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CR Lesson 8
Language Arts Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| COQUO, COQUERE, COXI, COCTUM | L. to cook |
| concoct | v. to mix ingredients, as in cooking, v. to invent or devise |
| cuisine | n. a characteristic style of cooking |
| precocious | adj. showing unusually early development, especially mentally |
| VORO, VORARE, VORAVI, VORATUM | L. to devour |
| carnivorous | adj. meat-eating |
| herbivorous | adj. plant-eating |
| voracious | adj. extremely hungry; greedy, adj. eager for some activity or interest |
| MEL, MELLIS | L. honey |
| mellifluous | adj. sweet as honey (referring to voice or words) |
| SAL | L. salt |
| saline | adj. having to do with salt |
| BIBO, BIBERE, BIBI, BIBITUM | L. to drink |
| imbibe | v. to drink, v. to absorb; to take in |
| POTO, POTARE, POTAVI, POTUM | L. to drink |
| potable | adj. fit to drink |
| potion | n. a liquid for drinking, especially a medicinal, magic, or poisonous drink |
| LUDO, LUDERE, LUSI, LUSUM | L. to play |
| allude | v. to make an indirect reference to |
| collusion | n. a secret agreement for a deceitful purpose; conspiracy |
| delusion | n. a false belief or opinion, especially one held in spite of contradictory evidence, n. a deception |
| elude | v. to avoid or escape from by cunning; to evade, v. to escape detection; to baffle |