1
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entity
A
sum - to be
2
Q
soccer
A
socius - friend, ally
(soccer is short for ‘Association Football’)
3
Q
vehement
A
vehemens - violent
4
Q
evolution/revolution
A
volvo - to roll
5
Q
covalent
A
valeo - to be strong, able
6
Q
cattle/chattel
A
caput - head
7
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value
A
valeo - to be strong, able
8
Q
inquisition
A
quaero - to ask, seek
9
Q
Miranda
A
mirus - wonderful
(through miror - to marvel (at))
10
Q
secant
A
seco - to cut
11
Q
Pb (chemical symbol)
A
plumbum - lead
12
Q
cheat
A
cado - to fall
13
Q
kiln
A
culina - kitchen
14
Q
charm
A
cano - to sing
15
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quintessential (2)
A
quintus - fifth & sum to be
16
Q
soil (n.)
A
solum - ground, soil
17
Q
reiterate
A
iterum - again
18
Q
abstract/detract/retract
A
traho - to drag
19
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null(ify)
A
nullus - none
20
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cable
A
capio - take
21
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ambivalent (2)
A
ambo - both & valeo - to be strong, able
22
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sure
A
cura - care, anxiety
23
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absent
A
sum - to be
(through absum to be absent)
24
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derisive
A
rideo - to laugh
25
latent
**lateo** - to hide
26
mean (in statistics)
**medius** - middle
27
corset
**corpus** - body
28
manure
**manus** - hand
29
chalet
**casa** - house
30
barbed
**barba** beard
31
terminal
**terminus** - end
32
vaccinate
**vacca** - cow
| (first vaccine was an injection of cowpox to prevent smallpox)
33
ramification
**ramus** - branch
34
desire
**sidus** - star
35
supply
**pleo** - to fill
36
delicacy
**deliciae** - sweetheart, darling
37
venom
**venenum** - poison
38
verbatim
**verbum** - word
## Footnote
Definition: word for word
39
translate
**fero** - to carry
40
repair
**paro** - to prepare
41
sonic
**sonus** - sound
42
supercilious
**cilium** - eyelid
| (through **supercilium** - eyebrow)
## Footnote
Definition: arrogant, condescending
43
abundant/redundant
**unda** - wave
44
sermon
**sermo** - speech
45
doubt (2)
**duo** - two & **habeo** - to have
46
hibernate
**hiems** - winter
47
patron
**pater** - father
48
vociferous (2)
**vox** - voice & **fero** - to carry
## Footnote
Definition: loud
49
spatial
**spatium** - space
50
somnambulist (2)
**somnus** - sleep & **ambulo** - walk
## Footnote
Definition: sleep walker
51
lesson
**lego** - to read, choose, gather
52
beauty
**bonus** - good
53
context/subtext/text
**texo** - to weave
54
virtuoso
**vir** - man
| (through **virtus** - courage)
55
anniversary (2)
**annus** - year & **verto** - to turn
56
feeble
**fleo** - to weep
57
eager
**acer** - sharp, bitter, keen, fierce
58
abound/redound/surround
**unda** - wave
59
corsage
**corpus** - body
60
(ad)verb
**verbum** - word
61
monster
**moneo** - to warn
62
expensive
**pendo** - to weigh
63
velocity
**velox** - swift
64
dozen (2)
**duo** - two & **decem** - ten
65
multiply (2)
**multus** - many & **plico** - to fold
66
control
**rota** - wheel
67
auburn
**albus** - white
68
expectorate
**pectus** - chest
## Footnote
Definition: to spit
69
porch
**porta** - gate
70
Ecuador
**aequus** - equal
71
disaster
**astrum** - star
72
uncle
**avus** - grandfather
| (through **avunculus** - uncle)
73
dulcimer
**dulcis** - sweet
## Footnote
Definition: stringed instrument
74
potion
**poto** - to drink
75
fatal
**for** - to speak
| (through **fatalis** - fatal)
76
pulverize
**pulvis** - dust
77
accompany
**panis** - bread
78
penumbra (2)
**paene** - almost & **umbra** - shadow
## Footnote
Definition: partial shadow
79
paucity
**pauci** - few
80
volley(ball)
**volo** - to fly
81
rural
**rus** - country
82
dismal (2)
**dies** - day & **malus** - bad
83
adjective
**iacio** - to throw
84
assent/consent/desent
**sentio** - to feel
85
plane
**planus** - flat
86
surreptitious
**rapio** - to seize
## Footnote
Definition: secret, furtive
87
apricot
**coquo** - to cook
88
biscuit/biscotti (2)
**bis** - twice & **coquo** - to cook
89
bireme/trireme/quadrireme/quinquereme
**remus** - oar
90
lectern
**lego** - to read, choose, gather
## Footnote
Definition: reading desk/podium
91
ascend/descend
**scando** - to climb
92
picture
**pingo** - to paint
| (through **pictura** - picture)
93
solution/solute
**solvo** - to loosen, set free
94
deter
**terreo** - to frighten
95
reprehensible
**prehendo** - to grab, grasp
| (through **reprehendo** - to blame)
