Vocab Ch 13 14

Front 1

manus

Back 1

latin for hand

Front 2

emancipate

Back 2

1- to free from restraint or influence 2- to free a slave from bondage

Front 3

manacle

Back 3

1- a device for confining the hands; handcuffs 2- anything that constrains

Front 4

mandate

Back 4

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

Front 5

manifest

Back 5

1- obvious, to show plainly, to reveal, to prove, a list of cargo or passengers

Front 6

manipulate

Back 6

1- to use or handle skillfully 2- to manage w/ devious skill

Front 7

dextra

Back 7

latin for right hand

Front 8

dexterity

Back 8

1- skill in the use of the hands or body 2- mental skill, cleverness

Front 9

ambidextrous

Back 9

able to use either hand equally well

Front 10

digitus

Back 10

latin for finger

Front 11

digital

Back 11

1- relating to a finger or to a unit of measure 2- referring to a numerical system for encoding data

Front 12

flecto, flectere, flexi, flexum

Back 12

latin for to bend

Front 13

deflect

Back 13

to swerve or turn aside

Front 14

genuflect

Back 14

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

Front 15

inflection

Back 15

1- an alteration of pitch or tone of the voice 2- in grammar, an alteration of the form of a wrod to show different grammatical or syntactical relationsips

Front 16

reflection

Back 16

1- the act or condition of being thrown back, 2- discredit; indirect reproach

Front 17

rapio, rapere, rapui, raptum

Back 17

latin for to snatch

Front 18

rapacious

Back 18

1- excessively grasping or greedy 2- given to seizing for plunder or as prey

Front 19

rapt

Back 19

1- giving one's complete attention, 2- overcome w/ emotion, completely filled with joy

Front 20

surrpetitious

Back 20

done secretly, without approval

Front 21

plico, plicare, plicavi, plicaturm

Back 21

latin for to fold

Front 22

complicity

Back 22

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

Front 23

duplicity

Back 23

1- deceitfullness in speech or conduct; double dealing
2- being physically or numerically double or two-fold, doubleness

Front 24

explicate

Back 24

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

Front 25

explicit

Back 25

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

Front 26

exploit

Back 26

1- a notable or heroic deed 2- to use to the greatest advantage 2- to make use of selfishly or unethically 3- to publicize

Front 27

imply

Back 27

1- to indicate indirectly 2- to require as a necessary condition

Front 28

ploy

Back 28

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

Front 29

ply

Back 29

to use a tool or weapon vigorously, to offern something persistently, the thickness of a cloth, yarn, or rope, wood layered with crosswise grain

Front 30

supplicate

Back 30

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

Front 31

prehendo, prehendere, prehendi, prehensum

Back 31

latin for to catch

Front 32

apprehend

Back 32

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

Front 33

comprise

Back 33

to consist of; to contain

Front 34

entrepreneur

Back 34

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

Front 35

impregnable

Back 35

strong enough to resist attack of capture, not to be outweighed or overcome in arguement

Front 36

reprehend

Back 36

to reprimand, reprove, or express disapproval

Front 37

reprehend

Back 37

to reprimand, reprove, or express disapproval

Front 38

reprehend

Back 38

to reprimand, reprove, or express disapproval

Front 39

reprisal

Back 39

an action or attack of retaliation against someone for injuries recieved