| A | B |
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| 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 oneâs father |
| matricide | the act of killing oneâs mother |
| sororicide | the act of killing oneâs sister |
| fratricide | the act of killing oneâs brother |
| filiocide | the act of killing oneâs son |
| filiacide | the act of killing oneâs 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: labĆrat | 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] salƫtat | [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 âdoormanâ 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 anotherâs 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 âleisureâ |
| 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 âcallsâ 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 âcity personâ |
| 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 âprepared for the sunâ) |
| mortified | so embarrassed that you âwish you were deadâ |
| 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 âomnibusâ meaning âfor allâ |
| umbrageous | shady |
| centurion | a Roman soldier who was in charge of about 100 men |
| factotum | an assistant who âdoes everythingâ for his or her employer |
| facile | achieved with little difficulty |
| sanguine | cheerfully optimistic |
| pedestrian | very ordinary or commonplace |
| expostulate | to reason earnestly with someone |
| pugnacious | eager to fight or quarrelsome |
| puerile | childish |
| denounce | censure or to condemn openly |
| totalitarian | upheld by authoritarian means |
| To take an amount from the total | reduce |
| A ceremony taking new members into an organization | induction |
| Easily taking shape or easily molded | ductile |
| The leader of an orchestra | conductor |
| Taken away by a kidnapper | abducted |
| Applying in a specific case a conclusion taken from a generality | deductive |
| biped | a creature with two feet |
| facilitate | to make something easier |
| gladiola | a flowering plant with sword shaped leaves |
| pedicure | cosmetic care for the feet and toenails |
| pugnacious | prone to fighting or belligerent |
| recumbent | reclining |
| silvan | abounding in trees or forested |
| pugilist | a boxer |
| stat | a doctorâs exclamation meaning âimmediatelyâ |
| consanguineous | related by blood or belonging to the same family |
| incite | to urge on or provoke |
| inhabit | to live in a certain place |
| portcullis | a wooden or iron sliding grate used to block a castle gate |
| spectacular | impressive or worth watching |
| civilization | human society |
| exercise | to engage in vigorous physical activity |
| hospital | a building used to house and treat sick persons |
| ostensible | seeming or apparent |
| emission | a giving off or sending out |
| homicide | the act of killing a human being |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| accelerator | To drive more quickly you would depress the . . . . . |
| conference | Bring together both sides to discuss their issues; hold a . . . . . |
| ostentatious | A person who is showy and pretentious is . . . . . |
| agnostic | He does not deny God and he does not believe in God but he also does not recognize God since he is . . . . . |
| dismal | Having a bad day you might feel . . . . . |
| traditions | Customs handed down from one generation to the next are the primary source of . . . . |
| ferry | A boat which carries people or cars is a ________. |
| diary | A book you write in every day is a _______. |
| postprandial | If you feel sleepy after a meal you might want to take a _______ nap. |
| emissary | a person sent out as a representative (like an ambassador) |
| mediocre | ordinary or average in quality |
| hominid | a human-like creature (like the Neanderthal man) |
| hospitality | proper treatment and generous acceptance of guests |
| aquifer | an underground layer of rock or soil which carries water |
| notoriety | fame based on a bad reputation |
| diurnal | active during the daytime |
| cupidity | greed |
| accelerant | a substance used to make fire burn fast |
| civic | having to do with citizenship or political |
| posthumous | after death |
| sempiternal | lasting forever |
| inimical | unfriendly or hostile |
| preserve | to save or protect |
| uxorious | overly submissive to oneâs wife |
| reticent | quiet or not inclined to talk |
| sententious | opinionated |
| circuitous | proceeding in a roundabout or indirect way |
| pacify | to soothe or make peaceful |
| fraternize | to associate with someone in a friendly or brotherly way |
| imperious | domineering like an emperor |
| vehement | forceful or energetic |
| capacious | roomy or able to contain a large quantity |
