Words Derived from Latin
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34 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ingratiate | establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of another |
| moribund | dying; near death |
| mortification | shame; humiliation; embarrassment |
| corpus | general collection or body of writings, laws, etc |
| corpuscle | blood cell; minute particle |
| corpus delicti | 1. facts proving that a crime has been committed 2. body of the victim in a murder case |
| habeas corpus | order requiring a detained person to be brought before a court to investigate the legality of that person's detention |
| traduce | malign; slander; vilify; (to bring into disgrace) |
| prosecute | 1. follow to the end or until finished 2. conduct legal proceedings against; sue |
| cursory | running over hastily; superficially done |
| discursive | rambling; disgressive |
| incur | meet with somethin undesirable |
| incursion | 1. rushing into 2. hostile invasion |
| egress | means of going out; exit |
| retrogression | act of going from a better to worse state; deterioration |
| transgress | break a law; go beyond; violate |
| velocipede | child's tricycle |
| contingent | accidental; dependent on someting else |
| tangent | touching only at one point |
| tangential | merely touching; slightly connected |
| prehensible | adapted for seizing |
| reprehend | find fault with; reprimand |
| abject | downtrodden; deserving contempt |
| conjecture | guess; inference |
| dejected | depressed; discouraged |
| avert | avoid |
| obverse | side turned toward the observer; therefore, the front of a coin, medal, etc |
| vertigo | dizziness |
| missive | letter |
| remiss | careless; negligent |
| remit | send money due; forgive |
| loquacious | talkative; garrulous |
| obloquy | bad repute; speaking against; censure |
| auriferous | bearing or yielding gold |
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