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Lessons 9 & 10
The Head
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Literature
9th Grade
05/30/2009

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CAPUT, CAPITIS
Definition
head
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Capitalist
Definition

a person who has invested personal wealth in business

 

a very wealthy person

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Capitulation
Definition
surrender; ending resistance
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Decapitate
Definition
to cut off the head of; to behead
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Precipice
Definition

a very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock

 

the edge of a dangerous situation

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Precipitate
Definition

to throw down from a great height

 

to make happen suddenly or quickly

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Recapitulation
Definition

the restatement of a main idea

 

summary or concise review

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CEREBRUM
Definition
brain
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Cerebral
Definition

pertaining to the brain

 

intellectual

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Cerebration
Definition
the action of thinking; thought
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FACIES
Definition
face, form, shape
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Deface
Definition
to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of (something)
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Efface
Definition

to wipe out; to obliterate. also to make less clear, as if rubbing out

 

to make oneself inconspicuous

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Facade
Definition

a face of a building

 

the face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front

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Facet
Definition

one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel

 

one aspect of a situation, or of a tooth

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FRONS, FRONTIS
Definition
front, forehead, face
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Affront
Definition

to insult intentionally; to offend or embarrass

 

an insult or offensive act

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Confront
Definition

to stand or come directly in front of

 

to face with defiance or hostility

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Effrontery
Definition
flippant or insulting boldness; audacity
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SUPERCILIUM
Definition
eyebrow
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Supercilious
Definition
disdainful; haughty and aloof
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OS, ORIS

ORO, ORARE, ORAVI, ORATUM

Definition

mouth

 

to speak

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Inexorable
Definition
relentless; unyielding
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Oracle
Definition

a shrine where the ancient Greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy

 

a prophecy made at such a shrine

 

a person who transmits prophecy from a deity

 

a person or thing regarded as able to give wise guidance

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Oration
Definition
an address or formal speech given on a special occasion
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Orifice
Definition
a mouth or vent; an opening
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Osculate
Definition
to kiss (usually used playfully)
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DENS, DENTIS
Definition
tooth
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Indentation
Definition
a cut or notch
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Indenture
Definition

a written contract between two parties

 

(usually plural) an agreement binding an apprentice to work for a master

 

to bind by written contract

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Trident
Definition
a long three-pronged fork or weapon
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ODON, ODONTOS
Definition
tooth
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Orthodontist
Definition
a specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth
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GURGES, GURGITIS
Definition
throat, whirlpool
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Gorge
Definition

a deep, narrow passage with rocky sides, enclosed between mountains

 

gluttonous eating

 

a feeling of nausea (used with rise)

 

to eat greedily

 

to fill full; to stuff

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Disgorge
Definition

to expel from the throat or stomach; to vomit

 

to discharge violently

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Gargantuan
Definition
of immense size; gigantic
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Gargoyle
Definition
a grotesque carved human or animal figure, especially one used as a rainspout carrying water clear of a wall
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Regurgitate
Definition

to cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food; to vomit

 

to rush or surge back

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