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Latin Derivatives Latin 1 Semester 1

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