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copy deck
- graffiti
- words or drawings scatched or scribbled on a wall.
- pedal
- a foot lever
- ratio
- Latin: reason
- pedometer
- a tool that measures the distance walked
- MANUS
- Latin: hand
- pantheism
- noun: identifying god with nature; belief in all gods
- captain
- the head of a group of soldiers
- polyglot
- a person who knows several languages well
- cognizant
- Aware; having knowledge of something
- creditable
- adjective: deserving of praise
- loquacious
- adjective: very talkative
- criterion
- noun: a standard, rule or test on which a decision or judgment can be made.
- Preigee
- n. The point in it's orbit when a planet ( usually the moon) is nearest the earth
- SOLVO
- Latin: to loosen or untie
- pedestrian
- walker; on foot
- LOGOS
- Greek for "speech" "word" "reason"
- apotheosis
- noun: making a god or something; deification; a glorified ideal; an essence
- jurisdiction
- 1) control and authority, especially to interpret and exersise the law 2) the specific area of someone's or something's control or authority.
- capital
- top of a column; head or chief; foundation money
- hierarchy
- noun: a group organized by rank
- Repast
- n. A meal; food served at a meal
- credence
- noun: belief; acceptance as true
- SPECT
- Latin: to look at
- dentifrice
- toothpaste
- transcribe
- To make a copy of; to write out
- Phren, phrenos
- Greek: heart, mind, or midriff
- FIX
- Latin: to fix, fasten, or attach
- conscientious
- Guided by one's sense of right and wrong
- Terra Cotta
- n. 1. Ceramic clay used in pottery, statuary, and construction. adj. 2. Referring to the color of the clay, a reddish brown that may vary from gray to orange to dark brown
- divinity
- noun: a god or goddess; a divine being; the state of being divine. The study of Christian theology
- interject
- to throw between
- superb
- noble or magnificent
- forum
- noun: the central square or marketplace of a Roman city; a public meeting or any situation for open discussion
- FATEOR, FARI, FASSUM
- Latin for "to speak" "to confess" "to admit"
- plebiscite
- A direct vote of all the people of a country or district on an importannt matter; a referendum
- absolve
- to releive from blame
- sanctuary
- noun: a sacred space; any place of refuge
- credulous
- adjective: believing too easily; gullible
- unicycle
- a single wheeled vehicle
- sacrilege
- noun: disrespect to something regarded as sacred
- ditty
- a simple song
- locution
- noun: a word or expression; phraseology
- cognition
- The act of perceiving or knowing
- sanctimonious
- adjective: pretending to be righteous or holy
- heterodox
- adjective: Not in agreement with accepted beeliefs; holding unorthodox opinions
- PASCO, PASCERE, PAVI, PASTUM
- Latin: to feed ( esp. cattle); to nurish
- dictum
- an authoritive expression of opinion
- logistics
- (used with a singular verb) the organization of supplies and services.
- sapient
- Wise; insightful (often used ironically)
- malediction
- a curse
- ineffable
- 1) beyond description; indescribable. 2) not to be uttered; taboo.
- Terrestrial
- adj. 1. pertaining to the earth and it's inhabitants. 2. Referring to land as distinct from water or air
- expiate
- verb: to make amends for; to atone for
- pronoun
- a word that stands for a noun
- digital
- relating to the finger or numbers; using data in the form of digits or numbers
- accredit
- verb: to authorize; to certify; to believe
- Gignoskein
- Greek: to know
- obliterate
- To do away with completely; to wipe out; erase
- proverbial
- adjective: of or like a wise or witty folksaying; well-known; notorious; frequently spoken of
- subscribe
- To pledge to pay for something or to contribute to something; to place an order by signing
- circumlocution
- noun: the use of many words when few would do; evasive talk; roundabout expression
- affix
- the act of fastening or attaching
- PASTOR
- Latin: Shepard
- JECT
- Latin: to throw
- problem
- anything thrown forward to be worked out or solved
- sanctuary
- noun: a sacred space; any place of refuge
- reject
- to throw back
- HUMUS
- Latin: Earth
- presage
- A sign or feeling concerning some future event; omen; foreboding
- SUPER
- Latin: above
- Clamo, clamare, clamivi, clamatum
- Latin: to cry out; to shout
- epigram
- a short, witty saying.
