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Words from Latin 143 words

December 11, 2008 By ZAHID A.

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  1. inane
    devoid of intelligence
  2. relevant
    having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  3. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
  4. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  5. dejected
    affected or marked by low spirits
  6. postmortem
    occurring or done after death
  7. incriminate
    suggest that someone is guilty
  8. access
    the right to enter
  9. plausible
    apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful
  10. interrupt
    make a break in
  11. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
  12. refugee
    an exile who flees for safety
  13. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
  14. lucid
    (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
  15. percolate
    cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
  16. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  17. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
  18. trajectory
    the path followed by an object moving through space
  19. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  20. implement
    instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
  21. ambiguity
    unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
  22. curriculum
    an integrated course of academic studies
  23. omnivorous
    feeding on both plants and animals
  24. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  25. electoral
    of or relating to elections
  26. crescent
    resembling the new moon in shape
  27. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  28. precipice
    a very steep cliff
  29. susceptible
    (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of
  30. condolence
    an expression of sympathy with another's grief
  31. benefactor
    a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
  32. candidate
    someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
  33. bugle
    a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
  34. formidable
    extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  35. canary
    any of several small Old World finches
  36. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
  37. abdicate
    give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
  38. lunatic
    an insane person
  39. carnivore
    a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
  40. gregarious
    instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  41. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  42. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  43. herbivore
    any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
  44. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  45. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  46. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
  47. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  48. simile
    a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
  49. jovial
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  50. ridiculous
    incongruous;inviting ridicule
  51. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
  52. obstinate
    tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
  53. discern
    detect with the senses
  54. mediocre
    moderate to inferior in quality
  55. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  56. rupture
    the act of making a sudden noisy break
  57. precipitate
    hurl or throw violently
  58. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  59. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  60. intractable
    not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
  61. exuberant
    joyously unrestrained
  62. ingenious
    showing inventiveness and skill
  63. retrospective
    concerned with or related to the past
  64. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  65. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
  66. omnipotent
    having unlimited power
  67. consensus
    agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
  68. discipline
    a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
  69. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  70. spectrum
    a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities
  71. prescription
    directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
  72. capitulation
    the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
  73. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  74. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  75. necessary
    absolutely essential
  76. adjacent
    having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
  77. dissect
    cut open or cut apart
  78. conjecture
    to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  79. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  80. predicate
    involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
  81. corporal
    affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  82. patina
    a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
  83. Capricorn
    a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius
  84. participant
    someone who takes part in an activity
  85. library
    a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
  86. cognition
    the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
  87. primal
    having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
  88. filament
    a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
  89. unity
    an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
  90. ventilate
    furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape
  91. aquatic
    operating or living or growing in water
  92. igneous
    produced by the action of fire or intense heat
  93. reptile
    any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
  94. providence
    the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources
  95. message
    a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
  96. foliate
    grow leaves
  97. nasal
    of or in or relating to the nose
  98. opera
    a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
  99. renovate
    restore to a previous or better condition
  100. credentials
    a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
  101. temporal
    of or relating to or limited by time
  102. canine
    any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
  103. measure
    determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
  104. credible
    capable of being believed
  105. femininity
    the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women
  106. confidence
    freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
  107. triumvirate
    a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority
  108. popularity
    the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after
  109. diary
    a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
  110. humble
    marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
  111. vivisection
    the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research)
  112. strict
    rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
  113. prosecute
    conduct a prosecution in a court of law
  114. contiguous
    having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
  115. ductile
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  116. gradient
    a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
  117. current
    occurring in or belonging to the present time
  118. perfidy
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  119. fidelity
    the quality of being faithful
  120. incorruptible
    incapable of being morally corrupted
  121. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  122. accommodate
    have room for; hold without crowding
  123. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  124. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired effect
  125. visceral
    relating to or affecting the viscera
  126. exacerbate
    make worse
  127. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  128. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  129. vernacular
    the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
  130. infinitesimal
    infinitely or immeasurably small
  131. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  132. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  133. precocious
    characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
  134. ameliorate
    to make better
  135. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  136. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  137. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
  138. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  139. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  140. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
  141. tertiary
    coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
  142. corpuscle
    either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
  143. perennial
    lasting three seasons or more