| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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reticent
disposed to be silent; reserved
Reticent in public, she talked our ears off at home.
Related English word: reticence (the tendency to be silent)
Latin root words: reticeo, reticere, reticui - to be silent; taceo, tacere, tacui, tacitus - to be silent; reticentia, reticentiae, f. - silence
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