Vocabulary for the College-Bound Student 5.16-5.21

congratulate

express on'es pleasure to another person at that person's success

gracious

pleasant; courteous; kindly

grateful

feeling or expressing gratitude; thankful; obliged

gratify

give or be a source of pleasure or satisfaction

gratis

without charge or payment; free

gratitude

thankfulness

gratuitous

1. given freely
2. unwarranted

gratuity

present of money in return for a favor or service; tip

ingrate

ungrateful person

ingratiate

establish oneself in the favor or good graces of another

immortal

1. not subject to death
2. not subject to oblivion; imperishable

immortality

1. eternal life
2. lasting fame

moribund

dying; near death

mortal

1. destined to die
2. human
3. causing death; fatal
4. human being, person; individual

mortality

1. death rate
2. mortal nature

mortician

undertaker

mortification

shame; humiliation; embarrassment

mortify

embarrass; shame; humiliate

mortuary

funeral home

corporal

bodily

corporation

body authorized by law to act as a single person and to have rights and duties

corps

1. organized body of persons
2. branch of the military

corpse

dead body

corpulent

bulky; obese; very fat

corpus

general collection or body of writings, laws, etc.

corpuscle

1. blood cell
2. minute particle

corpus delicti

1. facts proving that a crime has been committed
2. body of the victim in a murder case

espirit de corps

spirit of a body of persons; group spirit

incorporate

combine so as to form one body

aqueduct

artificial channel for conducting water over a distance

conducive

tending to lead to; contributive; helpful

conduct

lead; guide; escort

deduction

1. taking away; subtraction
2. reasoning from the general to the particular

duct

tube or channel for conducting a liquid, air, etc.

ductile

1. able to be drawn out or hammered thin
2. easily led; docile

induce

lead on; move by persuasion

induct

admit as a member; initiate

induction

1. ceremony by which one is made a member; initiation
2. reasoning from the particular to the general

seduction

enticement; leading astray into wrongdoing

traduce

lead along as a spectacle to bring into disgrace; malign; slander; vilify; calumniate

viaduct

bridge for conducting a road or railroad over a valley, river, etc.