## Footnote
Definition: deserving blame
96
contort/distort/retort
**torqueo** - to turn, twist
97
grief
**gravis** - heavy
98
quotient
**quot** - how many?
99
tavern
**taberna** - shop
100
cogent
**ago** - to do
101
privy
**privus** - one's own
102
muscle
**mus** - mouse
103
(be)daub
## Footnote
Definition: to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter; plaster
**albus** - white
104
communism
**munus** - duty, gift
| (through **communis** - common, shared)
105
construct/instruct
**struo** - to build
106
annul
**nullus** - none
107
porpoise (2)
**porcus** - pig & **piscis** - fish
108
(co)sine
**sinus** - fold, bay
109
dungeon
**domus** - home
110
agree
**gratus** - pleasing
111
compendium
**pendo** - to weigh
112
impugn (pronounced im-PYOON)
**pugno** - to fight
113
(pro)noun
**nomen** - name
114
miscreant
**credo** - to believe
115
mussel
**mus** - mouse
116
pestilence
**pestis** - plague
117
desperado
**spes** - hope
118
sentence
**sentio** - to feel
119
violent
**vis** - force, strength
120
canary
**canis** - dog
121
appositive
**pono** - to put, place
122
unison (2)
**unus** - one & **sonus** - sound
123
orient
**orior** - to rise
| (since the sun rises in the east)
124
hesitate
**haereo** - to cling
125
porcelain
**porcus** - pig
126
extubate/intubate
**tuba** - trumpet
127
courage
**cor** - heart
128
incarcerate
**carcer** - prison
129
pardon
**do** - to give
130
deciduous
**cado** - to fall
131
otiose
**otium** - leisure
## Footnote
Definition: idle
132
peril
**periculum** - danger
133
**atrox**
**ater** - black, dark
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word meaning 'fierce'
134
artillery
**ars** - skill
| (not from **arma**)
135
duel (2)
**duo** & **bellum** - war
136
malady (2)
**malus** - bad & **habeo** to have
137
serf
**servus** - slave, servant
138
pact
**pax** - peace
139
dilate
**latus** - wide
140
derivation
**rivus** - river
141
dandelion (2)
**dens** - tooth & **leo** - lion
142
hortatory
**hortor** - to urge
143
culture
**colo** - to till, worship, cultivate
144
armada
**arma** - weapons
## Footnote
Definition: fleet of warships (q.v. Spanish Armada)
145
vinegar (2)
**vinum** - wine & **acer** - sharp, bitter, keen, fierce
146
pontifex (2)
**pons** - bridge & **facio** - to do, make
147
compluvium/impluvium
**pluit** - it rains
| (through **pluvia** - rain)
148
Mediterranean (2)
**medius** - middle & **terra** - land
149
despair
**spes** - hope
150
marriage
**maritus** - husband
151
conspiracy
**spiro** - to breathe
152
corolla(ry)
**corona** - crown
153
cloister
**claudo** - close
## Footnote
Definition: monastery
154
sector
**seco** - to cut
## Footnote
a straight line that cuts a curve in two or more parts
155
aver
**verus** - true
## Footnote
Definition: to declare positively
156
libel
**liber** - book
## Footnote
Definition: written slander
157
ossify
**os** - bone
158
ditto
**dico** - to speak
159
companion
**panis** - bread
160
equinox (2)
**aequus** - equal & **nox** - night
161
participle
**pars** - part
162
morose
**mos** - custom
163
convivial
**vivo** - to live
| (through **convivium** - banquet)
164
able
**habeo** - to have
165
nom de plume (2)
**nomen** - name & **pluma** - feather
## Footnote
Definition: French for a 'pen name'
166
deny
**nego** - to deny
167
arson
**ardeo** - to burn
168
airport
**portus** - harbor
169
jussive
**iubeo** - to order
170
accolade
**collum** - neck
171
surveillance/survey (2)
**super** - above & **video** - to see
172
deprive
**privo** - to divide, deprive
173
fascism
**fascis** - bundle (**fasces**)
174
parent
**pario** - to give birth
175
benign (2)
**bonus** - good & **genus** - type, kind
| (from French pome grenate)
176
explode/implode
**plaudo** - to clap
177
perspirate
**spiro** - to breathe
178
laundry
**lavo** - to wash
179
matrix
**mater** - mother
180
chance
**cado** - to fall
181
compel/impel/propel/repel
**pello** - to push, strike
182
ambiguous (2)
**ambo** - both & **ago** - to do
183
velocipede (2)
**velox** - quick & **pes** - foot
## Footnote
Definition: type of bicycle
184
friar
**frater** - brother
185
omniscient (2)
**omnis** - all, every & **scio** - to know
186
exhume
**humus** - ground
187
sentimental (2)
**sentio** - to feel & **mens** - mind
188
atrium
**ater** - black, dark
189
pantry
**panis** - bread
190
funeral
**funus** - death, funeral
191
repeat
**peto** - to seek, attack, ask
192
squad
**quattuor** - four
193
vermicelli
**vermis** - worm
## Footnote
Definition: type of pasta
194
flatulence
**flo** - to blow
195
jettison
**iacio** - to throw
196
depict
**pingo** - to paint
197
veteran
**vetus** - old
198
revelry
**bellum** - war
## Footnote
Definition: partying
199
aim
