Everyday words from classic origins lesson 129
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ella_mcfarland on March 17, 2012
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37 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 plentitude | Abundance |
| Accumen | Mental keenness |
| Occur | Happen |
| Voracity | Greediness |
| Suppress | Subdue |
| Credulous | Gullible |
| Capacious | Spacious |
| Divine | Sacred |
| Resonant | Echoing |
| Dissolute | Loose in morals |
| Ascribe | Attribute |
| Enunciate | Pronouncing |
| Solvent | Having assets in excess of liabilities, capable of dissolving another substance |
| Compress | To press, a wet cloth |
| Concourse | A large open area inside or infront of public building |
| Discredit | Loss of lack or reputation or respect |
| Deny | Refuse to admit the truth or existence of (something) |
| Acrimonious | Angry and bitter |
| Dissonance | Lack of harmony among among musical notes, disagreement |
| Courier | A messenger who transports goods or documents |
| Divinity | Being holy and godlike |
| Captivated | filled with wonder and delight, attract, hold the interest |
| Manuscript | A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed |
| Omnivore | An animal or person that eats food of both plant and animals organ |
| Sonar | Remitting sound pulses and detaching or measuring |
| Plenipotentiary | Having full power to take independent action |
| Acid | Chemical substance that is corrosive or sour tasting, sour, acrid, sharp, street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
| Deity | A god or godess |
| Plenty | a full supply |
| Subscribe | adopt as a belief, arrange to receive regularly like a newspaper |
| Capture | take possession of by force, as after an invasion |
| Announce | make known |
| Carnivore | any animal that feeds on flesh, meat eater |
| Participate | share in something |
| Unison | occurring together or simultaneously |
| Conscription | compulsory military service, forced enlistment in military |
| Incredible | too extraordinary to be possible. b. astonishing; amazing |
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