Term | Definition |
Convoke | To call together |
Frontlet | A headband |
Fosse | A trench, ditch |
Interrogate | To ask questions |
Fossiliferous | Bears fossils, has fossils |
Olfactory | The act of smelling |
C.f. | To compare, confer |
Vestige | Traces, remnants |
Frontal | Pertains to the forehead |
Canicular | Pertains to the dog days |
Somniferous | Brings sleep, makes you sleepy |
Invention | A discovery, finds something new |
Combustion | To burn, act of burning |
Legislator | One who carries, brings law |
Translate | From one language to the next |
Lucifer | Light bringer |
Prerogative | Your right to ask, advantage |
Investigation | Looking for tracks, clues |
Vintner | Wine seller, one who sells bottles of wine |
Civics | Pertaining to citizenship |
Bipedal | Goes on two feet |
Fatuous | Stupid, dumb |
Inevitable | Not able to avoid, likely |
Acquiesce | In a restful state, to give passively |
Magnanimity | Big hearted, generous |
Quiescent | At rest |
Fatuity | Stupidity, to be stupid |
Pedigree | Your lineage, family tree |
Rusticate | Spend time in the country |
Partisan | A supporter of another |
Virgule | A slash, stick,/ |
Caveat | A Latin warning |
Caveat emptor | Let the buyers beware |
Exculpate | To free or remove from blame |
Incessant | Not stopping, without stops |
Adherent | Something that sticks, a strong supporter, remains, stays |
Adhesive | Something that sticks |
Placid | Something that is calm |
Accident | Something that falls to you, happens to you |
Artifice | Something that is done with skill |
Culpable | Capable of being blamed |
Cessation | The act of being idle |
Divert | To direct somewhere else |
Celerity | To use great swiftness |
Extraction | The act of pulling something out |
Rotund | Something round, wheel shaped |
Bovine | Related to ox, cattle |
Pulverize | To crush, make dust of something |
Onerous | Burden some |
Obnubilate | To cover in clouds |
Hominoid | To cover in clouds |
Pusillanimous | Weak, small minded, cowardly |
Animadversion | A criticism, turning your mind to something |
Hospitality | Allowing guests to your home |
Collude | Planning, plotting mischief |
Obverse | The heads side of a coin |
Aperture | An opening in a camera, allows light |
Celestial | Pertaining to the sky, aliens |
Laudable | Something that can be praised |
Forte | Strength, something that you are strong at |
Fugitive | Someone who flees |
Precipitation | Things hurled from heaven |
Edifice | A building |
Quis custodiet custodes ipsos Juvenal | Who will guards the guards themselves |
Sordid | Dirty, filthy, foul |
Explicate | To explain |
Pernicious | Deadly, destructive |
Vigilant | Alert |
Vehemenence | Enthusiasm |
Esurient | Inclined to eat, always hungry |
Res ipsa loquitur | The thing speaks for itself |
Militia | A group of soldiers |
Optimistic | Always looking at the best |
Inexplicable | Cannot be explained |
Narrative | A connection if events that make a story |
Maledicion | A curse, bad saying |
Internecine | Destructive or deadly |
Feline | A cat, cat like |
Pecuniary | Pertaining to money |
Punitive | Expresses a punishment |
Infinitive | A verbal noun |
Enchant | To capture with song |
Insomnia | The inability to sleep |
Lucent/lucid | Bright, shiny, clearly understood |
Impecunious | Without money,poor |
Corporal | Bodily harm, relating to the body |
Capacious | Spacious, can hold something |
Cantabile | Capable of being sung |
Redeem | To buy again, buy back |
Cogito ergo sum | I think therefore I am |
Corpuscle | A tiny body, particle |
Pejorative | To portray in a bad light |
Insurgent | Someone that rises against someone |
Appositive | Describes a noun, interjection, something placed next to something |
Supraliminal | Above the threshold of consciousness |
Adjutant | A military official that helps an officer |
Sepulchral | Tomb like, gloomy, dark |
Resume | To take up again, continue |
Intramural | Within the walls,against the same school |
Recidivist | A person like a criminal who falls back upon old ways |
Obstinate | To stand against, stubborn |
Mandate | An order, command |