**aestimo** - to estimate, value, esteem
200
deceit
**capio** - take
201
vernal
**ver** - spring
202
obese
**edo** - to eat
203
tangent
**tango** - touch
## Footnote
a straight line that intersects a circle at exactly one point
204
Sagittarius
**sagitta** - arrow
205
Pennyslvania
**silva** - forest
206
clandestine
**clam** - secretly
207
-able/-ible suffix
**habeo** - to have
208
surmise
**mitto** - to send
209
fractal
**frango** - to break
## Footnote
Definition: to promote the growth or development of
210
exonerate
**onus** - burden
211
pendant
**pendeo** - to hang
212
incinerate
**cinis** - ash
213
alimony
**alo** - nourish
214
license
**licet** - it is permitted
215
inevitable
**vito** - to avoid
216
antepenultimate (3)
**ante** - before & **paene** - almost & **ultimus** - last
## Footnote
Definition: third to last
217
damsel
**domus** - home
218
(leit)motif
**moveo** - to move
## Footnote
Definition: a recurring theme
219
obliterate
**littera** - letter
220
vehicle
**veho** - to carry
221
imbibe
**bibo** - drink
222
contagious
**tango** - touch
223
valedictorian (2)
**valeo** - to be strong, able & **dico** - to speak, say
224
pawn
**pes** - foot
225
reincarnate
**caro** - flesh, meat
226
**pecunia**
**pecu** - flock
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word for 'money'
227
chameleon
**leo** - lion
228
cadaver
**cado** - to fall
## Footnote
Definition: a corpse
229
terra-cotta
**terra** - earth, land & **coquo** - to cook
230
depot
**pono** - to put, place
231
isolate
**insula** - island
232
alarm
**arma** - weapons
233
corridor
**curro** - to run
234
accent
**cano** - to sing
235
coalition
**alo** - nourish
236
cadet
**caput** - head
237
villain
**villa** - farmhouse
238
solstice
**sol** - sun
239
privilege
**lex** - law
240
clavicle
**clavis** - key
241
**cubiculum**
**cubo** - to recline
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word meaning 'bedroom'
242
allusion
**ludo** - to play
243
-vorous
**voro** - to eat, devour
244
radical
**radix** - root
245
reticent
**taceo** - to be silent
246
kennel
**canis** - dog
247
ablative
**fero** - to carry
248
delicious
**deliciae** - sweetheart, darling
249
adjourn
**dies** - day
250
compensate
**pendo** - to weigh
251
structure
**struo** - to build
252
absolute/resolute
**solvo** - to loosen, set free
253
trivia (2)
**tres** - three & **via** - road
254
nuclear/nucleus
**nux** - nut
255
salary
**sal** - salt
256
lateral
**latus** - side
257
penultimate (2)
**paene** - almost & **ultimus** - last
## Footnote
Definition: second to last
258
congregate
**grex** - flock, herd
259
calendar
**Kalendae** - first day of the month
260
-chester
**castra** - camp
261
achieve
**caput** - head
262
dissuade/persuade
**suadeo** - to persuade
263
voyage
**via** - road
264
senator
**senex** - old man
265
indict (pronounced "in-dite" for certamen purposes)
**dico** - to speak
266
calcium
**calx** - small stone
267
calculus
**calx** - small stone
268
extemporanous
**tempus** - time
## Footnote
Definition: on the spur of the moment
269
ammo/ammunition
**moenia** - walls
| (through **munio** to build, fortify)
270
mischievous
**caput** - head
271
ubiquitous
**ubi** - where/when
| (through **ubique** - everywhere)
272
college
**lex** - law
273
façade
**facies** - face
274
defeat
**facio** - to do, make
275
peer
**par** - equal
276
duty
**debeo** - to owe, ought
| (ult. from **habeo** - to have)
277
parasol (2)
**paro** - to prepare & **sol** - sun
278
**infans**/**fabula**
**for** - to speak
279
consanguineous
**sanguis** - blood
280
optative
**opto** - to wish
281
comestible
**edo** - to eat
## Footnote
Definition: food
282
fabric(ate)
**faber** - workman, smith
283
ovary
**ovum** - egg
284
disturb/perturb
**turba** - crowd
285
pressure
**premo** - to press
286
verisimilitude (2)
**verus** - true & **similis** - similar
## Footnote
Definition: depicting realism (in art or literature)
287
turret
**turris** - tower
288
alliteration
**littera** - letter
## Footnote
Definition: repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
289
clairvoyant (2)
**clarus** - clear, famous & **video** - to see
290
debonair
**bonus** - good
## Footnote
Definition: suave, urbane
291
deplume
**pluma** - feather
292
rescind
**scindo** - to split, tear apart
293
defenestrate
**fenestra** - window
## Footnote
Definition: throw out of a window
294
salubrious
**salus** - health, safety
## Footnote
Definition: healthy
295
animadvert (3)
**animus** - mind & **ad** - to, towards & **verto** - to turn
## Footnote
Definition: to take notice of
296
reverberate
**verber** - whip
| (through **verbero** - to beat)
297
friction
**frico** - to rub
298
souvenir
**venio** - to come
299
