Vocab Lessons 22, 23, & 24
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- nondescript
- Lacking distinctive or individual features
- Juxtapose
- Derivative(s) of Juxtaposition
- intractability
- Derivative of Intractable
- Repose
- Derivative(s) of Repository
- tract
- an area of land; a pamphlet or leaflet, usually one with a political or religious theme
- retraction
- Derivative of Retract
- scribe
- A person who copies manuscripts and documents
- extract
- to pull or draw out; a substance drawn out of something
- inscribe
- To write, carve, or engrave words on a surface/To enter into a formal record
- Repository
- A safe place for storage; a person who stores or is a source of information or knowledge on herbal remedies
- Impose
- Derivative(s) of Imposition
- protracted
- drawn out in time; made longer
- entreaty
- a heartfelt plea or request
- Proposition
- A plan suggested for acceptance; a proposal
- scripture
- Sacred writing or books' passages from sacred writings
- Proponent
- A person who argues in support of something; an advocate or a supporter
- retract
- to pull back; or withdraw a statement or promise
- Deposition
- Derivative(s) of Depose
- traction
- grip or hold, friction between something and the surface on which it moves; the act of drawing or pulling a load
- ascribe
- To identify as causing something; to attribute to
- entreat
- Derivative of Entreaty
- Juxtaposition
- Placement side by side or close by
- extraction
- Derivative of Extract
- Impostor
- A person who assumes a false identity
- Opposition
- A resistance; a disagreement
- transcribe
- To make a full written copy of spoken material/To adapt a song or composition for a voice or instruments other than the original
- proscribe
- To forbid; to prohibit/To strongly criticize or condemn
- Propound
- Derivative(s) of Proponent
- circumscribe
- To enclose in a circle; to draw a line around
- protract
- Derivative of Protracted
- Imposition
- Something that is newly acquired; a burden or unfair demand
- distract
- Derivative of Distraction
- intractable
- difficult to manage or control, stubborn; difficult to remedy, cure, or make better
- prescribe
- To give or recommend as a medical treatment or remedy/To set down a rule; to dictate
- Expository
- Derivative(s) of Exposition
- Propose
- Derivative(s) of Proposition
- Exposition
- The systematic explanation of a subject; a public exhibition
- transcription, transcript
- Derivatives of Transcribe
- detract
- to reduce the value, importance, or quality of something; to take away something desirable
- superscript
- A small letter or number written above and to the right of a letter or number
- Depose
- To forcefully remove from office or power; to take testimony from a witness in a lawsuit
- detractor
- Derivative of Detract
- Composite
- Put together from many different parts; something put together from man different parts
- distraught
- extremely worried and upset; emotionally agitated
- subscript
- A small letter or number written below and to the right of a letter or number
- distraction
- something that draws attention away
- Composition, Compose
- Derivative(s) of Composite