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Vocab Test:
Units 5-7
Term | Definition |
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JOCUS | Joke |
Jocose | Cheerful; merry |
Jocular | Characterized by joking |
FESTUS | Festive |
Festoon | To drape or adorn festively |
Fete | To honor with a banquet or feast |
BACCHUS | Wine and celebration |
Bacchic | Of or related to a wild celebration |
Bacchanal | A drunken party or celebration |
PLANGERE, PLANCTUS | To lament |
Plaintive | Sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness |
Plaint | A lament or complaint |
ELEGOS | Song of lament |
Elegy | A song or poem memorializing something or someone |
Elegiac | Mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful |
SOMNUD | Sleep |
Somnolent | Drowsy; sleepy |
SOPOR | Sleep |
Soporific | Causing sleep or fatigue |
Sopor | Sleep; drowsiness |
LANGUERE | To be weak; to be faint |
Languid | Lacking energy; weak |
Languish | To waste away |
Languor | A lack of physical or mental energy |
VIGIL | Watchful |
Vigilant | On the alert; watchful |
Vigilante | Someone who takes law enforcement into his or her own hands |
QUIESCERE, QUIETUS | To rest |
Acquiesce | To give in |
Requiem | A song or religious service for the dead or lost |
Quittance | A repayment; a compensation |
FORTUITUS | Happening by chance |
Fortuitous | Happening by a lucky accident or chancel fortunate |
Fortuity | A chance or accident |
AUSPEX | Bird-watcher; fortune-teller |
Auspices | Protection or support; patronage |
Auspicious | Followed by favorable circumstances |
DESTINARE, DESTINATUM | To determine |
Predestination | The belief that one's fate has been determined in advance by a higher power |
Destine | To intend for a specific end or purpose |
SORS, SORTIS | Chance, lot, fate |
Consortium | A group of companies or institutions |
Consort | To keep company; to associate ---- a companion, especially a romantic one |
PROPITIUS | Favorable |
Propitious | Lucky; favorable |
Propitiate | To sooth or satisfy; to appease |