vocan #16

vocab study set

ambulatory

ability to walk or move around, pertaining to walking

preamble

a preliminary statement in speech or writing

recalcitrant

stubbornly resistant to guidance, hard to manage

constituent

serving as a necessary part of a whole

a voter or district represented by an elected official

desist

to stop from doing something

destitute

altogether lacking, poverty stricken

interstice

a space or crevice

obstinate

very stubborn, inflexible

uncontrollable

oust

to force out of place

prostitute

to sell oneselfs talents to an unworthy cause

restitution

restorations of something to its proper owner or original state

restive

restless

stance

the position of the feet and body

an emotional mental attitude

static

at rest, unmoving

pertaining to electrical charges

subsist

to exist, to be

STO/STARE/STETI/STATUM

to stand

STATIO/ STATIONIST

standing

SISTO/ SISTERE/ STETI/ STATUM

to cause, to put, to place

CALCITRO/ CALCITRARE

to kick

AMBULO, AMBULARE, AMBULAVI, AMBULATUM

to walk around