Latin I/II, Lesson Nine, SAT Vocab
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cpaters Plus on January 3, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bilk | to cheat or swindle; to thwart |
| homily | a sermon |
| demise | death; a ceasing to exist |
| emit | to send out; to give forth, as in sound or light |
| decadence | moral deterioration |
| aghast | feeling great dismay or horror |
| granary | a storehouse for grain |
| choleric | easily angered |
| impede | to hinder, obstruct |
| qualm | a feeling of uneasiness |
| lampoon | a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone |
| narcissistic | conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration |
| eradicate | to wipe out; to destroy |
| fabricate | to concoct; to make up a story in order to deceive |
| ghastly | horrible; frightful |
| emulate | to strive to be like; to imitate |
| sere | dry and withered |
| enhance | to increase the value or beauty of something |
| contrite | feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing |
| magnanimous | noble; generous in forgiving; free from petty feeling or acts |
| enunciate | to pronounce clearly and distinctly |
| collaborate | to work with another toward a goal |
| impound | to confine; to retain in legal custody |
| impeccable | faultless; without sin or blemish |
| evoke | to summon forth |
| inane | without sense or meaning; silly |
| unctuous | exaggeratedly or insincerely polite |
| expatriate | one who chooses to live outside of or renounce his or her native country |
| frowzy | unkempt |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil |
| COGN [root] | know, think |
| CARN [root] | flesh |
| VOR [root] | eat |
| in- [prefix] | not, in |
| re- [prefix] | again |
| MULTI [root] | many |
| NAUT/NAUS [root] | sailor, ship |
| NOV/NEO [root] | new |
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