Lesson Three
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15 terms
Latin | English |
|---|---|
| pedestrian |  Ordinary, dull; sommonplace, medicore |
| bona fide | in good faith; legitimate, genuine |
| adventitous | accidental, nonessential; incidental |
| fecund | fertile, productive; prolific |
| deviate | to turn aside from a course, to stray; digree |
| obfuscate | to confuse, to bewilder; muddle, obscure |
| impale | to pirce with a sharp stake through the body |
| extenuate | to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses |
| parochial | local, narrow, limited; provincial, narrow-minded |
| glower | to stare angrily; frown, scowl |
| edify | to improve something moraly |
| ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation; unclear, uncertain, vague |
| cataclysm | a violent change; disater, catastrophe |
| optimum | best, most favorable, ideal |
| importune | to ask persistently, to beg; appeal badger |
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