click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Latin 2 Derivatives
Latin 2 Derivatives Term 3 Chapters 23-32
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Permanent | Remains forever |
Obstreperous | Loud, noisy |
Munition | Defenses |
Pontiff | Priest, bridge maker |
Stupor | The act of being amazed/stunned |
Nidicolous | Bearing young that need assistance |
Pontifex Maximus | The greatest bridge maker |
Lapidation | The act of stoning someone to death |
Ultramontane | Beyond the mountains, on the other side |
Lucifugous | Scared of lights-bats |
Patron | A guardian |
Capitation | To count heads |
Arcuate | Something that is arched shaped |
Mons Tarpeia | The Tarpeian rock |
Ludicrous | Prone to playfullness, playing |
Domicile | A place where you live, home |
Edifice | A building |
Lector | A reader |
Centrifugal | To flee the center |
Ex libris | From the books, library |
Pollution | The effects of activities that cause dirt |
Innocuous | Harmless, not harmful |
Vincible | Ability to be overcome, conquered |
Terraqueous | Land/water containing, lives on both |
Gladiolus | A flower with sword leaves |
Terra firma | Firm land |
Terra incognita | Unexplored land, unknown |
Defenestration | The act of throwing out a window |
Parietal | Pertaining to a wall/boundary |
Elation | Carried away,happy |
Incendiary | Flammable |
Dubious | Full of doubt |
Peninsula | Water on three sides |
Insular | Like an island, removed, isolated |
Oppressive | Something burden-some |
Penultimate | The next to last day/thing |
Fenestrate | Sponge-something with porous openings |
Infantile | Acting baby-like |
Obscurity | Something hidden,random |