penal
**poena** - punishment
300
divulge
**vulgus** - crowd, the common people
301
student
**studeo** - to be eager, study
302
consider
**sidus** - star
303
depilatory
**pilus** - hair
## Footnote
Definition: removing hair
304
impetuous
**peto** - to seek, attack, ask
| (through **impetus** - attack)
305
genuflect (2)
**genu** - knee & **flecto** - to bnd
306
quarantine
**quattuor** - four
| (through **quadraginta** - forty, since a quarantine was originally 40 days)
307
assume/consume/presume/resume
**sumo** - to take, consume
308
rustic
**rus** - country
309
# (start of Group 2)
melee
**misceo** - to mix
310
recalcitrant
**calx** - heel
| (like "digging in your heels")
## Footnote
Definition: stubborn, resistant
311
profane
**fanum** - temple
312
arcane
**arceo** - to keep away
| (ult. from **arca** - chest)
## Footnote
Definition: secret
313
venerable
**venus** - beauty, love, desire
314
impecunious
**pecu** - flock
| (through **pecunia** - money)
315
shrive
**scribo** - to write
## Footnote
Definition: to free from guilt
316
niche
**nidus** - nest
317
serrated
**serra** - saw
## Footnote
Definition: notched or toothed on the edge
318
prize
**prehendo** - to grab, grasp
319
convulse
**vello** - to pluck
320
peel
**pellis** - hide, skin
321
(re)source
**rego** - to rule
| (through **surgo** - to rise)
322
consummate
**summus** - highest
323
trivet (2)
**tres** - three & **pes** - foot
## Footnote
Definition: three-legged stool
324
cuticle
**cutis** - skin
325
umpire (2)
**non** - not & **par** - equal
326
segue (pronound seg-way)
**sequor** - to follow
## Footnote
Definition: a transition from one role, state, or condition to another
327
chloroform
**formica** - ant
328
maitre d' (2)
**magnus** - great & **hospes** - guest, host
| (short for maitre d'hotel)
329
coast
**costa** - rib
330
combust(ion)
**uro** - to burn
331
jelly
**gelu** - ice, frost
332
(in)(de)pend(ent)
**pendeo** - to hang
333
congeal
**gelu** - ice, frost
334
comet
**coma** - hair
335
pulmonary
**pulmo** - lung
336
sample
**emo** - to buy
337
lunge
**longus** - long
338
plunger
**plumbum** - lead
339
nephew/niece
**nepos** - grandson, descendents
340
concert
**cerno** - see, perceive
341
vegetable
**vegeo** - to be lively
342
sergeant
**servus** - slave, servant
343
cinch
**cingo** - to surround
344
loyal
**lex** - law
345
osprey (2)
**avis** - bird & **praeda** - booty
346
chisel
**caedo** - to cut, kill
347
deluge
**lavo** - to wash
348
sinuate
**sinus** - fold, bay
349
judge (2)
**ius** - law & **dico** - to speak
350
milieu (2)
**medius** - middle & **locus** - place
351
mallet
**malleus** - hammer
352
defunct
**fungor** - to perform
353
manipulate (2)
**manus** - hand & **pleo** to fill
354
curtsey
**cohors** - cohort
355
viral
**virus** - poison
356
incest
**castus** - pure
357
repertoire
**pario** - to give birth
358
scrivener
**scribo** - to write
## Footnote
Definition: a scribe
359
curfew (2)
**operio** - to cover & **focus** - hearth
360
adult
**alo** - nourish
361
pension
**pendo** - to weigh
362
viridian/verdant
**viridis** - green
363
umbilical
**umbo** - boss (of a shield)
364
coin
**cuneus** - wedge
365
querulous
**queror** - to complain
366
fossil
**fodio** - to dig
367
ravine
**rapio** - to seize
368
heir/inherit
**heres** - heir
369
volition
**volo** - to want, wish
370
rodent
**rodo** - to gnaw
371
aplomb
**plumbum** - lead
372
tentacle
**tempto** - to try
373
void
**vaco** - to be empty
374
profile
**filum** - thread
375
somersault (2)
**super** - above & **salio** - to leap
376
manifest(o)
**manifestus** - clear
| (probablu ult. **manus** - hand)
377
vile/vilify
**vilis** - wicked
378
cubit
**cubitum (cubitus)** - elbow
379
ennui
**odi** - to hate
## Footnote
Definition: boredom
380
regurgitate
**gurges** - whirlpool
381
vain/vanity
**vanus** - empty, hollow
382
joust
**iungo** - to join
383
arrest
**sto** - stand
384
tile
**tego** - to cover
385
pollution
**lavo** - to wash
386
farce/farcical
**farcio** - to stuff, pack
387
fennel
**faenum** - hay
388
usher
**os** - mouth
389
outrage
**ultra** - beyond
390
provost
**pono** - to put, place
391
forensic
**forum** - marketplace
392
affix/prefix/suffix
**figo** - to fasten
393
covet
**cupio** - to want
394
dainty
**dignus** - worthy
395
mitigate
**mitis** - soft
396
divest/invest
**vestis** - clothing
397
(be)siege
**sedeo** - to sit
398
spontaneous
**(sua) sponte** - on one's own accord
399
celebrity
**celeber** - crowded
400
variable
**varius** - changing
401
grain
**granum** - seed, kernel
402
(law)suit
**sequor** - to follow
403
governor
**guberno** - to steer
404
savvy
**sapio** - to be wise, taste
405
orbit
**orbis** - circle
406
corrupt/erupt/interrupt/etc.
