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Latin V-VIII
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Question | Answer |
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tacit | saying nothing; still |
torpid | having lost temporarily all or part of the power of sensation or motion, as a hibernating animal; dormant |
animosity | feeling of strong dislike or hatred; ill will; hostility |
contingent | happening by chance; accidental; fortuitous |
suffice | to be enough; be sufficient or adequate |
deferential | showing deference; very respectful |
sagacious | having or showing keen perception or discernment and sound judgment, foresight, etc. |
vociferous | loud, noisy, or vehement in making one's feelings known; clamorous |
simulated | to give a false indication or appearance of; pretend; feign |
prescient | apparent knowledge of things before they happen or come into being; foreknowledge |
disparate | unequal |
assimilate | to change (food) into a form that can be taken up by, and made part of, the body tissues; absorb into the body |
infatuate | to make foolish; cause to lose sound judgment |
presage | a sign or warning of a future event; omen; portent; augury |
dissemble | to conceal under a false appearance |
disparage | to lower in esteem; discredit |
indiscriminate | not based on careful selection or a discerning taste; confused, random, or promiscuous |
mores | olkways that are considered conducive to the welfare of society and so, through general observance, develop the force of law, often becoming part of the formal legal code |
sensuous | of, derived from, based on, affecting, appealing to, or perceived by the senses |
proviso | a clause, as in a document or statute, making some condition or stipulation |
invidious | such as to excite ill will, odium, or envy; giving offense |