VCR D Lesson 4
Vocabulary from Classical Roots, Book D, Lesson 4
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- Sagio, Sagire
- (Latin) to perceive acutely or keenly with senses or mind
- sage
- A person, usually elderly, who is honored for wisdom and experience
- presage
- A sign or feeling concerning some future event; omen; foreboding
- notorious
- Widely and unfavorably known; infamous
- Sapere
- (Latin) to taste, to perceive, to be sensible
- cognition
- The act of perceiving or knowing
- Nosco, Noscere, Novi, Notum
- (Latin) to get to know, to get acquainted with
- putative
- Supposed; reputed
- plebiscite
- A direct vote of all the people of a country or district on an importannt matter; a referendum
- sapient
- Wise; insightful (often used ironically)
- prescience
- Knowledge of events before they occur; foresight; foreknowledge
- sagacious
- Shrewd; having good judgment; perceptive
- compute
- To determine by mathematics
- impute
- To attribute or ascribe a quality, especially a fault, to a person
- repute
- To assign a reputation to (usually used with "to be")
- connoisseur
- An expert or very discriminating person, especially in matters of art and taste
- cognizant
- Aware; having knowledge of something
- conscientious
- Guided by one's sense of right and wrong
- Puto, Putare, Putavi, Putatum
- (Latin) to settle, to consider, to reckon
- Scio, Scire, Scivi, Scitum
- (Latin) to know