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scend (L)
climb (ascend; descend)
Please don't condescend to me.
1. transcendent (adj)
beyond human experience; of surpassing excellence
2. condescend (v)
to stoop to a level of lesser importance or dignity; to behave as if superior
3. descendant (n)
one that has come down from another
scrib/scrip (L)
to write (describe; script)
the young man was conscripted into the army; he did not volunteer.
4. circumscribe (v)
to confine within bounds; to limit or constrain (circumscribed by= limited by)
5. conscript (v)
to draft; to force into service for government
6. inscription (n)
something permanently written, engraved, or printed, particularly on a building, coin, medal, or piece of currency
fin (L)
end; boundary (final; finish)
This definitive biography contains everything you need to know about Jane Addams.
7. definitive (adj)
complete, authoritative, and final
8. finite (adj)
having definite limits
9. infinitesimal (adj)
extremely or immeasurably small
sign (L)
mark; signature; signal
Is our country a signatory to the treaty on fishing in international waters?
10. significant (adj)
important; full of meaning
11. signify (v)
to be a sign or indication of
12. signatory (n)
a person or government that signs an agreement with others; a government that agrees with others to abide by a signed agreement