Vocab. Lessons1-4
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- subsequent
- coming after or later
- impose
- 1.to set up,or to force something ( or oneself) on others 2.to take unfair advantage of someone
- obsequious
- excessivly willing to yeild to others
- exorbitant
- excessive
- sequor, sequi, sectum
- to follow
- per
- through
- adversity
- hardship;misfortune
- Fero, Ferre, Tuli, latum
- To bring, to carry
- subvert
- to upset; to overthrow; to ruin
- distort
- 1.to change something to makeit false 2. to twist (something) out of its normal shape
- sequester
- 1. to go into hiding; to seek soliyude 2. to isolate
- ex
- from, out of
- elation
- excited feeling of pride, triumph, or happiness
- contort
- to twist or bend out of shape
- excerpt
- 1. a passage selected froma book,play,piece of music,ect. 2. to takea passage froma book, ect.; to quote
- extrovert
- a personcheifly intrested inthings outsidethe self, directing thoughts outward rather inward
- exonerate
- 1. to free from blame 2. to relieve of a task
- subservient
- excessive willing to yeild; submissive
- perserve
- stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required
- dilatory
- tending to delay or to postpone
- tortuous
- 1. having many twist and turns 2. Deceitfully roundabout; tricky
- Defer
- to postpone; to delay - to yeild respectfully to the opinion or willof another
- prose
- 1. ordinary speechor writing without rhyme or meter (that is, without verse)
- permeate
- to penetrate throught spaces;to spread troughout
- imposter
- one who deceives by usinga false idenity
- compound
- 1. to mix together; to combine two or more parts or elements 2. a combination of elements,parts, orstubstance
- persevere
- to hold fast to a task or purpose despite handicaps or obsticals
- Toriqueo, torquere, torsi, tortum
- to twist, to bend, to turn around
- mediocrity
- the condition ofbeing commonplace orordinarly, somewhere in the middle betweenhighand low;a very ordinary person
- perennial
- 1.Lasting for an indefinitly long time 2. Continuing regularly 3. living longer than two years
- medius
- middle
- mediate
- to act as a negotiator betweenopposing sides in a dispute
- non sequitur
- A statement that doesnot follow logically fron evidence
- avert
- 1.to turn away (one's eyes) 2. to prevent avoid
- expound
- to set forth an explanation or view of something in detail
- verso,versare, versavi, versatum
- to turn around, to turn around
- percussion
- 1. The sharp striking of one thing to another 2. instruments that make a soung when struck 3. describing the striking of a stubence or musical instrument
- extraterrestrial
- outside or originating outside the limits of the earths atmosphere
- expostition
- 1. a percise statement or explanation 2. a public exhibit or show
- exhilarate
- to cheer;to simulate;to enliven
- medium
- 1. a substance or element through which something is transmitted 2. A person thought to have communication with spirts of the dead
- Pono,ponere,posui,positum
- to place, to put
- infer
- to use available evidence to forma conclusioin
- extraneous
- 1.coming from outside; foreign 2. not essential or vital
- sub
- under
- Extra
- on the outside
- retort
- 1. to reply quickly and sharply,often as if in reply to an accusation 2. a quick, witty, sometimes biting reply
- proponent
- one who argues in support of something
- introvert
- a person whoes thoughts and interest are directed inward