Vocab (Words Derived from Latin)

give or be a source of pleasure or satisfaction

without charge or payment; free

• (1) given freely
• (2) unwarranted, as a gratuitous remark

ungrateful person

establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of another

dying; near death

undertaker

funeral home

stiffness in the body that sets in several hours after death

bodily, as in corporal punishment

bulky; obese; very fat

general collection or body of writings, laws, etc.

• (1) blood cell (literally, "little body")
• (2) minute particle

• (1) facts proving that a crime has been committed
• (2) body of the victim in a murder case

spirit of a body or persons; group spirit

• (1) order requiring a detained perosn to be brought before a court to investigate the legality of that person's detention (the order begins with the words habeas corpus, meaning "you should have the body")
• (2) right of a citizen to secire court protection against illegal inprisonment

artificial channel for conducting water over a distance

tending to lead to; contributive; helpful

• (1) taking away; subtraction
• (2) reasoning from the general to the particular

tube or channel for conducting a liquid, air, etc.

• (1) able to be drawn out or hammered thin (said of metal)
• (2) easily led; docile

(2) reasoning from particular to general

(literally, "lead along" as a spectacle to bring into disgrace); malign; slander; vilify; calumniate

bridge for conducting a road or railroad over a valley, river, etc.

of no consequence; trivial; unimportant

statement that does not follow from previous statements

oppress; harass; annoy

• (1) agree; be of the smae opinion (literally, "run together")
• (2) happen together; coincide

running togther; occurring at the same time; simultaneous

running or flowing (said of handwriting in which the letters are joined)

running over hastily; superficially done, as a cursory glance

wandering ("running") from one topic to another; rambling; digressive

going ("running") out or forth; expedition

• (1) meet with ("run into") something undesirable
• (2) bring upon oneself

• (1) rushing into
• (2) hostile invasion; raid

forerunner; predecessor

means of going out; exit

• (1) going backward
• (2) becoming worse

act of going from a better to a worse state; deterioration

step beyond the limits or barriers; go beyond; break a law; violate

• (1) facilitate (literally, "extricate someone caught by the foot")
• (2) accelerate or speed up

• (1) hindance; obstacle (literally, "something entangling the feet")
• (2) defect

hundred

thousand

• (1) person traveling on foot
• (2) commonplace, as a pedestrian performance; unimaginitive; dull

• (1) child's tricycle (literally, "swift foot")
• (2) early form of bicycle

touching; in physical contact; adjoining

• (1) dependent on something else (literally, "touching together")
• (2) accidental

• (1) not capable of being perceived by the sense of touch
• (2) hard to grasp or define exactly

sensitive mental perception of what is appropriate on a given occasion (literally, "sense of touch")

having or showing tact; diplomatic

• (1) pertaining to the sens of touch
• (2) tangible

• (1) touching only at one point
• (2) line or surface meeting a curved line or surface at one point, but not intersecting it

merely touching; slightly connected; disgressive

adapted for seizing, as a prehensile tail

find fault with (literally, "hold back"); rebuke; reprimand; censure

deserving of censure; culpable

sunk or cast down to a low condition; downtrodden; deserving contempt; wretched

guess, supposition; interference

downcast ("thrown down"); discoruraged; depressed

turn attention; refer (as adverting to a previous topic)

prevent ("turn away"); avoid

not able to be "turned opposite" or disputed; not open to question

side turned toward the observer; therefore, the front of a coin, medal, etc.

turned away from what is right or good; corrupt; wrongheaded

turn away from right or truth; give a wrong meaning to

death (literally, "sending or putting down")

person sent out on a mission

send out; give off

coming and going at intervals, as an intermittent fever (literally, "sending between")

written message sent; letter

negligent (literally, "sent back"); careless; lax

• (1) send money due
• (2) forgive, as to have one's sins remitted

roundabout way of speaking

conversational; informal (as colloquial speech or writing)

talking together; conference; conversation

art of speaking out or reading effectively in public

speaking with force and fluency; movingly expressive

using lofty or pompous words; bombastic

• (1) questioner
• (2) one who participates in a conversation

talkative; garrulous

• (1) speaking against; censure; reproach
• (2) bad repute

bearing or yielding gold

bearing cones, as the pine tree

• (1) infected with or bearing disease; pestilential
• (2) evil

producing new growth rapidly and extensively

bearing of inducing sleep

producing a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy

death

touch

speak; talk

pleasant; thank; favor

follow

body

run

foot

seize; grasp

throw; cast

turn

bearing; producing; yielding

step; walk; go

send

lead; conduct; draw