| enmity | a deep-seated hatred as between enemies |
| inventive | skilled in finding new methods or creative |
| soliloquy | a speech given alone or a monologue |
| library | a collection of books |
| convene | to gather or meet |
| incredulous | skeptical or not willing to believe |
| genealogy | a family history or the study of a familyâs history |
| illegible | impossible to read |
| liberally | generous; free-thinking |
| nostrum | a folk remedy (i.e. âour own remedyâ not one given by a doctor) |
| implacable | impossible to please or satisfy |
| tertiary | third in order or importance |
| raptor | a bird which seizes its prey with its talons |
| rapacious | greedy or grabby |
| solicitous | worried or concerned |
| valedictorian | a person who gives a âfarewellâ speech |
| virility | masculinity or manliness |
| mural | a wall-painting |
| intramural | a competition between teams coming from within the walls of one school |
| complacent | self-satisfied to a fault or unconcerned |
| surreptitious | done or taken in a sneaky and under-handed way |
| liberal | generously |
| stultify | to cause to appear foolish |
| reverberate | to echo or resound |
| utilitarian | practical and functional |
| placate | to soothe or pacify |
| adjacent | lying next to or adjoining |
| inter | to place a body in the ground |
| peninsula | geographic structure which is almost an island |
| epistle | one of the letters of the New Testament |
| intimidate | to cause fear |
| refugee | one fleeing to a safe haven |
| incinerate | to reduce to ashes |
| sentient | conscious or having sense perception |
| sensuous | appealing to the senses |
| sensual | given to gratification of the senses |
| presentiment | a premonition |
| sententious | pithy or filled with aphorisms |
| dissent | disagreement |
| consensus | agreement |
| paramount | of chief concern or foremost |
| tantamount | equivalent in effect or value |
| permissive | lenient or tolerant |
| flamboyant | highly ornate or overwrought |
| complement | something that completes; parts making up a whole |
| compliment | an expression of praise or congratulation |
| subterfuge | an evasive tactic |
| flammable | able to catch fire |
| cinerary | having to do with ashes |
| inflammable | unable to catch fire |
| timorous | full of fear or easily frightened |
| missive | a letter |
| missionary | a person sent out to do religious or charity work |
| terrestrial | living on land or on the ground |
| custody | guardianship |
| epistolary | written in the form or style of the letter |
| piedmont | the land lying at the foot of a mountain |
| contradict | to assert the opposite |
| predict | to foretell |
| edict | an official order/proclamation |
| valedictorian | farewell speaker at a graduation |
| benediction | a blessing |
| jurisdiction | legal power to hear cases |
| recant | to withdraw beliefs formerly held |
| incantation | singing a magical spell |
| disenchant | to set free from illusion |
| canticle | hymn words taken directly from the Bible |
| cantata | a musical composition sung and not acted |
| chanticleer | a rooster |
| cantor | singer of solos in a church/ synagogue |
| et cetera | âand the othersâ abbreviated âetc.â |
| alternate | to change from one to the other (of two) in turns |
| deciduous | falling off at a specific time (like leaves or baby teeth) |
| renovate | to repair or make new again |
| enumerate | to list or count off |
| potency | power or strength or ability |
| retract | to drag or pull back |
| volition | a choice or decision; the ability to choose |
| astound | to amaze |
| regal | characteristic of a king |
| diligence | constant careful effort |
| deity | a god |
| familiar | friendly or intimate or close |
| ennoble | to dignify |
| necessitate | to imply as a logical outcome |
| indelible | unable to be erased |
| belladonna | a drug originally used as a cosmetic |
| madam | a woman or the lady of the house |
| dominate | to rule by superior power or authority |
| damsel | a girl or a maiden |
| dame | a lady; an elderly woman |
| regicide | the act of killing a king |
| quotidian | everyday or commonplace |
| laundry | a washroom |
| deify | to make someone or something into a god |
| regalia | the signs and symbols of kingship |
| deleterious | destructive or harmful |
| marital | pertaining to marriage |
| laver | a large basin for hand-washing (sometimes used in religious ceremonies) |
| fidelity | loyalty or faithfulness |
| solipsism | the theory that the self is the only thing which has reality or can be known and verified |
| infidel | a person who doubts or rejects a religion |
| familiarize | to get to know something very well as one knows a relative |
