vocab latin roots 11-14
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 emancipate | release from bondage, free, liberate |
| manacle | handcuff |
| mandate | 1. authorization to act 2. command, order, injunction |
| manipulate | 1. operate with the hands, handle or manage skillfully, maneuver 2. manage unethically to serve a fraudulent purpose, falsify, rig |
| manual | small, helpful book capable of being carried in the hand, handbook |
| append | attach, add as a supplement |
| appendix | matter added to the end of a book or document |
| impending | threatening to occur soon, imminent |
| pendant | hanging ornament |
| pending | waiting to be settled, not yet decided |
| depose | 1. put out of office, dethrone 2. state under oath, testify, swear |
| impose | put on as a burden, duty, tax, etc., inflict |
| postpone | put off, defer, delay |
| superimpose | put on top of or over, attach as an addition |
| transpose | change the relative order of, interchange |
| conscript | enroll into military, service by compulsion, draft |
| inscription | something inscribed on a monument, coin, etc. |
| prescribe | 1. order, dictate, direct 2. order as a remedy |
| proscribe | condemn as harmful or illegal, prohibit, forbid |
| scribe | person who writes, author, journalist |
| scrib, script | write (root) |
| pon, pos | put (root) |
| pend, pens | hang (root) |
| man, manu | hand (root) |
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