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Vocabulary from latin & greek
Unit Five
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11th Grade
02/12/2009

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Jocose
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Joc, Latin, Adj, cheerful, merry
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Jocular
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Joc, Latin, Adj, Characterized by joking
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Festoon
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Fest, Fet, Latin, v, to drape or adorn festively
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Fete
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Fest, Fet, Latin, v, to honor with a banquet or feast
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Bacchic
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Bacch, From the name of the Roman god of wine and celebration Bacchus, ADJ, of or related to a wild celebration
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Bacchanal
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Bacch, From the name of the Roman god of wine and celebration Bacchus,Noun, a drunken party or celebration
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Plaintive
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Plaint, Latin, Adj, sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness.
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Plaint
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Plaint, Latin, Noun, A lament or complaint
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Elegy
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Eleg, Greek, Noun, a song or poem memorializing something or someone
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Elegiac
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Eleg, Greek, Adj, mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful
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