Latin Lesson 8
About this set
Created by:
MulryanSBLN on May 15, 2011
Subjects:
Description:
Latin lesson 8
Log in to favorite or report as inappropriate.
Order by
61 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 VEN, VENT | come |
| intervene | to come between disputing people (inter - between) |
| convene | to come together |
| contravene | to come or be in conflict with |
| advent | a coming into place, view or being; arrival; looking forward to something |
| circumvent | to go around |
| SED, SID | sit; settle |
| sedentary | requiring a sitting posture |
| sedimentary | stuff that settles at the bottom |
| sedate | calm, quiet, or composed |
| dissident | a person who disagrees |
| CUMB, CUB | lie; recline |
| recumbent | lying down; reclining; leaning |
| incumbent | the holder of an office |
| incubus | seducer; a male who sleeps with women |
| succumb | to give way to superior force; yield |
| PEND, PENS | hang |
| pendent | hanging or suspended |
| pendant | a hanging ornament |
| pendulous | hanging down loosely |
| pending | while awaiting; until |
| impending | about to happen; imminent |
| TEND, TENS, TENT | stretch |
| tensile | of/pertaining to tension |
| distend | to expand by stretching |
| contend | to struggle (in opposition) |
| detente | a relaxing of tension |
| TEN, TIN, TENT | hold |
| tenure | the holding or possessing of anything |
| tenable | capable of being held, maintained, or defended |
| tenacious | holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (followed by 'of') |
| tenet | any opinion, principle, doctrine, |
| pertinacious | holding tenaciously to a purpose |
| HER, HES | stick |
| adhere | to stay attached; stick fast |
| coherent | logically connected |
| incoherent | hard to understand |
| inherent | existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element |
| TEMPOR | time |
| temporal | of/pertaining to time |
| temporize | to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting |
| contemporary | a person/item belonging to the same time |
| extemporaneous | impromptu |
| temporary | limited time |
| ANNU, ENN | year |
| annual | of/for/pertaining to a year; yearly |
| perennial | lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring |
| annals | a record of events |
| superannuated | retired because of age or infirmity |
| MEDI | middle |
| median | nothing or pertaining to a plane dividing something into two equal parts |
| mediate | reconcile |
| mediocre | of only ordinary or moderate quality |
| millieu | surroundings |
| AD- | to; toward |
| CIRCUM- | around |
| CON- (CO-, COL-, COM-, COR-) | with; together |
| conclave | a private or secret meeting |
| collaborate | to work, one w/ another |
| CONTRA- | against |
| contraception | the deliberate prevention of conception or impregnation by any of various drugs, techniques, or devices |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.