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Latin Derivatives
Term | Definition |
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Nomenclature | System of naming things |
Altercation | When one is against another in a conflict |
Estivate | Spending one's summer |
Arboreal | Related to trees |
Ignominious | Bad for one's name |
Arboretum | A place where trees are |
Alter ego | A second I, another self |
Alter vitae | Tree of life |
Circumambulation | Walking around something |
Vicinage | Neighborhood |
Circumscribe | Write around |
Superscript | Small number or letter above another text |
Lector | A reader, mostly in public |
Cohabitation | The act of living together |
Inaudible | Not able to be heard |
Dormitory | A place to sleep, like a dorm room |
Dormouse | A Roman delicacy, a rodent that lives in trees |
Sempiternal | Everlasting |
Virile | Manly |
Vociferous | Full of voice, carrying of voice |
Sylvan | Characteristics of woods, forest |
Deride | To mock, laugh at |
Horticulture | The act of gardening |
Deciduous | Those whose leaves fall |
Puerile | Acting childish |
Soliloquy | When one speaks to themselves |
Derision | The act of mocking |
Recidivist | To fall back upon old ways |
Risible | Capable of being amused |
Pennsylvania | Penn's woods, William Penn |
Solipsism | The belief that everything else is not real, you are the only real thing |
Solifidian | Salvation comes from faith alone |
Semper idem | Always the same |
Auxiliary | Helping, lending assistance |
Petition | A document asking for change |
Abberation | A wandering from normal |
Odoriferous | A (stinky) smell that carries |
Timorous | Frightful, easily scared |
Advent | Arrival, advent calendar |
Petulant | Sassy, eagerly seeking |
Volition | Will, wish, on own will |
Aquifer | To carry, bring water |
Coniferous | Tree that bears a cone |
Propinquity | Nearness or closeness |
Calid | Warm or hot |
Ancillary | Helping, helpful |
Terra Cotta | Cooked earth |
Expatriate | Exiled, process of losing citizenship |
Precocious | Precooked or cooked in advance |
Lanolin | An oil released from wool that is used in medicines for healing |
Omnipotent | All powerful |
Irreprehensible | Capable of being blamed, actions can't be forgiven |
Retraction | Taking something back |
Docent | A paid volunteer lecturer or speaker |
Lucid | Clear |
Amiable | Like able or friendly |
Adjutant | Someone that helps another |
Patronymic | Tells us who the father is |
Matricide | Killing ones father |
Reprehend | To blame or scold |
Pellucid | Assimilation, translucent or light shines through |
Curator | One who looks after something |
Amorous | Full of love, affectionate |
Salutation | A greeting |
Epistulary | Related to letters or pertaining to letters |
Circumduction | To lead in a circle, around |
Deduce | Make a conclusion based on facts |
Tradition | Passed down to another |
Urbane | Cultured, civilized, sophisticated, not rustic |
Revocable | Can be undone, called back |
Salutatory | Expresses a greeting or pertaining to greeting |
Traitor | One who hands over information to another side or betrays his own people |
Abduction | Taking someone or something by force |
Convene | To come together |
Epistle | A letter sometimes religious |
Extemporaneous | In prompt to, off the cuff, not planned |
Agenda | List of things that must be done |
Celerity | Quickness or swiftness |
Cubicle | Small square like space |
Excite | To rouse or wake up |
Temporal | Of or pertaining to time |
Excitation | The act of waking up |
Alibi | An excuse, other place or event you were at while something else was happening |
Nullify | To nigate or make nothing of |
Lachrymose | Something that is sad, mournful, tearful |
Missile | A projectile that is sent |
Nescient | To not know |
Tenacity | To persist or endure things |
Reticence | Silence or no noise |
Promissory | Expresses a legally binding promise |
Tacit | Quiet or unspoken |
Ambivalence | Uncommitted, indifference |
Permanent | Something that remains or stays, lasting |
Valedictorian | Smartest person, someone who bids or says farewell |