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This month's Latin word
  • consequent  (following as a natural effect, result, or conclusion; following as a logical conclusion; logically correct or consistent)

  • ensue  (to follow as a consequence or result)

  • execute  (to put into effect; carry out: a government that executes the decisions of the ruling party; to perform)

  • non sequitur  (an inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence)

  • obsequious  (full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning)

  • persecute  (to oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, sexual orientation, or beliefs)

  • prosecute  (to initiate civil or criminal court action against; to seek to obtain or enforce by legal action)

  • sect  (a group of people forming a distinct unit within a larger group by virtue of certain refinements or distinctions of belief or practice; a religious body, especially one that has separated from a larger denomination)

  • segue  (music: to make a transition directly from one section or theme to another; to move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state, condition, situation, or element to another)

  • seguidilla  (a Spanish stanza form of four to seven short verses; a lively Spanish dance)

  • sequacious  (persisting in a continuous intellectual or stylistic direction; disposed to follow another or others, as a leader; slavishly unthinking and uncritical)

  • sequel  (something that follows; a continuation)

  • sequence  (a following of one thing after another - succession; an order of succession - an arrangement)

  • sequent  (following in order or time - subsequent; following as a result - consequent)

  • subsequent  (following in time or order; succeeding)

  • sue  (to petition [a court] for redress of grievances or recovery of a right)

  • suit  (a set of matching outer garments, especially one consisting of a coat with trousers or a skirt; a costume for a special activity; a group of things used together; attendance required of a vassal at his feudal lord's court or manor; a court proceeding to recover a right or claim; the act or an instance of courting a woman)

  • suitor  (a man who is courting a woman; a person who makes a petition or request)

Definitions are taken from:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Electronic version licensed from InfoSoft International, Inc. All rights reserved.

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002.

https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (30 Sep. 2006).

English-Word Information: Word Info about English Vocabulary (wordinfo.info).