**rumpo** - to break
407
cover
**operio** - to cover
408
soliloquy (2)
**solus** - alone & **loquor** - to speak
409
splendid
**splendeo** - to shine
410
moment
**moveo** - to move
411
purloin
**longus** - long
## Footnote
Definition: to steal
412
cockatrice
**calx** - heel
## Footnote
Definition: rooster dragon monster that turns people to stone
413
plagiarism
**plaga** - net
414
menu
**minuo** - to lessen
415
occult
**celo** - to hide
| (through **occulto** - to hide)
416
beef
**bos** - cow
417
cutlet
**costa** - rib
418
prudent
**video** - to see
| (through **provideo** - to look ahead)
419
poignant
**pungo** - to prick
420
pretzel
**bracchium** - arm
421
augur/inauguration
**avis** - bird
422
devoir
**debeo** - to owe, ought
| (ult. from **habeo** - to have)
## Footnote
Definition: duty, responsibility
423
advance/advantage (2)
**ab** - from & **ante** - before
424
viceroy (2)
**vicis** - turn & **rex** - king
425
plait
**plico** - to fold
426
tiller
**texo** - to weave
427
molt
**muto** - to change
## Footnote
Definition: to shed (like a snake)
428
tax
**tango** - touch
429
portrait
**traho** - to drag
430
serial/series
**sero** - to join together
431
El Dorado
**aurum** - gold
## Footnote
Definition: fictional city of gold
432
accost
**costa** - rib
433
count (verb)
**puto** - to think
434
insouciance
**cieo** - to arouse
| (through **sollicitus** - troubled)
## Footnote
Definition: nonchalance
435
spouse
**spondeo** - to promise
436
conquer
**quaero** - to ask, seek
437
avid
**avarus** - eager
| (ult. from **aveo** - to be eager)
438
medley
**misceo** - to mix
439
soiree (pronounced swa-ray)
**serus** - late
## Footnote
Definition: an evening party
440
peon
**pes** - foot
441
deplorable
**ploro** - to wail
442
impunity
**poena** - punishment
443
torrent(ial)
**torreo** - to roast
444
obtuse
**tundo** - to beat
445
purge
**purus** - clean
446
pity
**pius** - dutiful
447
matinee
**mane** - in the morning
448
ruin
**ruo** - to rush
| (through **ruina** - ruin)
449
chowder
**caleo** - to be warm
450
usury
**utor** - to use
## Footnote
Definition: lending of money with (typically exorbitant) interest rates
451
rookie (?)
**cresco** - to grow
| (through recruit)
452
surly
**senex** - old man
453
repent
**paenitet** - to be sorry
454
decrepit
**crepo** - to rattle
455
executive
**sequor** - to follow
456
around
**rota** - wheel
457
intermezzo
**medius** - middle
## Footnote
Definition: brief interlude
458
bivalve
**valvae** - double doors
459
couple
**aptus** - suitable
460
accomplish
**pleo** - to fill
461
tumescent
**tumeo** - to swell
## Footnote
Definition: swollen
462
sausage
**sal** - salt
463
cash(ier)
**capsa** - box
464
doge
**duco** - to lead
465
bracket
**bracae** - pants
466
sport
**porto** - to carry
467
septum
**saepes** - hedge
| (through **saepio** - to enclose)
468
mandible
**mando** - to chew
469
suave
**suavis** - pleasant
470
connect
**necto** - to bind, weave
471
expire
**spiro** - to breathe
472
passport (2)
**passus** - step & **portus** - harbor
473
ally
**ligo** - to bind
474
enterprise/surprise
**prehendo** - to grab, grasp
475
prairie
**pratum** - meadow
476
(re)strain
**stringo** - to draw tight
477
madam(e)
**domus** - home
478
tense (n.)
**tempus** - time
479
duodenum (2)
**duo** - two & **decem** - ten
| (supposedly equal to the width of 12 fingers)
## Footnote
Definition: first part of the small intestine
480
morbid
**morbus** - disease
481
sir(e)
**senex** - old man
482
exhaust
**haurio** - to drink, drain
483
ruminate
**rumen** - cud
| (through **ruminor** - to chew)
484
impale
**palus** - stake
485
site
**sino** - to allow
486
ewer
**aqua** - water
## Footnote
Definition: vase-shaped pitcher or jug
487
detergent
**tergeo** - to wipe, clean
488
pub(lish)
**populus** - people
489
succor
**curro** - to run
## Footnote
Definition: relief, aid
490
lavish
**lavo** - to wash
491
(e)squire
**scutum** - shield
492
tortoise
**torqueo** - to turn, twist
493
search
**circum** - around
494
attest/testimony
**testis** - witness
495
rationalism
**reor** - to think
496
portcullis (2)
**porta** - gate & **colo** - to strain, filter
497
prow
**prora** - prow, ship
498
gin
**iuniperus** - juniper
## Footnote
Definition: the drink
499
subtle
**texo** - to weave
500
pellet
**pila** - ball
501
parietal
**paries** - wall
| (as in 'parietal lobe')
## Footnote
Definition:
502
corroborate
**robur** - oak tree
503
abuse/misuse/use
**utor** - to use
504
carnival (2)
**caro** - flesh & **levis** light
505
point
**pungo** - to prick
506
intrigue
**tricae** - trifles
507
pace
**pando** - to spread (out)
508
scald
**caleo** - to be warm
509
Vermont (2)
**viridis** - green & **mons** - mountain
510
propaganda
**pango** - to fasten
| (through **propago** - to spread)
511
eviscerate
**viscus** - guts, entrails
512
battle
**battuo** - to beat
513
jest
**gero** - to carry, wage
514
scour
**cura** - care, anxiety
515
suzerain
**verto** - to turn
## Footnote
Definition: a ruler
516
flavor
**flo** - to blow
517
sluice
**claudo** - close
## Footnote
Definition: floodgate
518
scintillating
**scintilla** - spark
519
inflict/conflict/afflict
**fligo** - to strike
520
vowel
**vox** - voice
521
(dis)inter
**terra** - land
## Footnote
Definition: to bury
522
urchin
**ericius** - hedgehog
523
stress
**stringo** - to draw tight
524
simian
**simia** - ape
525
dice
**do** - to give
526
disparage
**par** - equal
## Footnote
Definition: to degrade
527
chest
**cista** - chest
528
bugle
**bos** - cow
529
crayon
**creta** - clay
530
jewel
**iocus** - joke
531
propensity
**pendeo** - to hang
532
relief
**levis** - light
533
acrrue
**cresco** - to grow
534
Riviera
**ripa** - shore, bank
535
taste
**tango** - touch
536
bowl
**bulla** - locket
537
soil (vb.)
