Lesson XI Vocab
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Word Clues Latin Lesson XI Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ascribe | to attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin |
| proscribe | to denounce or condem; to prohibit; forbid |
| superscribe | to write on the outside or upper part of a letter |
| shrive | to hear the confession of and give absolution to |
| serif | a fine line finishing off the main strokes of a letter, as at the top and bottom |
| scrivener | a professional copyist; a scribe; a copyist |
| literati | the literary intelligentsia |
| transliterate | to represent (letters or words) in the corresponding characters of another alphabet |
| belles lettres | literature regarded for its aesthetic value rather than its informative content |
| literalism | adherance to the explicit sense of a given text or doctrine |
| alliteration | two or more words sharing intitial sounds |
| litigate | to contest in legal proceedings; to sue |
| litigious | of, relating to litigation; tending to engage in lawsuits |
| litigation | a legal action or process |
| litigant | a party engaged in a lawsuit |
| predilection | preference, or disposition toward |
| sacrilegious | grossly irreverent toward the sacred |
| diligent | performed with painstaking effort |
| idiolect | one individual's speech considered linguistically unique among speakers of the same language or dialect |
| lection | a variant reading or transcription of a text or copy |
| sortilege | the act or practice of foretelling the future by drawing lots |
| lex | law |
| legist | a specialist in law |
| relegate | to assign to an obscure place; banish |
| legate | an official emissary |
| ligature | the cord, wire, bandage used for tying or binding |
| ligation | the act of tying or binding a ligature |
| lien | right to take/hold a debtor's property as security |
| furl | to roll up and secure |
| colligate | to tie up or group together |
| ligament | fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone |
| astringent | tending to draw or constrict body tissues; sharp and penetrating |
| stricture | a restraint, limit, or restriction |
| strainer | device that separates liquids from solids |
| stringent | imposing rigorous standards of performance |
| stigma | a mark or token of infamy, disgrace or reproach; a small mark |
| stimulus | something causing or regarded as causing a response |
| stimulate | to excite or rouse to activity |
| counterpoint | melodic material that is added above or below an existing melody |
| punctilious | precise; observing finer points of etiquette |
| puncheon | a cask with a capacity from 72 to 120 gallons |
| pivot | a short rod or staff on which a related part rotates or swings |
| poignant | profoundly moving, touching |
| spontoon | a short pike carried by infantry officers and sergeants in the 18th century |
| pointillism | a postimpressionist school of painting flourishing in late 19th century France |
| compunction | a strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt |
| bung | stopper for a hole in a cask |
| impugn | to criticize or attack as false |
| repugn | to oppose or contend against |
| repugnant | offensive, repulsive |
| pug | a fighter, esp.a boxer |
| pugilism | boxing |
| poniard | a dagger |
| pugnacious | eager to fight; belligerent |
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