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104 Cards in this Set
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per is latin for
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latin for
through |
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percussion
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1 ) the sharp striking of one thing against another
2 ) instruments that make a sound when struck |
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perennial
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lasting for an indefinitely long time
continuing regularly living longer than two years said especially of plants |
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permeate
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to penetrate through spaces to spread throughout
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persevere
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to hold fast to a task or purpose despite handicaps or obstacles
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fero, ferre, tuli, latum
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latin for
to bring to bear to carry |
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defer
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to postpone to delay
to yield respectfully to opinion or will of another |
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dilatory
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tending to delay or to postpone
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elation
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excited feelings of pride triumph or happiness
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infer
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to use available evidence to forma conclusion
to guess |
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tendo, tendere, tetendi, tensum
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latin for to stretch
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contend
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to engage ina quarrel a struggle or rivalry
to assert to put forward in argument |
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intent
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purpose
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sub
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latin for under
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subvert
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to upset to overthrow to ruin
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subservient
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excessively willing to yield submissive
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torque, torquere, torsi,tortum
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latin for to twist
to bend to turn around |
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contort
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to twist or bend out of shape
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distort
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to change something to make it false
to twist something out of its natural shape |
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retort
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to reply quickly and sharply often as if in reply to an accusations
a quick witty sometimes biting reply |
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tortuous
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having many twists and turns
deceitfully roundabout tricky |
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verso versare versavi versatum
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Latin for
to turn to turn around |
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adversity
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hardship misfortune
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advert
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to turn away ( one
s eyes_ to prevent |
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introvert
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a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward
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perverse
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stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required
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prose
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ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter that is without verse
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ex
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latin for
from out of |
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excerpt
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a passage selected from a book play piece of music ect
to take a passage from a book ect to quote |
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exhilarate
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to cheer to stimulate to enliven
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exonerate
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to free from blame
to relieve of a task |
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exorbitant
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excessive
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pono ponereposui positum
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latin
to place to put |
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compound
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to mix together
to combine two or more parts or elements having two or more parts or elements a combination of elements parts or substances |
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exposition
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a precise statement or explanation
a public exhibit or show |
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expound
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to set forth an explanation or view of something in detail
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impose
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to set up or to force something ( or oneself) on others
to take unfair advantage of someone |
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impostor
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one who deceives by u sing false identity
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proponent
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one who argues in support of something
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extra
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latin for
on the outside |
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extraneous
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coming form outside foreign
not essential or vital |
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extraterrestrial
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outside or originating outside the limits of the earth's atomosphere
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extrovert
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a person chiefly interested in things outside the self, directing thoughts outward rather than inward
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medius
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latin formiddle
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mediate
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t act as negotiator between opposing sides in a dispute
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mediocrity
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the condition of being commonplace or ordinary, somewhere in the middle between high and low: an ordinary person
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medium
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a substance or element through which something is transmitted
a person thought to have communtications with spirits of the dead |
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sequor, sequi, secutum
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latin to follow
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non sequitur
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a statement that does not follow logically form evidence
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obsequious
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excessively willing to yield to tohers
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subsequent
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coming agter or later
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sequester
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to go into hiding to seek solitude
to isolate |
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cum
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latin for
with together with |
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coherent
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showing an orderly relation of parts
sticking together |
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colloquial
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characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
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commiserate
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to feel or express sorrow or ptiy
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condone
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to forgive : to disregard and offense
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commodious
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spacious roomy as in a house
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contrite
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thoroughly remorseful and repentant of one's sins
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teneo, tenere, tenui, tentum
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latin for
to hold to keep |
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abstain
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to refrain from something by one's choice
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impertinent
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impudent: rude
irrelevant |
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pertinacious
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holding firmlyk, even stubbornly , to a belief
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tenacity
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hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly
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apo, apere, epi, aptum
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latin
to fasten to attach |
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aptitude
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a natural talent or ability
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inept
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without skill
inappropriate or out of place: foolish or absurd |
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jungo, jungere, junxi, junctum
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latin for
to join |
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adjunct
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an added part not essential to the whole
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conjugate
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to give forms of verbs in a fixed order
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injunction
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an authoritative command or order
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juncture
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a serious state of affairs
the condition or point of being joined |
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subjugate
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to conquer : to dominate completely
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stringo, stringere, strinxi, strictum
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latine for
to draw together tightly to tie |
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astringent
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harsh; severe
a substance that tightens tissues |
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strait
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a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
usually plural a difficulty or bad situation |
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stringent
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severe constricted ; tight
pertaining to a scarcity of money |
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ab
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latin for
away from abrasive harsh; rough |
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abound
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to exist in great quantities or numbers
to be fully supplied or filled |
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abscond
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to leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself
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abhor
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to detest thoroughly
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abstemious
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sparing or moderate especially in eating and drinking
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cerno, cernere, crevi, cretum
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latin for
to separate to sift to decide |
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discreet
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showing tact, respect and restraint in speech or behavior
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ascertain
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to find out something for certain
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discern
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to perceive; to detect the differences
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frango, frangere, frefi, fractum
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latin
to break |
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infraction
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a violation, especially of a law
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infringe
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to go beyond set limits ( use with on or upon)
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suffrage
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the right to vote or a vote itself
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super (latin)
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latin for
above |
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superlative
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the highest; above the rest
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superfluous
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beyond what is required; extra
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caedo, caedere, cecidi, caesum
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latin for
to cut |
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concise
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sayng or writing much in few words
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herbicide
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a substance for killing poloants, especiallyweeds
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precise
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clearly expressed; exact. accurate in every detail
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luein
lutos greek |
greek for
to loosen to untie capable of being untied |
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analyze
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to look at something carefully by attention to its parts
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catalyst
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a force or person causing action expecially without being involved or changed by the consequences.
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solvo, solvere, solvi, solutum latin
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latin for
to loosen to untie |
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absolve
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to relieve of blame or obligation to pardon a sin
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resolute
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determined : unshakeable
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resolve
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to make a firm decision about
to find a solution |