Vocabulary Lesson 7
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katepeterson on November 22, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 CID, CIS | TO CUT; TO KILL |
| FID, FIDEL | FAITH; FAITHFUL |
| FIN | END; LIMIT |
| LINE | LINE |
| LITER | LETTER; LITERATURE |
| LUMIN | LIGHT; TO SHINE |
| PART (PORT) | PART; SHARE |
| PREC | PRAYER |
| SUI | SELF |
| TERMIN | BOUNDARY; END |
| VER | TRUE |
| VEST | GARMENT |
| scissors | instrument to cut |
| finale | conclusion; concluding part |
| literature | the body of written works of a language, period, or culture |
| portion | a part or share of the whole |
| suicidal | act of voluntarily taking one's life, tending toward the act of voluntarily taking one's life |
| verify | to establish the truth or accuracy of, confirm |
| infidelity | disloyalty |
| linear | having to do with lines; straight |
| luminous | giving off light |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| terminate | to bring to an end |
| vestibule | A small entryway within a building |
| definitive | conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done |
| aver | to affirm, declare confidently |
| uxoricide | the killing of one's wife |
| obliterate | to destroy completely |
| travesty | A bad imitation of; a perversion of |
| impart | to make known, tell; to give, pass something on |
| indeterminate | uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite |
| perfidy | breach of faith |
| sui generis | of its own kind |
| luminary | shining light |
| precarious | insecure, uncertain, Not safe or secure; dangerously uncertain |
| lineage | descent; ancestry |
| semifinal | the round before the finals |
| verdict | the decision reached at the end of a trial |
| tripartite | divided into or consisting of three parts |
| suicide | act of killing one's self |
| multilinear | the accepted notion that different cultures pass through any one of a number of possible sequences of change |
| partner | each member of a partnership |
| diffident | shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| parricide | The murder of a parent. |
| terminally | ending in death; fatal |
| confinement | Restriction within limits or boundaries. |
| imprecation | a curse; the act of cursing |
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