- superior
- higher in position or rank
- graphic
- 1) relateting to the visual arts like drawing , painting, lettering, or engraveing. 2) giving a vivid description.
- atheist
- noun: a person who believes there is no god
- TERRA
- Latin: Earth, Land, Ground
- compute
- To determine by mathematics
- rusticate
- v. to go to the country, To cause to become rustic.
- hummus
- Rich, dark organic soil material formed by decay of vegetable matter, essential to soil's fertility.
- piety
- noun: religious devotion; great respect toward something, especially parents
- Nomen
- Latin: name
- gloss
- 1) an explanation of a difficult expression in a text 2) to explain away
- proclaim
- to announce, shout or publish
- mnemonic
- adjective: relating to or assisting the memory; noun: a device used in remembering.
- CAPUT, CAPIT
- Latin: head
- Promontory
- n. A high ridge of land jutting into a body of water; a headland
- fix
- to fasten or make firm; to set in place
- sagacious
- Shrewd; having good judgment; perceptive
- indict
- 1) (legal) to issue a formal charge of a crime 2) to accuse
- conscription
- A military draft
- Onoma
- Greek: name
- prefix
- a letter or symbol added to the beginning of a word
- interdiction
- a prohibition; the act of forbidding
- literate
- Able to read and write
- Mnemonikos
- Greek: mindful
- Dokein
- Greek: to appear, to seem, to think
- proceed
- to move forward
- eject
- to throw out
- manifest
- to hit by hand; easily perceived or known
- profess
- to admit that one is an expert
- divine
- verb: to fortell by supernatural means; to know by intuition or insight
- acclamation
- noun: applause; enthusiastic approval; an oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval
- adjective
- a word added to a noun to modify it
- admit
- send to; allow entrance to a place or to the mind
- dent
- a tooth-like notch in a gear or lock; a small depression or indention
- Pio piare, piavi, piatum
- Latin: to appease, to purify
- lexicon
- 1) a specialized dictionary. 2) the specialized vocabulary of a proticular topic or profession.
- introspection
- examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
- mandate
- to order
- creed
- noun: a statement of belief or principle
- suffix
- a letter or syllable added to the end of a word
- digit
- finger; numbers 0-9; a unit of measrue the width of a finger
- verbatim
- adjective: word for word; in exactly the same words
- PED
- Latin: foot
- objection
- arguments thrown against a situation
- lingua franca
- noun: a language used by people who do not speak a common tongue; usually combines aspects of different languages
- GAIA
- Greek: the earth
- Littera
- Latin: letter
- manufacture
- to make by hand
- forensic
- adjective: referring to legal proceedings or formal debate or rhetoric; The study or practice of formal debate
- acronym
- A word composed of the first letters or parts of a name or series of words
- literal
- The explicit or primary meaning of a word or phrase
- GRAPHIEN, GRAMMA
- Greek for "scratch" "to draw" "to write", "picture" "letter" "piece of writing"
- recapitulate
- to repeat the main idea
- rationalize
- verb: to provide a rational basis for something, often by false or self-serving reasoning; to justify or explain.
