Unit Twelve HELA 9
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Susceptible
Able to be influenced
Perceptible
Able to be noticed or felt
Precept
An idea important to a system of beliefs
Voracious
Devouring everything
Herbivorous
Eating only plants
Omnivorous
Feeding on both animals and plants
Rapt
Giving total attention to; captivated
Surreptitious
Hidden or secret; done without notice
CAD/CAS
Latin CADERE, CASUM, "to fall"
CEP
Latin CAPERE, CAPTUM, "seize, take"
RAP
Latin RAPERE, RAPTUM, "to snatch" RAPAX, "greedy, devouring"
VOR
Latin VORARE, VORATUM "to eat"
Decadent
Overly luxurious and lacking moral discipline; excessive
Cadence
Rhythmic rise and fall
Rapacious
Seizing everything; greedy
Casualty
Something or someone injured, killed or eliminated
