Latin XII - Review
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- approbation
- approval; commendation; official approval or sanction
- abnegation
- to refuse or deny oneself
- exquisite
- of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry
- legalize
- to make legal; authorize
- mercantile
- of or pertaining to merchants or trade; commercial
- incredible
- so extraordinary as to seem impossible
- injustice
- violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment
- docility
- easily managed or handled; tractable
- obligatory
- mandatory; incumbent or compulsory; binding
- literature
- writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
- punctuation
- the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses
- electoral
- pertaining to electors or election
- ossuary
- a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead
- repugnant
- distasteful, objectionable, or offensive:
- solvent
- able to pay all just debts
- ossification
- The natural process of bone formation.
- irrational
- without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason
- confiscate
- to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
- compute
- to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate
- credential
- evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form:
- prerequisite
- required beforehand
- requisition
- the act of requiring or demanding
- legitimate
- according to law; lawful
- confidential
- spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret
- arbitration
- the hearing and determining of a dispute or the settling of differences between parties by a person or persons chosen or agreed to by them
- repetitious
- Filled with repetition, especially needless or tedious repetition
- descriptive
- having the quality of describing; characterized by
- admiration
- a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval
- peculiar
- strange; queer; odd
- pugnacity
- inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- justifiable
- that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible
- competition
- a contest for some prize, honor, or advantage
- constriction
- the feeling of tightness or inward pressure
- probable
- likely to occur or prove true
- referendum
- the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection.
- appreciate
- to be grateful or thankful for, to value or regard highly; place a high estimate on:
- fiduciary
- person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- distinguish
- to mark off as different
- legend
- a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical
- adoration
- the act of paying honor, as to a divine being; worship
- litigious
- inclined to dispute or disagree; argumentative
- quermonious
- Complaining; apt to complain
- appropriate
- suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion
- vacillation
- a state of indecision or irresolution, unsteady movement; fluctuation
- pecuniary
- consisting of or given or exacted in money or monetary payments
- absolute
- free from imperfection; complete
- elegant
- able to pay all just debts
- indistinguishable
- indiscernible; imperceptible
- dubiety
- doubtfulness; doubt
- obligation
- noun 1. something by which a person is bound to do certain things, and which arises out of a sense of duty or results from custom, law, etc.
- subscribe
- to give or pay in fulfillment of such a pledge
- precious
- tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc
- federalism
- the federal principle of government
- depreciate
- to lessen the value or price of
- doctrine
- a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government
- obliterate
- to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely
- restrictive
- limiting the meaning of a modified element
- lucrative
- profitable; moneymaking; remunerative
- dispute
- to engage in argument or debate
- impecunious
- having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- centripetal
- directed toward the center
- expropriate
- to take possession of, esp. for public use by the right of eminent domain, thus divesting the title of the private owner
- petition
- a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power
- deputize
- to appoint as deputy.
- indoctrinate
- to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., esp. to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- expunge
- to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate
- jurist
- a person versed in the law, as a judge, lawyer, or scholar
- mirage
- something illusory, without substance or reality
- inquisitive
- unduly or inappropriately curious; prying
- indisputable
- not deniable; uncontestable
- property
- that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner
- probe
- to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely
- subscription
- the right to receive a periodical for a sum paid, usually for an agreed number of issues.
- oratory
- skill or eloquence in public speaking
- stimulus
- something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.:
- documentary
- pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents
- extinct
- that has ended or died out; no longer in use; obsolete
- appetite
- a desire for food or drink
- restrain
- to strain again
- mercenary
- working or acting merely for money or other reward
- stricture
- an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body
- prejudice
- an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason
- extralegal
- being beyond the province or authority of law
- reputation
- the estimation in which a person or thing is held, esp. by the community or the public generally
- litigant
- a person engaged in a lawsuit
- proprietary
- pertaining to property or ownership
- legation
- a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission
- intelligence
- capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
- transcription
- the act or process of transcribing
- nondescript
- of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind
- amputate
- to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery
- recollect
- to gather, or assemble again
- diligent
- constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything
- indubitable
- that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
- selectivety
- having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- putative
- commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed
- astringent
- harshly biting; caustic; stern or severe; austere
- extinguish
- to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame
- document
- a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading
- absolve
- to free from guilt or blame or their consequences
- superscription
- an address on a letter, parcel, or the like
- miraculous
- performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency