VCR E - L5
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- BASSIS
- (G) pedestal, foot, base
- BASSIUS
- (L) low
- bas-relief
- n. sculpture whose ornament or figures are somewhat raised above the background (also known as low relief)
- debase
- v. to lower in quality, value, or dignity; to degrade
- CLIVUS
- (L) sloper
- declivity
- n. a downward slope; the slope of a hill
- proclivity
- n. a natural inclination or tendency
- LEVIS
- (L) light (in weight)
- leaven
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n. 1. a substance like yeast or a small amount of fermented dough that causes dough to expand or rise
2. lightening or enlivening influence
v. to provide a lightening influence - legerdemain
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n. 1. sleight of hand; magic tricks
2. any trickery or deception - leverage
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n. 1. the action of a lever that raises or lifts
2. power to influence; a position of strength - levitate
- v. to rise or float, to cause to rise, seemingly despite gravity
- levity
- n. lightness in speech or behavior, especially unbecoming jocularity; frivolity
- PENDO
- (L) to cause to hang down, to weigh
- PONDERE
- (L)to weigh
- penchant
- n. a strong inclination or liking
- ponderous
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adj. 1. extremely heavy; massive
2. unweildy or akward
3. dull or tedious - imponderable
- adj. unable to be assessed or measured precisely
- preponderant
- adj. superior in number, force, power, or importance
- SCALA
- (L) steps, stairs, ladder, scale
- SCANDO
- (L) to climb
- echelon
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n. 1. a step-like formation of troops, ships, or aircraft
2. a level of command or authority - transcendent
- adj. going beyond the limits of ordinary experience