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109 Cards in this Set
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Polis |
City state |
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Rex |
King |
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Senate |
Council of old men |
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Urbs |
City |
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Civis |
Citizen |
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Municipium |
A town |
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Abduct |
To carry off |
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Alias |
An assumed name |
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Alibi |
Plea that one was elsewhere |
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Assault |
A leap upon/at |
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Culpable |
Deserving of blame, guilty |
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Exonerate |
To declare free of blame |
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Extortion |
To ontain money but threat or force |
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Penitentiary |
Prison |
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Incarcerate |
To imprison |
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Amicus curiae |
Friend of the court |
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Bona fide |
In good faith |
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Mala fide |
In bad faith |
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Caveat emptor |
Let the buyer bewars |
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Caveat scriptor |
Let the signer beware |
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Compos mentis |
Of sound mind |
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Habeas corpus |
Have the body, protection of civil liberty |
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Pro bono |
For the public good |
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Qui facit per alium facit per se |
One who does something through another does it by himself |
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Sic semper tyrannis |
Virginia motto, means thus always to tyrants |
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Esto perpetua |
Idaho motto, let it be forever |
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Eureka |
California motto, I have found it! |
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Ipsi dixit |
Literally means he himself said, today means an unsupported assertion, usually by a person of authority |
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Ipso facto |
Literally means by the fact/facts itself, today means pretty much the same thijg |
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Bona fide |
Literally means in good faith, today it means genuine, real, undertaken in good faith |
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Ad hominem |
Literally means to the man, today means directed against a person |
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Ad rem |
Literally means to the matter, today means pertinent, to the point |
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Ov/ovi |
Egg |
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Aster |
Star |
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Gastero/gastro |
Stomach |
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Larynx/laryng/laryngo |
The larynx |
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Tom |
Cut |
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Psycho |
Soul, mind |
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oste |
bone |
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my |
muscle/mouse |
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lymph |
spring water |
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card/cardio |
heart |
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cyst/cysto |
bladder |
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metro/meter |
measure |
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ot/oto |
ear |
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media |
middle |
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rhin/rhino |
nose |
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rrhea |
flow/discharge |
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logo |
word |
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entero |
intestine |
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acid |
sharp |
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alti |
high |
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apert |
opening |
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arid |
dry |
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compet |
striving |
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confid |
trust |
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conscript |
enroll/enlist |
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correct |
rule/guide |
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eras |
rub out |
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ferv |
heat/flow |
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fus |
melt/flow |
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grati |
thanks |
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humid |
etw |
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invent |
come upon/find |
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invest |
to put on clothes |
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liberal |
generous |
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magni |
big/large |
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object |
to throw against |
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pall |
pale |
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sculpt |
carve |
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sequ |
follow |
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stup |
be motionless |
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asin |
donkey |
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audi |
hear |
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can |
dog |
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flex |
bend |
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frag |
break |
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gel |
frost/ice |
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glor |
fame |
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infant |
can't speak |
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juven |
young |
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leon |
lion |
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morb |
sick |
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naviga |
sail (a boat) |
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pecuni |
money |
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sen |
old |
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ven |
vein |
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verb |
word |
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vir |
man/male |
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y |
act of |
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oid |
similar to |
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itis |
inflammation |
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sis |
condition or abnormal condition |
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oma |
an abnormal swelling; a tumor |
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ize |
makes a verb of nouns and adjectvies |
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graph/gram |
write |
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ence |
quality, state, condition |
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ion |
action, condition caused by an action |
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ity |
condition, state |
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or |
agent, doer |
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or |
condition |
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tude |
condition, state |
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ure |
action or result of action |
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ble |
having capacity, capability |
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id |
in the condition of |
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ile |
having capability or capacity |
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ine |
having the nature of |
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ose/ous |
full of |
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neologisms |
the coining/minting of new words/phrases |