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Unit 5 Vocabulary From Latina and Greek Roots
Joc, Fest, Fet, Bacch, Plaint, Eleg
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8th Grade
12/18/2011
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Jocose
 Definition
Cheerful; merry
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Jocular
 Definition
Characterized by Joking
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Festoon
 Definition
To drape or adorn festively
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Fete
 Definition
To honor with a banquet or feast
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Bacchic
 Definition
Of or related to a wild celebration
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Bacchanal
 Definition
A drunken party or celebration
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Plaintive
 Definition
Sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness
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Plaint
 Definition
A lament or complaint
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Elegy
 Definition
A song or poem memorializing something or someone
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Elegiac
 Definition
Mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful
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