Part 2 AP Lang Vocab 9+10

head

Caput, Capitis

Capitalist

A person who has invested personal wealth in business - a very wealthy person

Capitulation

Surrender; ending resistance

Decapitate

To cut off the head of; to behead

Precipice

A very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock - the edge of a dangerous situation

Precipitate

To throw down from a great height - to make happen suddenly or quickly

Recapitulation

The restatement of a main idea - a summary or concise review

brain

Cerebrum

Cerebral

Pertaining to the brain - intellectual

Cerebration

The action of thinking; thought

face, form, shape

Facies

Deface

To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of (something)

Efface

To wipe out; to obliterate. Also, to make less clear, as if rubbing out - to make oneself inconspicuous

Facade

A face of a building - the face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front

Facet

One of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel - one aspect of a situation, or of a tooth

front, forehead, face

Frons, Frontis

Affront

To insult intentionally; to offend or embarrass - an insult or offensive act

Confront

To stand or come directly in front of - to face with defiance or hostility

Effrontery

Flippant or insulting boldness; audacity

eyebrow

Supercilium

Supercilious

Disdainful; haughty and aloof

mouth

Os, Oris

to speak

Oro, Orare, Oravi, Oratum

Inexorable

Relentless, unyielding

Oracle

A shrine where the ancient Greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy - a prophecy made as such a shrine - a person who transmits prophecy from a deity - a person or thing regarded as able to give wise guidance

Oration

An address or formal speech given on a special occasion

Orifice

A mouth or vent; an opening

Osculate

To kiss (usually used playfully)

tooth

Dens, Dentis

Indention

A cut or notch

Indenture

A written contract between two parties - (usually plural) an agreement binding an apprentice to work for a master - to bind by written contract

Trident

A long three-pronged fork or weapon

tooth

Odon, Odontos

Orthodontist

A specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth

throat, whirlpool

Gurges, Gurgitis

Gorge

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

Disgorge

To expel from the throat or stomach; to vomit - to discharge violently

Gargantuan

Of immense size; gigantic

Gargoyle

A grotesque carved human or animal figure, especially one used as a rainspout carrying water clear of a wall

Regurgitate

To cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food; to vomit - to rush or surge back