- encyclopedic
- possessing information about many subjects or intensively about one subject
- DENT
- Latin: tooth
- dogmatic
- adjective: pertaining to dogma; expressed in an authoritative or arrogant manner
- expiate
- verb: to make amends for; to atone for
- sanctity
- noun: godliness; holiness
- sanctity
- noun: godliness; holiness
- sanction
- noun: approval; support; permission. A penalty for breaking with law or custom. To approve or encourage
- project
- to throw forward
- admire
- to look at with wonder and amazement
- colloquium
- noun: a meeting for discussion, especially in an academic setting
- sacrosanct
- adjective: sacred (often used ironically)
- piety
- noun: religious devotion; great respect toward something, especially parents
- edict
- a decree or proclamation issued by an authority
- ignominious
- Shameful; disgraceful
- pedistal
- the foot of a column
- manuscript
- writing; written by hand
- valediction
- a forbbing farewell; a leave-talking; a farewell speech.
- clamor
- noun: a loud outcry, especially in protest; to insist or exclaim noisily
- indent
- to set a line of print in from the margin
- circumscribe
- To draw a line around, to encircle
- Puto, Putare, Putavi, Putatum
- (Latin) to settle, to consider, to reckon
- Pio piare, piavi, piatum
- Latin: to appease, to purify
- consecrate
- verb: to make or declare something sacred; to dedicate something to a goal
- resolute
- determined; unshakable
- pseudonym
- A ficticious name
- Forum
- Latin: forum, a place out of doors
- adequate
- even with or equal to
- Exhume
- v. 1. to dig out from the ground or a grave; to disinter. 2. to bring light to
- DIGIT
- Latin: finger, toe, inch
- inspect
- to look into
- reor, reori, ratum
- Latin: to calculate, to think
- MONS, MONTIS
- Latin: mountain
- deity
- noun: a god or goddess
- mountebank
- n. A swindler; a charlatan; a trickster
- specimen
- a single thing that is taken as an example of a whole category
- epigraph
- an inscription on a monument or building, on a coin, or at the begining of the chapter.
- PRO
- Latin: for, before, forward, in place of
- Divino, divinare, divinavi, divinatum
- Latin: to foretell
- Verbum
- Latin: word
- indite
- to write; to compose.
- choreography
- the art of creating dances.
- Lingua
- Latin: speech, language, tongue
- Rustic
- adj. Typical of the country life and people; simple; rough
- pantheon
- noun: all the gods of a people or religion
- Geocentric
- adj. 1. Referring to the center of the earth in measurement or observation. 2. Considering the earth as the center of a planetary system
- alliteration
- The occurence of the same initial sound in several words in succession
- LEXIS
- Greek for "speech" "word" "phrase"
- hypocrisy
- noun: pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues tha one does not have.
- dogma
- Noun: a system of doctrines put forward by an authority, especially a church, to be absolutely the truth
- GLOSSA, GLOTTA
- Greek for "tongue" "language"
- Scribo, Scribere, Scripsi, Scriptum
- Latin: to write
- Pastoral
- adj. 1 Pertaining to a Christian minister or duties accompanying the office. 2. Referring to life in the open country or to fields for farming or grazing. 3. Pertaining to an idealized rural life
- cyclic
- occurring or moving in cycles
- superlative
- the highest; above the rest
- superficial
- not deep or thorough
- capitulate
- to surrender; to give up your head or position
- RUS, RURIS
- Latin: open land, country
- retrospect
- a survey of past times or events
- analogy
- a comparson between things that are alike in some way.
- pittance
- noun: a meager portion of anything, especially an allowance or salary
- Loquor, logui, locutum
- Latin: to speak
- impute
- To attribute or ascribe a quality, especially a fault, to a person
- DICO, DICERE, DIXI, DICTUM
- Latin for "to say" "to tell"
- repute
- To assign a reputation to (usually used with "to be")
- hieroglyphic
- adjective: written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words; hard to read
- connoisseur
- An expert or very discriminating person, especially in matters of art and taste
- cycle
- to rol, to move around; wheel
- verbose
- adjective: wordy; using excessive words
- hieroglyphic
- adjective: written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words; hard to read
- Apogee
- n. 1. the highest point in it's orbit when a planet or satellite( usually the moon) is farthest from the earth. 2.The highest point; culmination; apex.
