Latin VIII
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- longanimity
- patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance
- presentiment
- a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp. something evil; foreboding
- factious
- given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- incomparable
- matchless or unequaled
- incriminate
- to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault
- efficacious
- capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- nescient
- lack of knowledge; ignorance
- sentient
- having the power of perception by the senses; conscious
- longanimity
- patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.
- efficiency
- accomplishment of or ability to accomplish a job with a minimum expenditure of time and effort
- sage
- a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom
- perspicuity
- clearness or lucidity, as of a statement.
- confess
- to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation
- prospective
- of or in the future, of or in the future
- simulaste
- to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- animosity
- a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action: a deep-seated animosity between two sisters; animosity against one's neighbor.
- consensus
- majority of opinion
- similitude
- likeness; resemblance
- science
- a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws
- tactile
- of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- circumference
- the outer boundary, esp. of a circular area; perimeter
- manufacture
- the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery
- affectation
- an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession: an affectation of interest in art; affectation of great wealth.
- dissension
- strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord
- improvisation
- a compositon or performance delivered without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- dormitory
- a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas
- mortify
- to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect
- specious
- apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible
- devitalize
- to deprive of vitality or vital properties; make lifeless; weaken
- despicable
- deserving to be despised; contemptible
- ineffable
- 1. incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.
- malefactor
- a person who violates the law; criminal
- tangent
- in immediate physical contact; touching
- simultaneous
- existing, occurring, or operating at the same time
- proviso
- a clause in a statute, contract, or the like, by which a condition is introduced
- prescience
- knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight
- factor
- one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation
- animus
- strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- intact
- not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished
- peerless
- having no equal; matchless; unrivaled.
- audit
- an official examination and verification of accounts and records, esp. of financial accounts
- sapient
- having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment
- suggestion
- the calling up in the mind of one idea by another by virtue of some association or of some natural connection between the ideas
- sensation
- the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses
- defer
- to put off, to exempt temporarily from induction into military service.
- malefic
- productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful
- mores
- folkways of central importance accepted without question and embodying the fundamental moral views of a group
- sententious
- abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
- inspector
- a person who examines
- integument
- a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind
- unconscionable
- not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
- resemblance
- a degree, kind, or point of likeness
- intangible
- incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch
- aspect
- appearance to the eye or mind; look
- tacit
- understood without being openly expressed; implied
- mortuary
- of or pertaining to the burial of the dead
- somniferous
- bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- profess
- to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to
- insensate
- without human feeling or sensitivity; cold; cruel; brutal
- conspicuous
- easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable
- morsel
- a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc
- confer
- to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation
- vivacity
- liveliness; animation; sprightliness
- irreparable
- incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good
- dormant
- lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- supervise
- to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of
- congestion
- overcrowding; clogging
- immortality
- immortal condition or quality; unending life.
- faction
- group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like: a faction in favor of big business.
- visibility
- the relative ability to be seen
- verisimilitude
- the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability
- morbid
- suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.
- presage
- something that portends or foreshadows a future event
- specimen
- a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc
- equanimity
- mental or emotional stability or composure
- species
- a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind
- assembly
- coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose
- somniloquist
- The act or habit of talking in one's sleep.
- deference
- respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
- digest
- to convert food or to obtain information, ideas, or principles from; assimilate mentally
- assimilate
- to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- torpid
- inactive or sluggish.
- preparatory
- preliminary; introductory
- dissemble
- 1.To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance.
- perspicacity
- keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.The detective was too humble to acknowledge that his perspicacity was the reason for his professional success.
- reference
- a mention; allusion; something for which a name or designation stands; denotation
- differentiate
- to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
- infatuate
- to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love
- somnolent
- sleepy; drowsy
- retrospect
- contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.; to look back in thought; refer back
- disparage
- to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- sensuous
- perceived by or affecting the senses: the sensuous qualities of music.
- evident
- plain or clear to the sight or understanding:
- detective
- A person, usually a member of a police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence or information
- fatuity
- complacent stupidity; foolishness
- gustatory
- of or pertaining to taste or tasting
- ascertain
- to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance
- vociferous
- crying out noisily; clamorous
- indivisible
- not separable into parts; incapable of being divided:
- transfix
- to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror
- mordacity
- biting or given to biting
- survival
- the act or fact of surviving, esp. under adverse or unusual circumstances
- ferrous
- of or containing iron, esp. in the bivalent state
- indiscriminate
- lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, haphazard; thoughtless
- auriferous
- yielding or containing gold
- omniscient
- having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- palpable
- readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident
- contagion
- the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact
- improvident
- lacking foresight; neglecting to provide for future needs
- resentment
- the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult
- dissimulation
- the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- vista
- a view or prospect, esp. one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses
- benefit
- something that is advantageous or good; an advantage
- effigy
- a representation or image, esp. sculptured, as on a monument
- introspective
- to look into or examine one's own mind, feelings, etc.
- differ
- to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities
- mortal
- subject to death; having a transitory life