Vocab 15
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RealGirlsHaveCurves on May 3, 2011
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27 terms
Latin | English |
|---|---|
| CIRCUM |  "around" |
| Circuitous | deviating from a straight course Sadly my path was rather circuitous |
| Circumspect | careful, prudent, discreet, cautious I try to be rather circumspect with whom I trust |
| Circumference | the distance around a circle "He walked the circumference of field. |
| ORBIS ORBITA | "circle" "anything round" "wheel" |
| Orbit | the path of an object as it revolves around another object (usually in space) The moon orbits around Earth. |
| Orb | an object with a spherical shape I want a giant floating orb full of radioactive marshmallows. |
| FIGURA | "Form" "Shape" |
| Configuration | an arrangement of parts or elements, any spatial attributes You need to reconfigure the files |
| Figurative | not literal but metaphorical; using a figure of speech Figuativly speaking. |
| KUKLOS | "wheel" "circle" |
| Cyclic | recurring in cycles Sadly life often tends to be cyclical |
| Encyclopedic | possessing information about many subjects or intensively about one subject I an quite encyclopedic about history |
| loquacious | Very talkative My mother always tells me that when I'm supposed to be going a chore I can be quite loquacious. |
| sallies | sudden rush forward, leap, assault form defensive position |
| pensively | thoughtfully You're being very pensive about this... is it painful? |
| paroxysm | a sudden uncontrollable attack I suffer from hiccuping paroxysms |
| meritorious | deserving reward or praise My older sister is quite meritorious. |
| jorum | a large drinking bowl The jorum was empty. |
| murrain | any plaguelike disease of domestic animals I hope you catch MURRAIN!!! |
| alacrity | liveliness and eagerness I not really prone to alacrity |
| panegyric | a formal expression of praise In a few weeks we will witness a panegyric expression of praise. |
| asperities | roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness I can't believe how asperite our science teacher was today! |
| laudanum | a drug containing opium In Oliver Twist, Nancy slipped Laudanum into Sikes' drink. |
| A | 1.a 2.d 3.c 4.b 5.d 6.a 7.c 8.b |
| B | 1.d 2.a 3.b 4.d |
| C | 1. orbit 2. circuitous 3.configuration 4.figurative 5.cyclic |
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