| 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 one’s father |
| matricide | the act of killing one’s mother |
| sororicide | the act of killing one’s sister |
| fratricide | the act of killing one’s brother |
| filiocide | the act of killing one’s son |
| filiacide | the act of killing one’s 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: labōrat | ENGLISH: works |
| LATIN: māter | 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] cēna | [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] mēnsa | [ENG] table |
| [LAT] mercātor | [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 “doorman” 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 another’s 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 “leisure” |
| 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 “calls” 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 “city person” |
| advent | an approach or arrival |
| revenant | someone who comes back from the dead (like a zombie) |
| avaricious | greedy |
| redeem | to exchange something (like a coupon) in return for something else |
| fortify | to make stronger |
| fortissimo | very loudly (a musical notation) |
| furtive | sneaky like a thief |
| infantile | babyish |
| intently | with great concentration |
| permeate | to spread or flow throughout |
| pulsate | to expand and contract rhythmically like a beating heart |
| insuperable | impossible to overcome |
| vituperate | to criticize harshly |
| libertine | a person who acts without moral restraint as if he is free from the normal rules of society |
| scribble | to write in an aimless fashion |
| Scriptures | holy writing |
| inscription | writing on a tombstone or a similar monument |
| subscription | a contract to receive a certain number of magazine issues |
| perscription | a written drug recipe |
| transcript | a copy |
| postscript | a note written afterward |
| lachrymose | tearful or weepy |
| pulchritude | beauty |
| tacit | implied or not spoken |
| internecine | relating to war or killing within a single nation or group |
| propinquity | nearness |
| annihilate | to destroy completely so that nothing is left |
| conspicuous | easily seen or obvious |
| parasol | an umbrella which is used as a sun-shade (Hint: if you have one you are “prepared for the sun”) |
| mortified | so embarrassed that you “wish you were dead” |
| interrogate | to question someone |
| facsimile | a copy |
| narrative | a story |
| bus | a large vehicle for public transportation (Hint: an older form of this word was “omnibus” meaning “for all” |
| umbrageous | shady |
| centurion | a Roman soldier who was in charge of about 100 men |
| factotum | an assistant who “does everything” for his or her employer |
