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vocab/roots

American lit vocab/roots

TermDefinition
Abdicate to give up or renounce a throne/office
Aberration unwelcome departure from the norm
Abscond to leave hurriedly and/or secretly
Abeyance temporary state of disuse or suspension
Abstain refrain from sex, alcohol, voting, etc.
Tenable able to be defended, occupied, or possessed
Retentive able to keep in possession or use
Tentative uncertain, hesitant
Content substance, meaning, matter
Tenant person/group who rents/occupies land
Effluvium invisible smell, emanation, exhalation
Confluence a coming/flowing together, meeting
Fluctuate shift back and forth uncertainly
Effluent flowing outward, something that flows out
Influx a coming-in, inward flow
Current mass of water/air moving in the same direction
Precursor earlier version, one coming before
Recourse someone or something offering help or protection
Recur to happen again and again
ab,abs away from
flu, flux to flow
curr,curs,cours to run
ten, tent,tain to hold, keep,have
sanct holy, saint
cred believe
sanctify to set apart from sacred use
sanctuary a sacred place, like a church
sanction to give authorization, encouragement
sanctimonious faking holiness or righteousness
sancrosaint considered sacred and inviolable
credo statement of belief
credulous too ready to believe, gullible
credence legitimacy, believability
credential something entitling one to authority and confidence
credit something given due to a reputation for truth and/or worthiness
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