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9AP Vocabulary
Chapter Five: Latin Roots
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9th Grade
06/14/2008

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-rupt
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break, burst
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-cide
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killing/killer
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-string (strict)
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bind, draw tight
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-vor
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eat greedily
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-viv
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live, alive
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-tort (-tors)
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twist
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-vict (-vinc)
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conquer, show conclusively
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-fract (-frag)
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break
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-omni
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all, every, everywhere
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-flect (-flex)
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bend
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-ten (-tin, -tent)
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hold, keep
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-mon (-monit)
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warn
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-mand (-mandat)
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order, command, commit
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-cred (-credit)
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believe
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-fid
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faith, trust
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-grat
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pleasant, thank, favor
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-mor (-mort)
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death
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-corp
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body
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-duc (-duct)
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lead, conduct, draw
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-secut (-sequ)
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follow
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-cur (-curr, -curs)
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run
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-gress (-grad)
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step, walk, go
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-ped
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foot
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-tact (-tang)
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touch
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-prehend (-prehens)
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seize, grasp
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-ject
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throw, cast
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-vert (-vers)
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turn
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-mis (-miss, -mit, -mitt)
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send
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-locut (-loqu)
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speak, talk
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-fer(ous)
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bearing, producing, yeilding
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biocide
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substance that destroys living microorganisms
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genocide
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diliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group
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astringent (one adj., one noun)
Definition
1) adj: drawing (the tissues) tightly together; stern, austure
2)noun: substance that shrinks tissue and checks flow of blood by drawing together blood vessels
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stringent
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strict; rigid; severe
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stricture
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antagonistic criticism
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frugivorous
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feedingon fruit
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convivial
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fond of eating and drinking with friends; jovial; hospitable
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extort
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wrest from a person by force
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retort (one verb, one noun)
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1) verb: reply quickly or sharply
2) noun: quick, witty, or cutting reply
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evince
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show clearly; disclose
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vanquish
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overcome in battle
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omnibus (one adj., one noun)
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1) adj.: covering many things at once
2) noun: bus
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omnifarious
Definition
of all varieties, forms, or kinds
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omnific
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all-creating
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deflect
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turn aside
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inflection
Definition
change in the pitch or tone of a person's voice.
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impertinenet
Definition
inappropriate, rude
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pertinacious
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very persistent
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pertinent
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relevant
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retenetive
Definition
able to retain or remember
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retentive
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able to retain or remember
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tenacity
Definition
persistence
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tenure
Definition
period for which an office or position is held
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untenable
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not able to be defended
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admonish
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warn of a fault; reprove; rebuke
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countermand
Definition
issue a contrary order
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remand
Definition
send back
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writ of mandamus
Definition
written order from a court to enforce the performance of sume public duty
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credulous
Definition
too ready to believe; easily deceived
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creed
Definition
summary of principles believed in or adhered to
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affidavit
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sworn written statement made before an authorized official
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bona fide
Definition
made or caried out in good faith
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confidant
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one to whom secrets are entrusted
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fiduciary
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held in a trust; confidential
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infidel
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one who doesn't accedpt a particular faith
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perfidious
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false to a trust; faithless
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perfidy
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violation of a trust; treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty
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corpus delicti
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facts proving that a crime has been commited; body of the victim in a murder case
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habeas corpus
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order requirng detained person to be brought before a court
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abject
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sunk or cast down to a low condition; deserving contempt
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emissary
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person sent out on a mission
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circumlocution
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roundabout way of speaking
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colloquy
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a talking together; conference; conversation
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elocution
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art of speaking out or reading effectively in public
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grandiloquent
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using lofty or pompous words
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loquacious
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talkative; garrulous
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