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Latin & Greek Vocab

Latin & Greek Vocabulary Units 1-15

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Strong and to the point; convincing Cogent
Urgent; pressing Exigent
To test, analyze Assay
Refusing to compromise Intransigent
To stir up; provoke Incite
To bring back to consciousness Resuscitate
Showing care or worry Solicitous
To make worried or upset Perturb
Very excited; upset Turbulent
Cloudy; confused Turbid
Enthusiastic quickness Alacrity
Speed or quickness Celerity
A corrupt wrongdoer Degenerate
To bring about; to produce Engender
A kind or type of art Genre
Related to or coming from the same source Cognate
Natural; present from birth Innate
In the act of being born; growing Nascent
The change the form or appearance of Transfigure
Not real Fictive
to make up or invent;pretend Feign
About to bring forth or give birth; pregnant Parturient
The range of works an artist can produce or perform Repertory
Strongly emotional; fierce and passionate Vehement
To attack strongly in words; to talk or write bitterly against Inveigh
To draw a conclusion based on little or no information; to guess Surmise
The end of existence; death Demise
The make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon Remit
Standing for another thing Emblematic
Of of like a devil; very wicked or cruel Diabolical
An exaggeration for effect Hyperbole
Happening in parts or segments Episodic
Orderly or regular Methodical
A council, especially of churches or church officials Synod
Having to do with the country Pastoral
A meal; food and drink for a meal Repast
Gathered into a whole; total Aggregate
Standing out sharply as wrong or bad Egregious
Liking to be with other people Gregarious
Having to do with farming Agrarian
The act of traveling about; a journey Peregrination
Fulfillment of an effort or desire Fruition
Yielding no positive results Fruitless
Having to do with the countryside; rural Rustic
Having to do with country life or farms Bucolic
Simple and pleasant Idyllic
Difficult to understand; hidden from understanding Recondite
Hard to understand; having a secret meaning Cryptic
Public, unhidden, open Overt
Done in a hidden or secret manner Covert
The circumstances or setting surrounding an event Context
The hidden or underlying meaning of something Subtext
To leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law Abscond
Coming from an unreliable source; untrue Apocryphal
An opening or a hole Aperture
A stated reason for doing something; an excuse Pretext
A formal delay; a suspension Moratorium
Modest and shy Demure
to express unwillingness to do something; to object Demur
Done without planning; improvised Extemporaneous
Having to do with finite time or everyday life (as opposed to the eternal or spiritual) Temporal
To put off making a decision; to stall Temporize
Happening or active during the day Diurnal
A short stay or visit Sojourn
To formally bring to an end Adjourn
Something that seems to be out of its proper time Anachronism
To tell or write the history of Chronicle
Happening at the same time as Synchronous
The mind, especially as the center of a person's being Psyche
Having an effect on the body, but mental or emotional in origin Psychosomatic
Having severe mental illness to the point of disconnection from reality Psychotic
Timid or cowardly; not brave Pusillanimous
Strong criticism or blame Animadversion
Without life; unmoving Inanimate
To take place; to happen Transpire
To plan together secretly Conspire
To have a strong desire to get or do something Aspire
Liveliness; high-spiritedness Esprit
Not agreeing or going well together Discordant
Agreement or harmony Concordance
Wandering from one topic to another Discursive
To agree in an opinion or decision Concur
Badly needed help; aid Succor
Too willing to serve or obey Obsequious
Movement from one thing to another; transition Segue
To come after; to happen as a result of Ensue
Going on without stopping; seemingly never-ending Incessant
To admit that something is true; to give up Concede
To ask or plead with on behalf of another Intercede
A time or period lasting through the ages; eternity Perpetuity
to cause to continue; to further Perpetuate
Having or showing good judgment Judicious
To settle a dispute or argument Adjudicate
Not concerned about morality Amoral
