CH. 4 ENGLISH VOCAB

capitulation

the action of surrendering or ceasing to resist an opponent or demand.

recapitulation

summarizing or restating the main points of something.

precipitate

1. to cause something bad to happen unexpectedly or suddenly.

2. to do something without careful consideration.

affront

an action or remark that causes outrage or offense.

effrontery

insolent or disrespectful behavior

inexorable

impossible to stop or prevent

uxorious

having or showing an excessive fondness for one’s wife

oration

a formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion.

orfrice

an opening of a pipe, tube, or body part.

osculate

things that touch on one side

indenture

a legal agreement or contract between two or more parties.

trident

a three-ponged spear.

hypothetical

based on, or serving as, an educated guess.

analogy

a comparison explaining how two things are similar to each other.

antithesis

a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. 

apostrophe

a punctuation mark (‘) used to indicate possession or omission of letters or numbers (can’t, ‘99)

persuade

to cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument.

capit-

head

-ation

the act of

re-

back, again

-ate

to do or make

af(d)

to, towards

-front

face

-ery

occupation, quality, condition, place, or related goods. 

ora(re)

mouth

-able

capable of

ux-

wife

-ious

having the quality of

-ure

an action or process

fic-

to do or make

oscul-

kiss

tri-

three

dent-

teeth