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labor/oper & leg
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| labor | Latin- “To work” |
| oper | Latin- “To work” |
| laborious | (adj) requiring considerable effort and time. |
| elaborate | (adj) involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning. |
| belabor | (v) to argue or elaborate a subject in excessive detail. |
| collaborate | (v) work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something. |
| cooperative | (n) a farm, business, or other organization that is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits. |
| operative | (adj) functioning; having effect. |
| laboratory | (n) a place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines |
| operate | (v) to control the functioning of a machine, process, or system |
| opera | (n) a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists |
| leg | Latin - “Law” |
| legal | (adj) permitted by law; lawful; of or pertaining to law; connected with the law or its administration. |
| legislation | (n) the act of making or enacting laws; a law or a body of laws enacted. |
| legitimate | (adj) according to law; lawful; in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards. |
| privilege | (n) a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most. |
| relegate | (v) to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition; to assign or refer something to a particular class or kind; to send into exile; banish. |
| legislator | (n) a person who gives or makes laws |
| legislator | (n) a member of a legislative body |
| illegal | (adj) forbidden by law or statute |
| illegal | (adj) contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc. |
| legislative | (adj) having the function of making laws; |
| legislative | (adj) of or pertaining to the enactment of laws |
| cooperative | (n) a farm, business, or other organization that is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits. |
| operative | (adj) functioning; having effect. |