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8th - VCR B Lssn 12
Vocabulary from Classical Roots B, Lesson 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Noli me tangere. | (Latin) Touch me not. — John 20:17 |
| sentio, sentire | (Latin) to feel with the senses |
| assent | (intr. v.) to consent; to express agreement (used with to) |
| assent | (n.) agreement; consent |
| dissent | (intr. v.) to have or express a different opinion |
| dissent | (n.) disagreement |
| presentiment | (n.) a sense of something about to happen |
| sensuous | (adj.) appealing to the senses, especially aesthetically |
| sentinel | (n.) a sentry; one who keeps watch |
| tango, tangere | (Latin) to touch |
| continguous | (adj.) adjoining; sharing a boundary |
| tangible | (adj.) perceptible by sense of touch |
| tangible | (adj.) clear and definite; real; concrete |
| tactile | (adj.) pertaining to or using the sense of touch; tangible |
| tangent | (adj.) touching |
| tangent | (adj.) irrelevant; off the subject |
| tangent | (n.) a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cross it |
| tangent | (n.) a sudden change of direction: “to go off on a tangent” |