Lessons 13 And 14 Words

Front 1

emancipate

Back 1

to free from restraint or influence

or
to free a slave from bondage

Front 2

manacle

Back 2

a device for confining the hands; handcuffs

or

anything that constrains

or to restrain with manacles

Front 3

mandate

Back 3

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

Front 4

manifest

Back 4

clearly apparent to sight or understanding, obvious

or to show plainly/reveal

o r to prove or a list of cargo/passengers

Front 5

manipulate

Back 5

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

Front 6

dexterity

Back 6

skill in the use of the hands or body, adroitness

or mental skill or adriotness/cleverness

Front 7

ambidextrous

Back 7

able to use either hand equally well

Front 8

digital

Back 8

relating to a finger or to a unit of measurethe breadth of a finger

or referring to a numerical system for encording data

Front 9

deflect

Back 9

to turn aside

or to swerve or turn aside

Front 10

genuflect

Back 10

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

Front 11

inflection

Back 11

an alteration of pitch or tone of the voice

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

Front 12

reflection

Back 12

the act or condition of being thrown back

or something thrown back as light, heat, sound or an image

or discredit; indirect reproach

or deep thought

Front 13

rapacious

Back 13

excessively grasping or greedy

or given to seizing for plunder or as prey

Front 14

rapt

Back 14

giving one's complete attention

or overcome with emotion; or completely filled with joy

Front 15

surreptious

Back 15

done secretly, without approval

Front 16

complicity

Back 16

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

Front 17

duplicity

Back 17

deceitfulness in speech or conduct; diuble-dealing

or being physically or numerically double or two-fold; doubleness

Front 18

explicate

Back 18

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

Front 19

explicit

Back 19

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

Front 20

exploit

Back 20

a notable or heroic deed

or to make use of selfishly or unethically, or to publicize

Front 21

imply

Back 21

to indicate indirectly, to hint

or to require as a necessary condition

Front 22

ploy

Back 22

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

Front 23

ply

Back 23

to use a tool or weapon vigorously; to work at a trade; to offer something persistently

or the thickness of cloth, yarn or rope

or wood layered with crosswise grain

Front 24

supplicate

Back 24

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

Front 25

apprehend

Back 25

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

Front 26

comprise

Back 26

to consist of; to contain

Front 27

entrepreneur

Back 27

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

Front 28

impregnable

Back 28

strong enough to resist attack of capture, as a fortress

or not to be outweighed or overcome in argument

Front 29

reprehend

Back 29

to reprimand, reprove, or express disapproval

Front 30

reprisal

Back 30

an action or act of retaliation against someone for injuries received