A | B |
affiliate | to join oneself (almost like a son) |
laboratory | a room or building used for scientific testing or research |
sedentary | tending to be inactive |
canine | pertaining to dogs |
maternity | motherhood |
service | the act of providing goods or assistance |
horticulturalist | a person who works with plants |
viaduct | a bridge |
servile | slave-like |
patricide | the act of killing oneās father |
matricide | the act of killing oneās mother |
sororicide | the act of killing oneās sister |
fratricide | the act of killing oneās brother |
filiocide | the act of killing oneās son |
filiacide | the act of killing oneās daughter |
serf | a person bound to serve and work the land for a medieval lord |
matriarchy | a social system in which the mother is the head of the family |
patriarchy | a social system in which the father is the head of the family |
LATIN: canis | ENGLISH: dog |
LATIN: coquus | ENGLISH: cook |
LATIN: cubiculum | ENGLISH: bedroom |
LATIN: culīna | ENGLISH: kitchen |
LATIN: est | ENGLISH: is |
LATIN: fīlius | ENGLISH: son |
LATIN: hortus | ENGLISH: garden |
LATIN: in | ENGLISH: in or on |
LATIN: labÅrat | ENGLISH: works |
LATIN: mÄter | ENGLISH: mother |
LATIN: pater | ENGLISH: father |
LATIN: sedet | ENGLISH: sits |
LATIN: servus | ENGLISH: slave |
LATIN: tablīnum | ENGLISH: study |
LATIN: triclīnium | ENGLISH: dining room |
LATIN: via | ENGLISH: street |
[LAT] amīcus | [ENG] friend |
[LAT] ancilla | [ENG] slave-girl |
[LAT] cÄna | [ENG] dinner |
[LAT] cibus | [ENG] food |
[LAT] dominus | [ENG] master |
[LAT] dormit | [ENG] sleeps |
[LAT] gustat | [ENG] tastes |
[LAT] intrat | [ENG] enters |
[LAT] laetus | [ENG] happy |
[LAT] laudat | [ENG] praises |
[LAT] mÄnsa | [ENG] table |
[LAT] mercÄtor | [ENG] merchant |
[LAT] quoque | [ENG] also |
[LAT] salūtat | [ENG] greets |
[LAT] toga | [ENG] toga |
[LAT] tunica | [ENG] tunic |
amicable | friendly |
ancillary | helpful |
gustatory | pertaining to taste |
domineering | overpowering or controlling or bossy |
dormant | inactive as if asleep |
laudatory | expressing praise |
salute | a military greeting |
commerce | trade |
cenacle | a small upstairs dining room (or a group of people who regularly meet in such a room) |
indomitable | unconquerable or impossible to subdue |
portable | easily carried |
transportation | a means of carrying something from one place to another |
important | carrying a great deal of significance |
supportive | furnishing assistance |
reporter | a person who writes accounts of events or carries back information |
revise | to look at again and make improvements (especially in writing) |
bibulous | fond of drinking |
janitor | a person who takes care of a building (originally a ādoormanā in ancient Roman houses) |
circumspect | cautious or aware of the situation |
insurgent | a person who rises up in rebellion |
irascible | prone to anger |
deride | to mock or make fun of |
advocate | a defender or supporter |
impecunious | having little money or poor |
terrify | to frighten |
agent | a person who acts on anotherās behalf |
judicial | pertaining to legal practice |
vendor | a person who sells something |
exhibit | to have out on display |
satisfy | to fulfill or to be enough |
agenda | a list of things to be done especially during a meeting |
negotiation | an act of business or doing something which is not āleisureā |
annular | shaped like a ring |
annelid | an animal with ring-shaped body parts like some worms |
ceraceous | waxen or made of wax |
egress | the act of going out |
egotist | a self-centered person |
mendacity | dishonesty |
quest | a search (especially a search for the Holy Grail) |
render | to give back something as payment |
avocation | a hobby or something that ācallsā one away from paying work |
audience | a group of listeners |
feminine | characteristic of women |
state | a condition or situation |
convene | to assemble or gather together |
rejuvenate | to make young again |
turbulent | rowdy or unruly |
fabulous | mythical or legendary; marvelous |
spectator | a person who watches |
ubiquitous | appearing everywhere |
agrarian | having to do with farming |
perambulator | a stroller or baby carriage |
auditory | having to do with hearing |
cursory | done very quickly with little attention to detail |
effeminate | a man possessing qualities associated with women |
petition | a document signed by people seeking some |
senility | old age or the effects of old age |
urbane | sophisticated or refined like a ācity personā |
advent | an approach or arrival |
revenant | someone who comes back from the dead (like a zombie) |