Lesson 3 Flashcards

Front 1

excerpt

Back 1

1. a passage selected from a book, play, piece of music, ETC.
2. to take a passage from a book; to quote.
carpere-to pick, seize, pluck.

Front 2

exhilarate

Back 2

to cheer;to stimulate;to enliven
hilaris-cheerful, happy

Front 3

exonerate

Back 3

1.to free from blame
2. relieve of a task
onus-burden, load

Front 4

exorbitant

Back 4

excessive
orbita-route
noun form = xorbitance or exorbitancy

Front 5

exult

Back 5

to rejoice greatly
saltere-to dance;

Front 6

express

Back 6

1. to put thought into words
2. to make known the feelings or opinions of oneself;
3. to squeeze or press out
4. adv. by express delivery or transport
premere-to press

Front 7

compound

Back 7

1. to mix together
2. a combination of elements
3. having 2 or more parts
4. to add; increase
5. a building or residence or grou of residenced set off and enclosed by a barricade
cum-with together

Front 8

exposition

Back 8

1. a precise statement or explanation
2. a public exhibit or show.
ex - out of or from

Front 9

imposter

Back 9

one who decieves by using false identity
im = in-in

Front 10

proponent

Back 10

one who argues in support of something
pro-before, for

Front 11

deposit

Back 11

1. to give as security or part payment
2. to put or set down;place to lay down or leave behind by a natural process
3.to give over for safekeeping; to put money in the bank
4.noun: something like money that is entrusted for safekeeping.
de - from

Front 12

suppose

Back 12

1. To assume to be true or real for the sake of argument or explanation
sub-under
2.to believe esp. on uncertain or tentative grounds.
3. supposed: intended required, or permitted.

Front 13

expound

Back 13

to set forth an explanation or view of something in detail.
ex-out of;from

Front 14

impose

Back 14

1.to set up or to force something on others
2. to take unfair advantage of someone
im = in-in

Front 15

imposing

Back 15

impressive, as by virtue of size, bearing, or power

Front 16

extant

Back 16

1. Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct: extant manuscripts.
2. Archaic Standing out; projecting.

Front 17

extricate

Back 17

1. To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage.
2. Archaic To distinguish from something related.

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composite

Back 18

1. made up of distinct components; compound
2. Mathematics:having factors:factorable.
3. Botany: of, belonging to or characteristic of a composite body
4. Architecure: of, relating to or being in composite order
componere-put together

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depose

Back 19

1. a.To remove from office or power.
b. To dethrone.
c.To state or affirm in a deposition or by affidavit.
d. To take a deposition from: Investigators will depose the witness behind closed doors.
2. Law
a. To state or affirm in a deposition or by affidavit.
b. To take a deposition from: Investigators will depose the witness behind closed doors.
3. To put or lay down; deposit.