Attitudes and behaviors that are so firmly fixed that they are followed like laws Mores
Gloomy, bad-tempered Morose
To make up for doing wrong Expiate
Lacking respect for what should be worshipped Impious
to set apart as holy; to give up to a purpose Consecrate
Very bad; hateful Execrable
So sacred or revered as to be off-limits Sacrosanct
Clever trickery; deception Artifice
Without strategy or deceit; naive Artless
Not having power to move; slow to act Inert
An image that best represents something; a symbol Icon
A person who attacks or mocks things most people believe in Iconoclast
The study of a group of representative pictures or symbols Iconography
To seek to be like; to admiringly mimic Emulate
Impossible to imitate or copy Inimitable
One who supplies or sells Purveyor
A clause or statement that gives instructions for a potential event or situation Proviso
Range of skills or authority; capability Purview
A job that brings a salary or reward without requiring work; a job in name only Sinecure
Not inclined to seek knowledge;idle Incurious
To get with some effort Procure
Causing many deaths on all sides of a conflict Internecine
Not causing harm or injury Innocuous
Comfort or consolation Solace
Very sad; unable to be comforted Inconsolable
Promoting good health Salubrious
Having a positive or healthy result Salutary
An act of greeting Salutation
To bring under control; to conquer or subdue Subjugate
Of of related to marriage Conjugal
Touching on one side; sharing a border or borders Contiguous
Possible, conditional Contingent
Unable to be broken or removed; inalienable Infrangible
To pay or supply the money for Defray
The right to vote Suffrage
To filter through a lens or medium Refract
To divide by cutting across Transect
Of or having to do with a sect; very limited Sectarian
To yield; surrender Capitulate
To summarize briefly Recapitulate
Sudden change of intention; impulsiveness Caprice
To cause something to happen immediately; to speed up Precipitate
To bring forth as evidence; to use as an example Adduce
To say false things in order to harm the reputation of Traduce
To conquer or overcome Subdue
Willing to obey Subservient
Like a slave; too humble Servile
Keeping one's thoughts to oneself;withdrawn Reserved
Having the highest power or authority; ruling Sovereign
To fill to excess; gorge Surfeit
Not able to be overcome Insuperable
Specific place; especially, the center of an activity or event Locus
In place of In Lieu Of
To set aside for a special purpose Allocate
Relevant or appropriate Apposite
To come between verbally; to insert a remark Interpose
A combination; a blend Composite
Of an ideal nature; model Utopian
Nightmarish; grim Dystopian
Dealing with current subject matter; relevant Topical
Something hated or strongly avoided Anathema
A phrase or term that describes something or someone Epithet
High-flown and elevated in speech Magniloquent
Very talkative Loquacious
Roundabout or overly long way of saying something Circumlocution
Formal conversation or dialogue Colloquy
Harsh criticism; abuse Obloquy
To deliver, especially to a negative fate or outcome Consign
Acceptance of something that cannot be avoided; patient submission Resignation
A party to a contract, treaty or other legal document Signatory
To forbid; to outlaw Proscribe
To think of as belonging to or coming from; to assign Ascribe
To tightly limit or restrict Circumscribe
Loud and noisy in making one's feelings known Vociferous
Something done for pleasure; hobby Avocation
Profession; trade Vocation
Having a single, clear meaning Univocal
Not saying much; tight-lipped Reticent
Understood as meant but not openly said; implied Tacit
Characterized by infrequent speech; silent Taciturn
An overabundance of words; excessive wordiness Verbiage
Word for word Verbatim
Using too many words Verbose
A short outline or review of main points Synopsis
Nearsighted; lacking vision or foresight Myopic
To briefly outline or describe Adumbrate
Anger caused by an insult or slight Umbrage
To see or make out clearly; recognize Discern
Carefulness in what one says or does; prudence Discretion
Separate, distinct Discrete
To make aware of; to notify Apprise
To consist of; to contain Comprise
Deserving condemnation; terribly wrong Reprehensible
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