click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
CR11 - fire and...
10th grade CR lesson 11
Question | Answer |
---|---|
FERVO, FERVERE, FERVI | Latin "to be boiling hot" |
fervid | Full of intense passion or zeal |
effervescent | 1.Bubbling up from a liquid 2.Very excited; bubbling over with high spirits |
FLAGRO, FLAGRARE, FLAGRAVI, FLAGRATUM | Latin "to glow", "to burn", "to blaze" |
conflagration | A large and distructive fire |
flagrant | Shockingly evient; outrageously conspicuous |
FLAMMA | Latin "flame" |
inflammatory | 1.Arousing strong emotion, especially anger or hostility 2.Pertaining to redness, swelling, or pain following an infection or injury |
flamboyant | Colored or decorated in a showy way; having a showy appearance or manner |
INCENDO, INCENDERE, INCENDI, INCENSUM | Latin "to set on fire" |
incendiary | 1.Designed or intended to cause a fire 2.Tending to stir up strife; inflammatory |
incense | To infuriate; to enrage |
KAIEN | Greek "to burn" |
caustic | 1.Able to burn or eat away by chemical reaction 2.Sarcastic; marked by a biting wit |
cauterize | To burn with a hot iron or a chemical to destroy abnormal tissue and/or to stop infection and/or bleeding |
PUR | Greek "fire" |
pyre | A pile of wood, etc., for burning a corpse as part of a funeral rite; any pile of combustible materials |
pyrotechnics | 1.A display of fireworks 2.A spectacular diaplay of virtuosity in music, writing, wit, or other accomplishment |
pyromania | A compulasion to set things on fire |
SCINTILLA | Latin "spark" |
scintilla | A very small amount; a bit; an iota |
scintillate | 1.To gve off sparks; to flash; to sparkle 2.To be animated or brilliant |