diverse |
| introspective | spy |
| somniferous | causing sleep; dullness |
| efficacious | effective |
| effigy | a crude figure representing a hated person |
| retrospect | the act or process or an instance of surveying the past |
| dissemble | to put on a false appearance : conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences |
| petty | having little or no importance or significance |
| vociferous | implies a vehement shouting or calling out |
| arresting | catching the attention |
| taciturn | silent |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive; assume |
| providential | lucky; marked by foresight |
| assimiliate | to take into the mind and thoroughly comprehend |
| presage | foretell |
| infatuate | to cause to be foolish |
| differentiate | to express the specific distinguishing quality of : discriminate |
| disparage | to lower in rank or reputation : degrade |
| ascertain | discover |
| deficit | disadvantage |
| immortality | unending existence |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| mores | habits |
| suffice | to meet or satisfy a need : be sufficient |