Classical Roots Lesson 11 & 12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Battery | A beating or pounding, especially an unlawful beating, as in assault and battery. Guns Artillery group of similar things used together |
| battlement | a defense wall with alternating high and low sections |
| abate | to lessen in violence or intensity |
| bellicose | warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome |
| belligerent | given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war behaving in a aggressive manner |
| daunt | to discourage or intimidate |
| indomitable | unconquerable, refusing to yield |
| forte | strong point |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage |
| carte blanche | full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion |
| cartel | organization of corporations, set quotas, fixed prices, divided up markets |
| cartographer | a person who makes maps |
| pugilist | fist fighter |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome, fond of fighting |
| impugn | To call into question; to attack as false |
| cadence | rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words |
| casuistry | the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles; specious argument |
| decadent | decaying |
| Occident | west; countries of America and Europe |
| recidivism | habitual return to crime (even after being punished); N. recidivist |
| cede | To give up |
| accede | to agree to |
| concession | an admission; a compromise; a yielding |
| intercede | to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
| predatory | preying on, plundering, or piratical |
| depredation | plundering; destruction |
| punctilious | very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety |
| pungent | causing a sharp sensation; stinging, biting |
| compunction | remorse, regret |
| expunge | to erase or eliminate |
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