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Latin 3 Derivatives
Latin 3 Term 1 Derivatives
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Appellation | To call ones name |
| Animadversion | Hyper critical |
| Munition | A defense, fortification |
| Torch | To twist |
| Promontory | A mountain that juts out |
| Antepenultimate | 3rd last |
| Defame | To belittle, speak ill of something |
| Ocular | Pertaining to the eye |
| Pastoral | Countrified |
| Fugacious | Prone to flight |
| Transfigure | To change the shape |
| Ultramontane | Beyond the mountains |
| Lucifugous | Avoidance of daylight |
| Vermont | Green mountain |
| Centrifugal | To flee the center |
| AUC | Ab Urbe candita-from the founding of the city |
| Loquacious | Talkative |
| Mellifluous | Flowery, like honey |
| Felicide | The killing of a cat |
| Aviculture | To raise birds |
| Tinge | To stain |
| Lapidation | To stone to death |
| Alumnus | A male graduate |
| Alma Mater | Mother (school) |
| Avis rara | A rare bird |
| Alumna | Woman graduate |
| Vestige | Remains, tracks |
| Lorimer | A person who works with horses, tack |
| Ritual | A way of doing things |
| Victuals | Foods |
| Desiccation | The act of dying |
| Adherent | Sticking with something |
| Guitar | Stringed instrument |
| Collar | Shirt collar |
| Nepotism | Favoring ones family over another |
| Uxorious | Overly dutiful to ones wife |
| Officious | Dutiful |
| Irruption | A bursting inward |
| Ex officio | From the office |
| Arbor vitae | The tree of life |
| Mirage | Something that appears to you |
| Percussion | Something that beats, sticking |
| Odious | Something else you hate |
| Edict | Proclamation, saying |
| Validity | Something strong, valid |
| Arcuate | Bow-shaped, arched |
| Remonstrance | The showing of something |
| Uxoricide | To kill your wife |
| Equinox | Equal night |
| Officiant | Duty at a church, temple |
| Irascible | Able to be angered, easily |
| Torticollis | A bent neck, twisted neck |
| Conative | Trying, attempt |
| Docent | One who teaches in a museum |
| Convex | Carried together with a bend |
| Ardor | Passion, a burning for |
| Moratorium | A pause, hiatus |
| Repatriation | Back home at the homeland |
| Nolo contendere | I do not wish to contend |
| Pari passu | Walking with equal pace, steps |
| Operose | Full of work, toilsome |
| Trireme | 3 sets of oars |
| Cupidity | Desire |
| Permanence | Something that remains |
| Extol | To lift up, on a pedestal |
| Docile | Easy to teach |
| Magnum opus | A great work |
| Expatriate | Leaving, exiled from homeland |
| Tergiversation | To turn your back on something |
| Cursive | Words running together |
| Manse | An estate that stays in the family |
| Ardent | Something hot, passionate |
| Expound | To explain something |
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