Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book C Lessons 9 and 10
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ellarules on March 17, 2011
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Honors English Cockrell 2011-2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 affront | insult |
| capitalist | investor, wealthy person |
| capitulation | surrender |
| decapitate | behead |
| precipice | cliff |
| precipitate | throw down from high up, cause quickly, headstrong |
| recapitulation | summary |
| cerebral | intellectual |
| cerebration | thought |
| deface | mar |
| facade | the front |
| confront | to face |
| effrontery | boldness |
| efface | rub out |
| facet | one side |
| supercilious | haughty |
| inexorable | relentless |
| oracle | prophet |
| oration | speech |
| orifice | opening |
| osculate | to kiss |
| indentation | notch |
| indenture | contract |
| trident | three pronged weapon |
| orthodontist | dentist |
| gorge | to stuff a deep, narrow passage to eat greedily |
| disgorge | to vomit |
| gargantuan | gigantic |
| gargoyle | a rainspout |
| regurgitate | rush back |
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