Cleave-Latency

• Def (v.): split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain.

  • “The sword ___ his arms.”

  Cleave
• Def (adj.): having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change; deep-seated 

  • “He was an ___ cheater: when you thought he loved you enough, you would catch him with another woman.”

  Inveterate
• Def (adj.): (of a feeling or habit) long-established and unlikely to change.

  • “There’s an ___ hatred between the two colleges.”

  Inveterate
• Def (n.): expensive or ostentatious clothes or decoration.

  • “Dasia went to the party dressed in her new ___.” 

  Finery
• Def (adj.): (of a person or their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate; arrogant 

  • “The academic-driven kids at my school are ___; they think their 4.0 GPA gives them the right to look down on others.” 

  Presumptuous
• Def (adj.): incapable of feeling or understanding things; inanimate; lifeless 

  • “I spoke with Alexa as if she wasn’t an ___ being.”

  Insentient
• Def (n.): home or family life.

  • “She dreams of getting married and settling into warm ___.”

  Domesticity
• Def (adj.): relating to or acting as a cause; showing or relating to a reason something happens 

  • “There’s a ___ connection between unsafe sex and STDs.”

  Causal
• Def (adj.): (especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful.

  • “The ___ acrobat beguiled the audience with her agility.”

  Lithe
• Def (adj.): not forbidden; lawful; permissible 

  • "Drinking at your age is ___, but it isn’t recommended for your health.”

  Licit
• Def (n.): a group of people with noble titles 

  • "A ___—the Duke, the Queen, & the Prince—gathered to discuss impending issues.” 

  Peerage
• Def (n.): the faculty or power of using one's will; using your own will to make a choice 

  • “She decided to get married at 19 of her own ___—a choice she will regret in a few years.

  Volition
• Def (v.): make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing.

  • “The lights ___ the living room, making it feel like home.”

  Enliven
• Def (v.): make (someone) more cheerful or animated.

  • “Two tablespoons of peanut butter ___ her from her lassitude.”
  • Enliven
• Def (n.): the repetition of words in reversed order

  • “Government of the people, for the people, by the people is an example of an ___”

  Antistrophe
• Def (v.): give (someone) greater knowledge and understanding about a subject or situation; to help someone understand something better 

  • “My teacher ___ me about the assignment; without her, I would have spent hours trying to figure it out.”

  Enlighten
• Def (v.): intervene between parties.

  • “The mother ___ between her children’s quarrel.”. 

  Interpose
• Def (adv.): entirely; fully.

  • “She decided to start dating a ___ different type of man after her husband cheated on her.”

  Wholly
• Def (adj.): A name derived from one’s father’s name 

  • “She introduced herself with her first name and ___–Katerina Petrova.”

  Patronymic
• Def (adj.):  neatly skillful and quick in one's movements; handy 

  • "His neurosurgery residency made him ___ with his hands.”

  Deft
• Def (n.): the state of existing but not yet being developed or manifest; concealment.

  • “She rose to the top from complete ___ to unbridled talent.”

  Latency