Everyday Words from Classic Orgins Lesson 7
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ella_mcfarland on December 5, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 definitive | conclusive |
| aver | affirm to be true |
| uxoricide | the act of killings one wife |
| obliterate | to erase |
| travesty | bad or grotesque |
| impart | give a portition to |
| indeterminate | vague |
| perfidy | treachery |
| sui generis | unique perfidy |
| luminary | notable person |
| precarious | dangerous, risky |
| lineage | descent from common ancestor |
| literature | written works having excellence of form or expression and ideas of lasting and widespread interest |
| verify | to confirm or substant |
| infidelity | the action or state of being unfaithful |
| linear | relating to, consisting of, or resembling a line. |
| lumonous | giving off light |
| deprecate | express disappoval of |
| terminate | bring to end |
| vestibule | an antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of the building |
| tripartite | consisting of three parts |
| verdict | a decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case |
| diffident | modest or shy because of lack of self-confidence |
| terminally | at the end |
| multilinear | relating to a line |
| confinement | concluding state of a child, keep within limits |
| imprecation | a spoken curse |
| alliteration | the occurrence of the some letter or sound at the brginning of adjaccent or closely connected words |
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