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Vocab 5
English Vocab 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sancire/Ficare | sanctimonious:adj - pretending piety or righteousness |
| Sapere | sapient:adj - having great wisdom |
| Sordere | sordid:adj - filthy |
| Species | specious:adj - deceptively attractive |
| Exigere | exigency:noun - a pressing or urgent situation |
| Ex-+onus | exonerate:verb - to free from blame |
| Ex-+postulare | expostulate:verb - to reason earnestly with someone in order to correct |
| Futilis | futile:adj - having no useful result |
| A-+bussos | abyss:noun - an immeasurably deep chasm |
| Alacritas/Alacer | alacrity:noun - eagerness |
| All-+betit | albeit:conjunction - although |
| Audere | audacious:adj - fearlessly bold |
| Augere | augment:verb - to add to |
| Austeros | austere:adj -bare |
| Con-+genius | congenial:adj - friendly and sociable |
| De-+nodere | denouement:noun - the final resolution |
| Precipitare | precipitate:verb - to cause to happen suddenly |
| Castellum | chateau:noun - a French castle or manor |
| Unda | undulation:noun - movement in a wavelike motion |