Vocab 5-6

Greek; pedestal, foot, base

Latin; low

n. Sculpture whose ornament or figures are somewhat raised above the background. (also known as "low-relief")

tr. v. To lower in quality, value, or dignity; to degrade

Latin; slope

n. A downward slope; the slope of a hill

n. A natural inclination or tendency; inner impulse or direction

Latin; light (in weight)

n. A substance like yeast or a small amount of fermented dough that causes dough to rise or expand

n. A lightening or enlivening influence

tr. v. To provide a lightening influence.

n. Sleight of hand; magic tricks

n. Any trickery or deception

n. The action of a lever that raises or lifts

n. Power to influence; a position of strength

tr. and intr. v. To rise or float, or cause to rise, seemingly despite gravity

n. Lightness in speech or behavior, especially unbecoming jocularity; frivolity

Latin; heavy

Latin; to cause to hang down, to weigh

Latin; to weigh

n. A strong inclination or liking; fondness

adj. Extremely heavy; massive

adj. Unwieldly or awkward

adj. Dull or tedious

adj. Unable to be assessed or measured precisely

adj. Superior in number, force, power, or importance

preponderant

Latin; steps, stairs, ladder, sca

Latin;to climb

• n. A step-like formation of troops, ships, or aircraft
• n. A level of command or authority

adj. Going beyond the limits of ordinary experience.

asserting a supernatural or mystical element in experience

Latin; to lie down

Latin; to recline

• n. A person who holds an office or position
• adj. Already holding an office or poistion
• adj. Required as a duty or obligation (often used with 'on')

adj. Reclining; lying down

• intr. v. To yield; to give in or give up, especially to a powerful force or desire (often used with 'to')
• intr. v. To die

Greek; under, beneath

n. A psychological disorder characterized by the illusory conviction that one is ill or in pain, or likely to become so.

• n. A theory or explanation that leads to further investigation for proof or disproof
• n. An assupmtion on which a conclusion or decision is based.

Greek; down

• n. A disaster or catastrophe on such a large scale that
• biological, environmental, or cultural elements are permanently altered
• or irreparable lost to the earth.

• n. An ancient mechanical device for hurling missiles
• n. A modern mechanism for launching aircraft from the deck of a ship.
• intr. and tr. v. To hurl or launch suddenly (as if from a slongshot); to spring up

Latin; under

• adj. Concentrating on the self in the expression of feelings and perceptions
• adj. Relating to personal opinions and thought processed rather than factual information or universal experience

• tr. and intr. v. To turn aside an instinctual, perhaps
• primitive, impulse in favor of a more socially or culturally acceptable activity

exalted; awe-inspiring

• tr. v. to induce a person in secret to commit a misdeed or a crime.
• tr. v. To induce someone to give false testimony

n. An artifice, device, or evasion to hide or avoid something, or to escape an outcome

Latin; truth

n. A thing or quality that appears true or real

• n. The condition or quality of being true or accurate
• n. A belief, principle, or statement expressing some basic human truth; a scientific truth

tr. v. To affirm; to deliver or attest to positively or dogmatically

capacity for telling the truth