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Vocabulary Lessons 7-8
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11th Grade
01/18/2011

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Sumptus censum ne superet.
Definition
Let not your spending exceed your income (i.e. Live within your means). -Martial
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Quaero, Quaerere, Quaesivi, Quaesitum.
Definition
To seek, to search for
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Acquisitive
Definition
Eagerly seeking to obtain things, wealth, or information.
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Inquisition
Definition
1. A prolonged inquiry or questioning, especially a harsh investigation on religious or political issues.
2.The special court of the Roman Catholic church in the middle ages to combat, suppress, and punish heresy.
(Although this was mainly Catholic, a Protestant version developed in the 15th century to combat the Catholic Dogma. John Calvin (of Geneva) was especially harsh in these Protestant inquisitions.)
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Querulous
Definition
Complaining, irritable, peevish
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Dunamis
Definition
Power
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Dunasthai
Definition
To be able, to have strength
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Dynamo
Definition
1. An electric generator.
2. An extremely forceful, energetic, or hardworking person.
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Dynasty
Definition
1. A succession of rulers from the same family group or line.
2. A succession of influential people linked by familial, political, social, or cultural association.
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Mitto, Mittere, Misi, Missum
Definition
To send
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demise
Definition
Death, or the end of existence or operation of something.
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Emissary
Definition
A person sent on a special mission.
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Premise
Definition
1. A proposition offered as basis for argument.
2. In logic, each of the first two propositions in a syllogism.
(Can also mean "a building and its grounds.")
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Mereo, Merere, Merui, Meritum
Definition
To earn, to deserve, to merit
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Meretricious
Definition
1. Attention-getting in a vulgar way; tawdry or tacky.
2. Insincere; based on pretense or deception.
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Meritorious
Definition
Praiseworthy; deserving reward or esteem.
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Portus
Definition
Harbor, Gate
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Importune
Definition
To make repeated and insistent demands or requests.
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Opportunist
Definition
A person (or animal) taking advantage of any chance to achieve an end in a forceful or self-serving way.
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Sumo, Sumere, Sumpsi, Sumptum
Definition
To take, to obtain
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Presumption
Definition
1. Arrogance; excessive self-assurance; unbecoming boldness.
2. Grounds for belief; assumption or supposition.
(Not necessarily based on logical reasoning-it could be whim and be entirely wrong. A premise is designed to undergo tests to determine truth and accuracy.
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Subsume
Definition
To place in a larger category or under a general heading or principle.
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Sumptuary
Definition
Pertaining to or regulating expenditure, often for religious or moral reasons, usually relating to clothing or food.
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