Latin Derivatives
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| Nomenclature | System of naming things
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| Altercation | When one is against another in a conflict
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| Estivate | Spending one's summer
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| Arboreal | Related to trees
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| Ignominious | Bad for one's name
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| Arboretum | A place where trees are
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| Alter ego | A second I, another self
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| Alter vitae | Tree of life
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| Circumambulation | Walking around something
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| Vicinage | Neighborhood
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| Circumscribe | Write around
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| Superscript | Small number or letter above another text
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| Lector | A reader, mostly in public
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| Cohabitation | The act of living together
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| Inaudible | Not able to be heard
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| Dormitory | A place to sleep, like a dorm room
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| Dormouse | A Roman delicacy, a rodent that lives in trees
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| Sempiternal | Everlasting
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| Virile | Manly
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| Vociferous | Full of voice, carrying of voice
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| Sylvan | Characteristics of woods, forest
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| Deride | To mock, laugh at
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| Horticulture | The act of gardening
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| Deciduous | Those whose leaves fall
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| Puerile | Acting childish
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| Soliloquy | When one speaks to themselves
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| Derision | The act of mocking
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| Recidivist | To fall back upon old ways
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| Risible | Capable of being amused
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| Pennsylvania | Penn's woods, William Penn
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| Solipsism | The belief that everything else is not real, you are the only real thing
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| Solifidian | Salvation comes from faith alone
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| Semper idem | Always the same
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| Auxiliary | Helping, lending assistance
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| Petition | A document asking for change
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| Abberation | A wandering from normal
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| Odoriferous | A (stinky) smell that carries
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| Timorous | Frightful, easily scared
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| Advent | Arrival, advent calendar
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| Petulant | Sassy, eagerly seeking
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| Volition | Will, wish, on own will
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| Aquifer | To carry, bring water
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| Coniferous | Tree that bears a cone
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| Propinquity | Nearness or closeness
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| Calid | Warm or hot
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| Ancillary | Helping, helpful
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| Terra Cotta | Cooked earth
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| Expatriate | Exiled, process of losing citizenship
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| Precocious | Precooked or cooked in advance
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| Lanolin | An oil released from wool that is used in medicines for healing
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| Omnipotent | All powerful
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| Irreprehensible | Capable of being blamed, actions can't be forgiven
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| Retraction | Taking something back
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| Docent | A paid volunteer lecturer or speaker
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| Lucid | Clear
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| Amiable | Like able or friendly
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| Adjutant | Someone that helps another
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| Patronymic | Tells us who the father is
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| Matricide | Killing ones father
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| Reprehend | To blame or scold
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| Pellucid | Assimilation, translucent or light shines through
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| Curator | One who looks after something
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| Amorous | Full of love, affectionate
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| Salutation | A greeting
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| Epistulary | Related to letters or pertaining to letters
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| Circumduction | To lead in a circle, around
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| Deduce | Make a conclusion based on facts
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| Tradition | Passed down to another
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| Urbane | Cultured, civilized, sophisticated, not rustic
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| Revocable | Can be undone, called back
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| Salutatory | Expresses a greeting or pertaining to greeting
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| Traitor | One who hands over information to another side or betrays his own people
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| Abduction | Taking someone or something by force
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| Convene | To come together
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| Epistle | A letter sometimes religious
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| Extemporaneous | In prompt to, off the cuff, not planned
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| Agenda | List of things that must be done
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| Celerity | Quickness or swiftness
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| Cubicle | Small square like space
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| Excite | To rouse or wake up
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| Temporal | Of or pertaining to time
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| Excitation | The act of waking up
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| Alibi | An excuse, other place or event you were at while something else was happening
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| Nullify | To nigate or make nothing of
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| Lachrymose | Something that is sad, mournful, tearful
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| Missile | A projectile that is sent
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| Nescient | To not know
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| Tenacity | To persist or endure things
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| Reticence | Silence or no noise
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| Promissory | Expresses a legally binding promise
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| Tacit | Quiet or unspoken
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| Ambivalence | Uncommitted, indifference
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| Permanent | Something that remains or stays, lasting
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| Valedictorian | Smartest person, someone who bids or says farewell
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