Latin Based English Words 1-7
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35 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abbreviate | to shorten |
| brevity | quality of being brief; shortness in time |
| accessible | easily entered, approached, or obtained |
| proceed | to go forward, especially after stopping |
| seceed | to formally break away from |
| digression | a departure of the main issue, subject, etc. |
| regression | a movement backward to an earlier state |
| progress | a movement forward or onward; improvement |
| decelerate | to decrease the speed of |
| accelerate | to increase the speed of |
| memory | an ability to retain knowledge; an individual's stock of retained knowledge |
| commemorate | to honor the memory of, as by a ceremony |
| memorial | related to remembering a person or an event |
| aviatrix | a woman airplane pilot |
| aviary | a large enclosure in which birds are kept |
| aquamarine | blue-green in color like seawater |
| marine | of or pertaining to the sea |
| submarine | being, living, or used underwater |
| pugnacious | having a quarrelsome or aggressive nature |
| repugnant | distasteful, offensive, or revolting |
| commotion | the scene of noisy confusion or activity |
| mobility | relating to the quality of being able to move |
| removable | able to be taken or carried away |
| immobile | motionless; unable to move |
| promotion | an advancement in rank or position |
| contraction | act of drawing together or shrinking |
| retract | to draw or pull back |
| convince | to persuade by argument or evidence |
| invincible | unbeatable; impossible to overcome |
| extraction | process of withdrawing or pulling out |
| construct | to form by putting together parts |
| obstruction | an obstacle or something put up against something else |
| destruction | the act of destroying; a state of damage |
| reconstruction | the act of putting back together |
| infrastructure | underlying framework of a system |
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