Jensen's Vocabulary Latin 1.9

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ABSTINENCE

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n) refraining from some or all food, drink, or other pleasures

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ARTIFICE

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n) trickery; skill or ingenuity

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BENEFACTOR

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n) patron; one who gives help or financial aid

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CAPTION

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n) a heading or title (found on illustrations)

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CORPULENT

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a) fat; obese; stout

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DECEASE

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v) to die

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DEGREE

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n) any of successive steps in a process; social or official rank; unit of measurement for angles and arcs

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DICTUM

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n) a formal statement of opinion; a saying or adage

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ENCLOSE

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v) to shut in all around; surround; put within an envelope

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INDUCT

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v) to place formally in an office or group; to enroll in the armed forces

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INTERJECT

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v) to throw in between; interrupt

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MALFEASANCE

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n) wrongdoing or misconduct, esp. in handling of public affairs

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PODIUM

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n) a small platform (as for a lecturer)

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PRESCRIBE

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v) to write beforehand; order, direct or advise

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PRESIDE

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v) to serve as chairman; to have authority or control over

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SECURE

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a) free from fear, care, danger, etc.; safe; firm (as a knot)
v) to protect; to obtain; to make firm or fast

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SICKLE

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n) a tool with a crescent-shaped blade on a short handle used to cut tall grass or weeds

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SUFFICE

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v) to be enough or adequate

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SUSCEPTIBLE

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a) easily influenced or affected by

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VALVE

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n) device which regulates flow by means of a membrane, flap, lid, etc.