**sus** - pig
538
lariat
**aptus** - suitable
## Footnote
Definition: rope
539
realize
**res** - thing, matter
540
enhance
**altus** - high, tall, deep
541
grid
**cratis** - wickerwork
542
imminent
**minor** - threaten
543
spawn
**pando** - to spread (out)
544
taxi(cab)
**caper** - goat
545
oriole
**aurum** - gold
546
devastate
**vastus** - wide, vast
547
cavalier
**caballus** - horse
548
prolific
**alo** - nourish
549
inert(ia)
**ars** - skill
550
avoid
**vaco** - to be empty
551
molasses
**mel** - honey
552
somber
**umbra** - shadow
553
funambulist (2)
**funis** - rope & **ambulo** - walk
## Footnote
Definition: tightrope walker
554
chaste
**castus** - pure
555
vomit
**vomo** - to regurgitate
556
jut
**iacio** - to throw
557
litigious
**lis** - lawsuit
558
dirge
**rego** - to rule
## Footnote
Definition: funeral song
559
renaissance
**nascor** - to be born
| (literally a rebirth)
560
pummel
**pomum** - apple
561
cappucchino
**cappa** - large cloak
562
poop (deck)
**puppis** - stern
563
proof
**probus** - good
564
treat
**traho** - to drag
565
insolent
**soleo** - to be accustomed
566
aisle
**ala** - wing
567
adieu/adios
**deus** - god
## Footnote
Definition: goodbye in French & Spanish
568
nonchalant
**caleo** - to be warm
569
luster
**lustro** - to purify, shine
570
predator
**praeda** - booty, loot
571
treble
**tres** - three
572
pass/compass/trespass/etc.
**pando** - to spread (out)
573
cognate
**nascor** - to be born
574
alley
**ambulo** - walk
575
rendevous (2)
**do** - to give & **vos** - you (all)
576
cage
**cavea** - cage
577
deign
**dignus** - worthy
## Footnote
Definition: to condescend reluctantly; stoop
578
vase/vessel
**vas** - container
579
preach
**dico, dicare** - to declare
580
cauliflower
**caulis** - stalk
581
pulsar
**pello** - to push, strike
582
glaive
**gladius** - sword
## Footnote
Definition: a broadsword
583
passive
**patior** - to suffer, edure, allow
584
battery
**battuo** - to beat
585
litter
**lectus** - bed
586
farrier
**ferrum** - iron
## Footnote
Definition: a person who shoes horses
587
illustrate
**lustro** - to purify, shine
588
paraffin (2)
**parvus** - small & **finis** end, border
## Footnote
Definition: waxy substance used in cosmetics, candles, etc.
589
alloy
**ligo** - to bind
590
hotel
**hospes** - guest, host
591
apparent
**pareo** - to obey
| (through **appareo** - to appear)
592
(com)passion
**patior** - to suffer, edure, allow
593
laminate
**lamina** - plate
594
scourge
**corium** - skin, hide
## Footnote
Definition: whip, cause of great affliction
595
circadian
**dies** - day
## Footnote
Definition: recurring naturally on a 24-hours cycle
596
defy
**fidus** - faithful
597
inveigle
**oculus** - eye
## Footnote
Definition: to convince with flattery
598
author
**augeo** - to increase
599
antler (2)
**ante** - before & **oculus** - eye
600
fruit(ion)
**fruor** - to enjoy
601
ravenous
**rapio** - to seize
602
deliver
**liber** - free
603
sojourn
**dies** - day
## Footnote
Definition: to stay temporarily
604
prey
**praeda** - booty, loot
605
refrain (v.)
