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Vocabulary from Classical Roots Lesson 13, Vocabulary from Classical Roots C Lesson 14

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Cards (36)

Section 1

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prehendo, prehendere, prehendi, prehensum

Front

to catch, to seize, to grasp

Back

emancipate

Front

to free from restraint or influence; to free(a slave) from bondage

Back

apprehend

Front

to arrest; to grasp mentally; to understand; to anticipate with anxiety

Back

explicate

Front

to make clear, to explain thoroughly, often in a literary context

Back

digital

Front

relating to a finger or to a unit of measure(3/4 inch) the breadth of a finger; referring to a numerical system for encoding data

Back

reprehend

Front

to reprimand, reprove, or express disapproval

Back

explicit

Front

definite; stated in detail, leaving nothing to be guessed at; outspoken

Back

manipulate

Front

to use or handle skillfully; to manage with devious skill, or to adjust to suit one's purpose

Back

manus

Front

hand

Back

reprisal

Front

an action or act of retaliation against someone for injuries received

Back

duplicity

Front

deceitfulness in speech or conduct; double-dealing; being physically or numerically double or two-fold; doubleness

Back

ploy

Front

a tactic intended to frustrate, embarrass, or gain an advantage over an opponent

Back

comprise

Front

to consist of; to contain

Back

manacle

Front

a device for confining the hands; handcuffs; anything that constrains; to restrain, as with manacles

Back

supplicate

Front

to ask humbly or earnestly for, as in praying; to beseech

Back

exploit

Front

a notable or heroic deed; to use to the greatest advantage; to make us of selfishly or unethically; to publicize

Back

mandate

Front

a formal order from a higher court; an authoritative command, order, or injunction

Back

entrepreneur

Front

a person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for business ventures

Back

rapacious

Front

excessively grasping or greedy; given to seizing for plunder or as prey

Back

manifest

Front

clearly apparent to sight or understanding; obvious; to show plainly; to reveal; to prove; a list of cargo or passengers

Back

rapt

Front

giving one's complete attention; overcome with emotion; completely filled with joy

Back

flecto, flectere, flexi, flexum

Front

to bend

Back

dextra

Front

right hand

Back

deflect

Front

to turn aside; to swerve or turn aside

Back

ply

Front

to use a tool or weapon vigorously; to work at a trade; to offer something persistently; the thickness of cloth, yarn, or rope; wood layered with crosswise grain

Back

reflection

Front

the act or condition of being thrown back; something thrown back, as light, heat, sounds, or an image; discredit; indirect reproach; deep thought

Back

imply

Front

to indicate indirectly; to hint; to require as a necessary condition

Back

dexterity

Front

skill in the use of the hands or body; adroitness; mental skill or adroitness; cleverness

Back

impregnable

Front

strong enough to resist attack of capture, as a fortress; not to be outweighed or overcome in argument

Back

complicity

Front

participation with another in an act that is or seems to be deceitful

Back

genuflect

Front

to bend the knee in a knelling or half-kneeling position to express reverence or respect

Back

plico, plicare, plicavi, plicatum

Front

to fold

Back

ambidextrous

Front

able to use either hand equally well

Back

rapio, rapere, rapui, raptum

Front

to snatch

Back

inflection

Front

an alteration or pitch or tone of the voice; in grammar, an alteration of the form of a word to show different grammatical or syntactical relationships

Back

surreptitious

Front

done secretly, without approval

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