Quizlet Latin XVI review

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  1. compassion: a feeling of deep sympathy or sorrow for someone
  2. composite: made up of several elements
  3. conjecture: the formation of an opinion or theory
  4. cursory: quick, fleeting
  5. demise: death, downfall
  6. dispassionate: free from or unnaffected by passion; impartial; calm
  7. disposition: a prevailing tendency of one's spirits; physical inclination or tendency
  8. eventuality: a possible event, circumstance, or occurence
  9. extenuating: to make or try to make seem less serious, esp. by making excuses
  10. inherent: existing in someone or something as a permanent element
  11. obsession: the domination fo ones's thoughts by ideas, etc.
  12. pensive: dreamily or wistfully thought
  13. perpendicular: vertical, straight up and down, forming a 90 degree angle
  14. preamble: an introductory statement; preface
  15. preponderance: superior in weight, power, numbers, influence, etc.
  16. proclivity: natural or habitual inclination or tendency
  17. propensity: a natural inclination or tedency
  18. recourse: access of resort to a person for help or protection
  19. sedulous: diligent in character; persevering
  20. subterfuge: an artifice used to evade a rule, escape a consequence
  21. superstition: an irrational belief in the ominous significance of a particular thing