**frenum** - bridle
## Footnote
Definition: to cease
606
vigil(ant)
**vigeo** - to be awake
| (through **vigil** - sentry)
607
vanguard
**ab** - from
## Footnote
Definition: the forefront of an action or movement
608
duplicate (2)
**duo** - two & **plico** - to fold
609
prince (2)
**primus** - first & **capio** - to take
610
origin
**orior** - to rise
611
commend
**mando** - to order, entrust
612
sublime
**limen** - threshold
613
rodeo
**rota** - wheel
614
estuary
**aestus** - heat, tide
615
decoy
**cavea** - cage
616
utilitarianism
**utor** - to use
## Footnote
Definition: way of thinking prioritizing the usefulness of people/things
617
remorseful
**mordeo** - to bite
618
oviparous (2)
**ovum** - egg & **pario** - to give birth
## Footnote
Definition: producing eggs to birth young
619
gutter
**gutta** - drop
620
jail
**cavea** - cage
621
sanctimonious/sanctuary
**sancio** - to decree, devote
| (through **sanctus** - holy)
622
aid
**iuvo** - to help
623
prix (as in Grand Prix)
**pretrium** - price
624
discrete/discreet
**cerno** - see, perceive
625
vamp
**pes** - foot
626
peculiar
**pecu** - flock
627
vice- (prefix)
**vicis** - change
628
concierge
**servus** - slave, servant
629
assonance/consonance
**sonus** - sound
## Footnote
Definition: repetition of vowel/consonant sounds
630
pomegranate (2)
**pomum** - apple & **granum** - seed, kernel
631
chafe (2)
**caleo** - to be warm & **facio** - to do, make
632
emanate
**mano** - to drip, flow
633
easel
**asinus** - donkey
634
promulgate
**promulgo** - to publish
| (probably ult. from **mulgeo** - to milk)
635
astonish
**tono** - to thunder
636
renal
**renes** - kidneys
637
(h)ostler
**hospes** - guest, host
## Footnote
Definition: horse caretaker
638
tender
**tener** - soft, immature
639
envy
**video** - to see
| (through **invideo** - to envy)
640
cousin
**soror** - sister
641
postpartum (2)
**post** - after & **pario** - to give birth
642
retiarius
**rete** - net
## Footnote
Definition: type of Roman gladiator
643
necklace
**laqueus** - rope
644
bon soir (2)
**bonus** - good & **serus** - late
## Footnote
Definition: French for 'good evening'
645
betray
**do** - to give
| (through **trado** - to hand over)
646
chassis
**capsa** - box
## Footnote
Definition: base frame of an automobile
647
abrasive
**rado** - to scrape
648
ravage
**rapio** - to seize
649
discuss
**quatio** - to shake
650
coy
**quietus** - quiet
651
cue
**cauda** - tail
652
**solea**
**solum** - ground, soil
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word meaning 'sandal'
653
attribute/distribute
**tribuo** - to pay, allot
654
nuance
**nubes** - cloud
655
toilet
**texo** - to weave
656
aunt
**amita** - aunt
657
extrinsic/intrinsic
**sequor** - to follow
658
avoirdupois (2)
**habeo** - to have & **pendo ** to weigh
659
silicon(e)
**silex** - flint
660
foil (verb)
**fullo** - drycleaner
661
inexorable
**oro** - to pray, plead
## Footnote
Definition: relentless, unable to be persuaded
662
robust
**robur** - oak tree
663
savage
**silva** - forest
664
intuitive
**tueor** - to watch over, guard
665
amenity
**amoenus** - pleasant
666
fiesta
**festus** - festive, merry
667
rampart (2)
**paro** - prepare & **ante** - before
668
chalk
**calx** - small stone
669
tergiversate (2)
**tergum** - back & **verto** - to turn
## Footnote
Definition: to desert one's cause
670
oval
**ovum** - egg
671
impasse
**pando** - to spread (out)
672
protégé
**tego** - to cover
673
solipsism (2)
**solus** - alone & **ipse** - self
## Footnote
Definition: egocentrism
674
exploit
**plico** - to fold
675
season
**sero** - to sow
676
vitriol
**vitrum** - glass
677
semester (2)
**sex** - six & **mensis** - mind
678
uvula
**uva** - grape
679
propriety
**proprius** - one's own
680
gist
**iaceo** - to lie (down)
681
mob
**moveo** - to move
682
joist
**iaceo** - to lie (down)
## Footnote
Definition: any of the small timbers or metal beams ranged parallel from wall to wall in a structure to support a floor or ceiling
683
maestro
**magnus** - great
684
jeopardy (2)
**iocus** - joke & **pars** - part
685
size
**sedeo** - to sit
686
intrepid
**trepidus** - fearful
## Footnote
Definition: bold
687
lien
**ligo** - to bind
## Footnote
Definition: right to hold property of another until debt is paid
688
issue
**eo** - to go
689
inebriated
**ebrius** - drunk
690
dress
**rego** - to rule
691
obstinate
**sto** - stand
## Footnote
Definition: stubborn
692
obey
**audio** - to listen
693
assail
**salio** - to leap
694
danger
**domus** - home
695
sparse
**spargo** - to scatter
696
pert
**aperio** - open
697
pedigree (2)
**pes** - foot & **crus** - crane
698
tenuous
**tenuis** - slim
699
testicle
**testis** - witness
700
excel
**celsus** - high
701
explain
**planus** - flat
702
tissue
**texo** - to weave
703
tumor
**tumeo** - to swell
704
marvel
**mirus** - wonderful
705
desultory
**salio** - to leap
706
reverence/reverie
**vereor** - to fear, honor
707
reveal
**velum** - veil, awning
708
(s)quash
**quatio** - to shake
709
extol
**tollo** - to raise
710
crime
**cerno** - see, perceive
711
compact/impact (but not just 'pact')
**pango** - to fasten
712
adroit
**rego** - to rule
## Footnote
Definition: skilled, dexterous
713
plaintiff
**plango** - to strike
## Footnote
Definition: a person who brings a legal action
714
toga
**tego** - to cover
715
viper (2)
**vivus** - alive & **pario** - to give birth
716
retina
**rete** - net
717
vagabond
**vagor** - to wander
## Footnote
Definition: person who wanders without a home
718
street
**sterno** - to lay out, stretch
719
delineate
**linea** - line
720
prose
**verto** - to turn
| (through **prorsus** - straightforward [which was **provorsus**])
721
mosquito
**musca** - fly
722
sibilant
**sibilo** - to hiss
723
hidalgo (3)
**filius** - son & **alius** - other & **quis** - who (filho de algo - "son of someone")
## Footnote
Definition: Spanish nobleman
724
noble
**nosco** - to know
725
colonel
**columna** - pillar
726
realm
**rex** - king
727
onion
**unus** - one
728
muster
**moneo** - to warn
729
avenge/revenge
**vindico** - to avenge
730
accomplice
**plico** - to fold
731
eradicate
**radix** - root
732
plover
**pluit** - it rains
| (through **pluvia** - rain)
## Footnote
Definition: type of bird
733
rosemary (2)
**ros** - dew & **mare** - sea
734
pony
**pullus** - chicken, young animal
735
oblivion
**obliviscor** - to forget
736
soprano
**super** - above
737
foyer
**focus** - hearth
738
cardinal
**cardo** - hinge
739
plush
**pilus** - hair
740
vanquish
**vinco** - to conquer
741
reluctant
**luctor** - to wrestle
742
napkin
**mappa** - napkin
743
porcupine (2)
**porcus** - pig & **spina** - thorn
744
trench
**truncus** - trunk
745
pilgrim
**ager** - field
746
usurp (2)
**utor** - to use & **rapio** - to seize
747
pillow
**pulvinus** - pillow
748
detriment
**tero** - to rub
749
limit
**limes** - boundary
750
reconnaissance
**nosco** - to know
751
corrugated
**ruga** - wrinkle
752
absorb
**sorbeo** - swallow up
753
quarry
**quattuor** - four
754
charge
**carrus** - wagon, cart
755
quarrel
**queror** - to complain
756
mix
**misceo** - to mix
757
vinyl
**vinum** - wine
758
bus
**omnis** - all, every
| (bus is short for omnibus since the bus is for everyone)
759
musket
**musca** - fly
760
insipid
**sapio** - to be wise, taste
## Footnote
Definition: lacking taste
761
elicit vs. illicit
elicit from **elicio** - to entice
illicit from **licet** - it is permitted
762
double/triple/quadruple/etc.
