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CR Lesson 7
Language Arts Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| DOMUS | L. house |
| domicile | n. a home; residence |
| domestic | adj. related to the family or household, adj. tame; trained to live with humans, adj. indigenous to a particular country; native |
| DOMINUS | L. head of household, lord, master |
| domain | n. Range of one's control; territory |
| domineer | v. to dominate; to be bossy |
| dominion | n. control; rule; area of influence |
| DORMIO, DORMIRE, DORMIVI, DORMITUM | L. to sleep |
| dormant | adj. asleep; not in an active state |
| SOMNUS | L. sleep |
| somnambulate | v. to walk while sleeping |
| somnolent | adj. drowsy; sleepy, adj. causing sleep |
| LAVO, LAVARE, LAVI, LAUTUM | L. to wash |
| ablution | n. washing of the body, especially as a ritual purification |
| deluge | n. a downpour; a great flood, v. to flood |
| VESTIS | L. garment |
| divest | v. to take away something belonging to someone, especially a right, title, or property; to dispossess, v. to strip away, especially clothes |
| investiture | n. a ceremony in which a person formally receives the authority and symbols of an office |
| travesty | n. an absurd or inferior imitation |
| vestment | n. a garment that indicates position or authority, especially the robes worn by clergy |
| vested | adj. a concern for something from which a person expects to get personal benefit (used with interest), adj. dressed, especially in vestments, adj. absolute; without question |