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Vocabulary from classical roots
chapter 9
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9th Grade
03/06/2012

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capitalist
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a person who has invested personal wealth in business
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capitulation
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surrender; ending resistance
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decapitate
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to cut off the head of or behead
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precipice
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a very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock or the edge of a serious situation
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precipitate
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to throw down from a great height, or to make happen quickly or rain
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recapitulation
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the restatement of a main idea
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cerebral
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pertaining to the brain
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cerebration
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the action of thinking; thought
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deface
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to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of something
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caput, capitis
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head
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cerebrum
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brain
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facies
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face, form shape
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efface
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to wipe out to obliterate
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facade
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a face of a building
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facet
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one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel
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frons, frontis
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front forehead, face
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affront
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to insult intentionally to offend or embarrass
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confront
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to stand or come directly in front of
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effrontery
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flippant or insulting boldness
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supercilium
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eyebrow
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supercilious
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lifted eyebrow giving the impression of haughtiness
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os, oris,
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mouth
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oro, orare, oravi, oratum
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to speak
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inexorable
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relentless, unyielding
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oracle
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a shrine where the ancient greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy
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oration
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an address or formal speech given on a special occasion
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orifice
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a mouth or vent - an opening
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osculate
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kiss
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dens, dentis
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tooth
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indentation
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a cut or notch
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indenture
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a written contract between two parties
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trident
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a long three pronged fork or weapon
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odon, odontos
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tooth
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orthodontist
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a specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth
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gorge
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a deep narrow passage with rocky sides enclosed between mountains
To fill yourself
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disgorge
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to vomit violently
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gargantuan
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gigantic
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gargoyle
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a grotesque carved human or animal figure sometimes used as a rainspout
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regurgitate
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to cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food to vomit, to rush or surge back
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