| A | B |
| cereal | a food made from grain, named after the Cerialia, a festival in honor of the goddess Ceres |
| Ceres | the goddess of the harvest and grain, Greek name: Demeter |
| plutocracy | a government run by the wealthy |
| Pluto | the god of the underworld, Greek for wealth, has richest kingdom of the gods since all things die |
| venereal | having to do with sexual intercourse or genitals; from the goddess of love (sexual), Venus |
| Venus | the goddess of love, lust; Greek name: Aphrodite |
| cupidity | avarice, greed; from the Latin verb cupio- to desire, wish for |
| Cupid | god of desire/love; son of Venus; Greek name: Eros (erotic) |
| jovial | cheerful, from the characteristics of the king od gods, Jupiter, Jovis |
| recidivism | the act of reprating a crime or offense |
| re | again |
| cado, cadere | to fall |
| secretary | one employed to handle correspondence of a superior |
| secretus-a-um (adj) | secret |
| focus | converging point or center of activity |
| focus, i M | fireplace, hearth |
| vestige | trace, clue or evidence of a crime |
| vestigium,i N | footprint |
| investigate | to look into the footprints of a crime |