Jensen's Vocabulary Latin 1.11

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BENEFICIARY

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n) one who receives good things, esp. inheritance

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CAPSTAN

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n) upright drum around which cables are wound

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CONCEDE

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v) to admit as true, valid or certain; to grant as a right

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CONTINENT

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n) any of the main large land areas of the earth

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DEFACED

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a) marred; spoiled in looks

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EDUCATE

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v) teach; to develop the knowledge, skill, or character of, esp. by formal schooling

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EGRESS

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n) exit; a way out

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EJECT

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v) expel; discharge; to throw out or force out

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EXCLUDE

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v) to refuse to admit or consider; reject

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FUGUE

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n) musical work in which a theme is successively taken up & developed by parts in counterpoint

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INDICT

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v) accuse; to bring criminal charges against

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MALEFICENT

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a) harmful; hurtful; evil

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MANDATE

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n) an order or command; the will of constituents expressed to their representatives

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OCCUPATION

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n) work; profession; the holding of a territory or position

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POSSESS

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v) to have as belonging to one; own; to have as an attribute or quality

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PROFICIENT

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a) highly competent; skilled

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SCRIPT

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n) written part of a play, radio drama, or film; handwriting, style of writing

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TRIPOD

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n) a three-legged cauldron, stool, support, etc.

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TRISECT

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v) to cut or divide into three equal parts

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VERACIOUS

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a) habitually truthful; honest