Vocab Pages 100-107
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- RE
- back, again
- CED
- to go
- recede
- to go back
- CAP
- to take
- receive
- to take something offered
- CREAT
- to create
- recreation
- the refreshment of mind or body through some form of play or amusement
- FER
- to carry
- referee
- one to whome questions are carried back; an official in a sports contest
- MIT
- to send
- remit
- to send back
- SID
- to sit
- reside
- to dwell
- residue
- the part that remains after part has been separated away
- TEN
- to hold
- retain
- to hold back or keep in one's possession
- VEN
- to come
- revnue
- money that comes back from an investment or other source; taxes and other income collected by a government
- VIS
- to see
- revise
- to see again in order to correct errors
- VIV
- to live
- revive
- to cause to live again
- CALC
- heel
- recalcitrant
- obstinate; stubbornly rebellious
- CANT
- to sing
- recant
- to renounce a belief formerly held, especially in a formal/public manner
- CESS
- to go
- recession
- a period of reduced economic activity
- CLUS
- to shut
- recluse
- one who lives shut back from the world
- MISS
- to send
- remiss
- (sent back) negligent; lax in attending to duty
- remission
- a lessening; forgiveness
- NASC
- to be born
- Renaissance
- a rebirth; the revival of classical art, literature, and learning in Europe in the 14th/15th/16th centuries.
- SIL
- to leap
- resilience
- the ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune
- VERT
- to turn
- revert
- to return to a former habit or conclusion
- PRO
- before
- CEED
- to go
- proceed
- to go forward
- CLAM
- to cry out
- proclaim
- to announce officially and publicly
- CLIVUS
- slope
- proclivity
- an inclination toward something, especially toward something objectionable
- FUS
- to pour
- profuse
- pouring forth freely; generous
- JECT
- to throw
- projectile
- something thrown forward by force; a missile
- profusion
- an abundance
- MONT
- mountain
- promontory
- a high peak of land or rock (mountain) jutting forward into the sea
- MOT
- to move
- promotion
- a moving forward (as to a better job)
- PEL
- to push
- propel
- to push or drive forward
- PENS
- to hang
- propensity
- a natural inclination
- PON
- to put
- proponent
- one who argues in favor of something; an advocate
- SPECT
- to look
- prospectus
- a printed description of a proposed enterprise
- TUBER
- swelling
- protuberant
- bulging
- VID, VIS
- to see
- provide
- to get ready beforehand
- provident
- making provision for the future
- provision
- a preparation for the future
- SCRIB, SCRIPT
- to write
- AD
- to
- ascribe
- to attribute
- CON
- together
- conscription
- an enforced enrollment or military draft
- IN
- in
- inscribe
- orig. to engrave words in stone; now, to write in, as the dedication of a book
- MANU
- hand
- manuscript
- orig. something written by hand; now, a composition for publication
- NON
- not
- nondescript
- not easy to write about/describe; lacking distinctive qualities
- PRE
- before
- prescribe
- to write down a rule beforehand; in medicine, to order a treatment
- proscribe
- in ancient Rome, to publish the name of one condemned to death; now, to condemn or forbid as harmful
- scribe
- one who copies manuscripts
- script
- handwriting; the written copy of a play used by actors to learn their lines
- Scripture
- orig. anything written; now, the Bible
- SUB
- under
- subscribe
- to write one's name on an agreement; also, to support/give approval to an idea
- TRANS
- over
- transcribe
- to write over again, as to transcribe notes
- SED, SID, SESS
- to sit
- assess
- to estimate the value of property for taxation
- assessor
- an official who assesses property for taxation
- assiduous
- persistent
- insidious
- treacherous; more dangerous than seems evident
- OB
- against
- obsess
- to besiege like an evil spirit; to preoccupy the mind abnormally
- obsession
- orig. the act of an evil spirit in ruling one; now, a persisten idea/desire/emotion that cannot be got rid of by reasoning
- preside
- to sit before a meeting to conduct it
- president
- one who sits before a group as its head
- sedative
- a medicine that calms nervousness or excitement
- sedentary
- requiring much sitting
- sediment
- material that sits at the bottom of a liquid
- session
- the sitting together of a group
- siege
- a prolonged attack
- subside
- to sink to a lower level; to settle down
- subsidiary
- serving to assist or supplement; subordinate
- subsidy
- government financial support
- SUPER
- above
- supersede
- to take the place of; to displace