Vocab Unit 9 and 10

Caput, capitis (root)

head

capitalist

a person who has invested personal wealth in a business, a very wealthy person

capitulation

surrender; ending resistance

decapitate

to cut off the head of; to behead

precipice

a very steep, vertical face of a cliff or rock; the edge of a dangerous situation

precipitate

to throw down from a great height; to makes happen suddenly or quickly; speeding along heedlessly, headstrong

recapitulation

the restatement of the main idea; a summary or concise review

cerebrum (root)

brain

cerebral

pertaining to the brain; intellectual

cerebration

the action of thinking; thought

facies (root)

face, form, shape

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 oneself inconspicuous

facade

a face of a building; the face or front of anything, especially something with a false/artificial front

facet

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

frons, front is (root)

front, forehead, face

affront

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

confront

to stand or come directly in front of; to face with defiance or hostility

effrontery

flippant or insulting boldness; audacity

supercilium (root)

eyebrow

supercilious

a lifted eyebrow indicating a lack of respect and a feeling of superiority

os, oris (root)

mouth

oro, or are oravi, oratum (root)

to speak

inexorable

relentless, unyielding

oracle

a shrine where the ancient Greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy, a prophecy made at such shrine, a person who transmits prophecy from a deity, a person or thing regarded as able to give wise guidance

oration

an address or formal speech given on a special occasion

orifice

a mouth or vent; an opening

osulate

to kiss

dens, dentis (root)

tooth

indentation

a cut or notch

indenture

a written contract between two parties, an agreement binding an apprentice to work for a master, to bind a written contract

trident

a long three-pronged fork or weapon

odon, odontos (root)

tooth

orthodontist

a specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth

gurges, gurgutus (root)

throat, whirlpool

gorge

a deep, narrow passage with rocky sides, enclosed between mountains, gluttonous eating, a feeling of nausea, to eat greedily, to fill, to stuff

disgorge

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

gargantuan

of immense size, gigantic

gargoyle

a grotesque carved human or animal figure, especially one used as a rainspout carry water clear of a wall

regurgitate

to cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food; to vomit, to rush or surge back