English Vocabulary Chapter 6

Front 1

CUBO, CUBARE, CUBITUM

Back 1

<L. "to lie down"

Front 2

INCUMBO, INCUMBERE, INCUBUI, INCUBITUM

Back 2

<l. "to recline"

Front 3

incumbent

Back 3

1. a person who holds an office or position
2. required as a duty or obligation (often used with on)

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recumbent

Back 4

reclining; lying down

Front 5

succumb

Back 5

1. to yield; to give in or give up, esp. to a powerful force or desire (ofted used with to)
2. to die

Front 6

HUPO

Back 6

<G. "under" "beneath"

Front 7

hypocondria

Back 7

a psychological disorder characterized by the illusory conviction that one is ill or in pain, or likely to become so

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hypothesis

Back 8

1. a theory or explanation that leads to further investigation for proof or disproof
2. an assumption on which a conclusion or decision is based

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KATA

Back 9

<G. "down"

Front 10

cataclysm

Back 10

a disaster or catastrophe on such a large scale that biological, environmental, or cultural elements are permanently altered or irreparably lost to the earth

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catapult

Back 11

1. an ancient mechanical device for hurling missiles
2. a modern mechanism for launching aircraft from the deck of a ship
3. to hurl or launch suddenly (as if from a slingshot); to spring up

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SUB

Back 12

<L. "under"

Front 13

subjective

Back 13

1. concentrating on the self in the expression of feelings and perceptions
2. relating to personal opinions and thought processes rather than factual information or universal experience

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sublimate

Back 14

to turn aside an instinctual, perhaps primitive impulse in favor of a more socially or culturally acceptable activity

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suborn

Back 15

1. to induce a person in secret to commit a misdeed or a crime
2. to induce someone to give false testimony

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subterfuge

Back 16

an artifice, device, or evasion to hide or avoid something, or to escape an outcome

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VERITAS

Back 17

<L. "truth"

Front 18

verisimilitude

Back 18

a thing or a quality that appears true or real

Front 19

verity

Back 19

1. the condition or quality of being true or accurate
2. a belief, principle, or statement expressing some basic human truth

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aver

Back 20

to affirm; to declare or attest to positively or dogmatically