Classical Roots 9-10

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Capitalist

A person who has invested personal wealth in business

Capitulation

Surrender; ending resistance

Decapitate

To cut the head off of; behead

Precipice

A very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock

Precipitate

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

Recapitulation

The restatement of a main idea

Cerebral

Pertaining to the brain ; intellectual

Cerebration

The act of thinking; thought

Deface

To mar or spoil the appearance or Surface of something

Efface

To wipe out; to obliterate. To make less clear, as if rubbing out; to make ones self inconspicuous

Facade

A face of a building; face or front of anything

Facet

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

Affront

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

Confront

To stand or come directly in front of

Effrontery

Flippant or insulting boldness; audacity

Supercilious

Haughty;disdainful (a lifted eyebrow)

Inexorable

Relentless; unyielding

Oracle

A shrine where the ancient Greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy

Oration

An address or formal speech given on a special occasion

Orifice

A mouth or vent; an opening

Osculate

To kiss

Indentation

A cut or notch

Indenture

A written contract between two parties; to bind by written contract

Trident

A long three-pronged fork or weapon

Orthodontist

A specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth

Gorge

A deep, narrow passage with rocky sides, enclosed between mountains

Disgorge

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

Gargantuan

Gigantic

Gargoyle

A grotesque carved human or animal figure, used as a rainspout

Regurgitate

To cause to pour back or cast up partially digester food; vomit