- diction
- 1) choice of words in speech or writing 2) a person's manner of uttering or pronoucing words.
- lingo
- noun: unfamiliar language; a dialect or special jargon
- linguist
- noun: a person who speaks several languages; a polyglot; a person who studies linguistics, the structure of human speech
- rationale
- noun: the reasons underlying something; often presented as a statement.
- adhere
- to stick to
- KUKLOS
- Greek: wheel, circle
- capitalism
- a system where money leads to more money
- Divinus
- Latin: divine
- impious
- adjective: sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropirate reverence or respect
- lithograph
- a print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so the ink will adhere only to the design to be printed.
- Theos
- Greek: god
- onomatopoeia
- A word that sounds like the thing it names
- putative
- Supposed; reputed
- pittance
- noun: a meager portion of anything, especially an allowance or salary
- Credo, credere, credidi, creditum
- Latin: to believe
- apologist
- a person who makes an argument in support of someone or something.
- affable
- easy to speak to; approachable; polite, friendly.
- theocracy
- noun: government by divine power or priests
- eurlogy
- a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especialy honnoring the dead
- nomenclature
- A system of naming, especially in the arts or sciences
- Krinein
- Greek: to separate, to decide, to judge
- Sacer
- Latin: sacred
- manipulation
- the skillfull handling of objects
- dental
- pertaining to the teeth
- logo
- a symbol or disign that serves to identify an organization or institution.
- Sanctus
- Latin: holy
- ascribe
- To attribute to a particular cause, source, or origin (used with "to")
- execrate
- verb: to denounce as evil or vile; to curse; to detest (hate)
- epilogue
- a short concluding section in a literary work.
- Sapere
- (Latin) to taste, to perceive, to be sensible
- deify
- verb: to make a god of
- proscribe
- To denounce or condemn
- Hieros
- Greek: holy, sacred, supernatural
- prestidigitation
- a fast fingered or slight of hand performance of magic or of card tricks
- prescience
- Knowledge of events before they occur; foresight; foreknowledge
- Deus
- Latin: god
- Sagio, Sagire
- (Latin) to perceive acutely or keenly with senses or mind
- schizophrenia
- noun: a severe mental disorder in which a person becomes unable to act or reason in a rational way; a situation of extreme conflict between choices, loyalties, or ways of life.
- Doxa
- Greek: opinion, judgment
- pawn
- the foot soldiers
- Inter
- v. To bury; to place in a grave
- amnesty
- Noun: a general pardon for offenders, especially for political offenses.
- Nosco, Noscere, Novi, Notum
- (Latin) to get to know, to get acquainted with
- impious
- adjective: sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropirate reverence or respect
- frenetic
- adjective: frantic; frenzied
- sage
- A person, usually elderly, who is honored for wisdom and experience
- fixture
- a thing that is fastened in place
- dictatorial
- domineering; autocratic, like a dictator
- physiognomy
- noun: the art of judging human character by facial features; facial features when regarded as revealing character.
- eclectic
- consisting of parts selected from various sources.
- theology
- noun: the study of religion
- Hieros
- Greek: holy, sacred, supernatural
- Scio, Scire, Scivi, Scitum
- (Latin) to know
- superfluous
- beyond what is required; extra
- topography
- the features of an area, such as its rivers, mountains, and roads.
- notorious
- Widely and unfavorably known; infamous
- AD
- Latin: to, toward, near, next to
- dentist
- a tooth doctor
- prognosis
- noun: a prediction of the outcome of a disease; any forecast or prediction.
- Paramount
- adj. Of chief importance; primary; foremost
- agnostic
- noun: a person who helieves nothing can be known about the existance of a god; relating to the belief that the existence of a god is unknowable.
- sacrament
- noun: something considered to have sacred significance
- declaim
- verb: to speak loudly or passionately
- hierarchy
- noun: a group organized by rank
- arraign
- verb: to call to court to answer charges; to accuse; to charge with wrongdoing.