Vocab Ch 1-3

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abridged

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adjective
latin: ad- "toward" + brevis "short"

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browse

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verb

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citation

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noun
Latin: citare, "to summon"

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compendium

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noun
Latin: com-, "together" + pendere, "weigh"

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entry

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noun
old French: entree, "enter"

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etymology

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noun
Greek: etumologia, "true sense of a word"

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gazetteer

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noun

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homonym

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noun
Greek: homo-, "same" + nym, "name

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lexicon

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noun
Greek: lexis, "word"

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phonetics

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noun
Greek: phone, "sound"

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clarify

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verb
Latin: clarus, "clear"

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confide

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verb
Latin: Com-. "together" + fidere,"trust"

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disclose

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verb
Latin: dis-, "away" + claudere, "to close"

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enlighten

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verb

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exhibit

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Latin: ex-, "out" + habere, "to hold"

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expound

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verb
Latin: ex-, "out" + ponere, "to put"

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ingrained

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Adjective
Old French: engrainer, "work into the grain"

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misconception

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noun
mis-"wrong" + Latin: concipere, "to think of"

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sage

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Latin: sapere, "to be wise"

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seminar

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noun

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brusque

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adjective
Medival Latin: bruscum, "rough"

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cordial

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adjective
Latin: cordis, "heart"

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dignity

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noun
Latin: dignus, "worthy"

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hospitable

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adjective
Latin: hospes, "guest"

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irksome

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adjective
Middle English: irksum, "tending to be weary"

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nicety

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noun
Old French: nicete, "silliness"

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propriety

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noun
Old French: propriete, "one's own"

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refined

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adjective
French: raffiner, "to purify"

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suave

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adjective
Latin: suavis, "sweet"

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tact

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noun
Latin: tactus, "touch"

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Ad-

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to/toward
(Latin)

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Con/Com-

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together
(Latin)

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Homo-

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same

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Nym-

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name

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Lexis-

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word

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Dis-

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apart/away
(Latin)

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Ex-

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out
(Latin)

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Mis_

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wrong

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Suavis-

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sweet
(Latin)

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Tactus-

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touch

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Pre-

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before
(Latin)

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Re-

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back
(Latin)

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En-

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in
(Latin)

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Mor-

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custom
(Latin)

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Pro-

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toward
(Latin)