Greek and Latin Roots Unit 4-6 WORDS

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Plaint

A lament or complaint

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Sopor

Sleep; drowsiness

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Malinger

To pretend to be sick in order to avoid something

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Languish

To waste away

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Vigilant

On the alert; watchful

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Malign

To speak of maliciously; insult

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Peccant

Violating a moral law; sinful

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Malaise

A sense of unease; depression

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Requiem

A song or religious service for the dead or lost

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Pejorative

Negative and critical; insulting

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Bacchanal

A drunken party or celebration

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Elegy

A song or poem memorializing something or someone

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Peccadillo

A small sin or fault

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Jocular

Of relating to joking

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Negate

To cancel the effect of; nullify

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Festoon

To drape or adorn festively

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Languor

[Noun] lack of physical or mental energy

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Impeccable

[Adj] having no flaws

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Soporific

[Adj] causing sleep or fatigue

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Fete

[Verb] to honor with a banquet or feast

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Bacchic

[Adj] Of or relating to a wild celebrationg

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Jocose

[adj] Cheerful, merry

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Elegiac

[Adj] mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful

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Negligent

[Adj] Not properly attentive

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Vigilante

[Noun] someone who takes the law enforcement into their own hands #batman

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Quittance

[Noun] a repayment; compensation

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