**plico** - to fold
763
expand
**pando** - to spread (out)
764
cavalry
**caballus** - horse
765
employee
**plico** - to fold
766
pugilist
**pugnus** - fist
| (through **pugil** - boxer)
## Footnote
Definition: a boxer
767
powder
**pulvis** - dust
768
lease
**laxus** - loose
769
pell-mell
**misceo** - to mix
## Footnote
Definition: in confusion or disorder
770
brace(let)
**bracchium** - arm
771
possession (2)
**potis** - powerful, able & **sedeo** - to sit
772
entrepreneur
**prehendo** - to grab, grasp
773
inch
**uncia** - a twelfth
774
aglet
**acus** - needle, pin
## Footnote
Definition: tip of a shoelace
775
count (title)
**eo** - to go
776
adept/inept
**aptus** - suitable
777
prestige
**stringo** - to draw tight
778
mustang
**misceo** - to mix
| (perhaps influenced by **monstro** to show)
779
vice
**vitium** - fault
780
stun
**tono** - to thunder
781
trace
**traho** - to drag
782
mercenary
**merx** - goods
783
jaunty
**genus** - type, kind
## Footnote
Definition: elegant, stylish
784
percussion
**quatio** - to shake
785
mess
**mitto** - to send
786
soporific (2)
**sopor** - sleep & **facio** - to do, make
787
foible
**fleo** - to weep
## Footnote
Definition: a minor weakness
788
commensalism
**mensa** - table
## Footnote
Definition: a relation between two kinds of organisms in which one obtains food or other benefits from the other without damaging or benefiting it
789
pavilion
**papilio** - butterfly
790
cauldron
**caleo** - to be warm
791
emulate
**aemulus** - rival
## Footnote
Definition: imitate
792
execrate
**sacer** - holy
793
rage
**rabies** - madness
794
sovereign
**super** - above
795
limbo
**limbus** - border
796
concrete
**cresco** - to grow
797
tense (adj.)
**tendo** - stretch
798
joy
**gaudeo** - to rejoice
799
grant
**credo** - to believe
800
scissors
**caedo** - to cut, kill
| (not **scindo** - to split, tear apart)
801
(hand)kerchief (2)
**operio** - to cover & **caput** - head
802
fuel
**focus** - hearth
803
vein
**vena** - vein
804
cement
**caedo** - to cut, kill
805
commence
**eo** - to go
806
pregnant
**nascor** - to be born
807
albumen
**albus** - white
## Footnote
Definition: white of an egg
808
append(age)
**pendeo** - to hang
809
pasture
**pasco** - to feed
810
jet
**iacio** - to throw
811
apron
**mappa** - napkin
| (really cool **mappa** → a napron → an apron)
812
mole (chemistry)
**moles** - mass, lump
813
erase
**rado** - to scrape
814
chamber
**camera** - vault
815
balance
**bis** - twice & **lanx** - plate
816
sauce
**sal** - salt
817
refrain (n.)
**frango** - to break
## Footnote
Definition: recurring phrase or verse of a poem or song
818
elite
**lego** - to read, choose, gather
819
grate
**cratis** - wickerwork
820
concatenate
**catena** - chain
## Footnote
Definition: to link together
821
tortilla/tortellini
**torta** - cake, bread
822
rail
**rego** - to rule
823
deprecate
**prex** - prayer
824
infatuate
**fatuus** - foolish
825
menagerie
**maneo** - to stay, remain
## Footnote
Definition: a zoo
826
interesting
**sum** - to be
| (through **interest** to be of importance/concern)
827
engine
**genus** - type, kind
828
vermin
**vermis** - worm
829
tint
**tingo** - to moisten, stain
830
absurd
**surdus** - deaf
831
lucrative
**lucrum** - profit
832
apprentice
**prehendo** - to grab, grasp
833
reconnoiter
**nosco** - to know
## Footnote
Definition: to gain preliminary information
834
coerce
**arceo** - to keep away
835
scarce
**carpo** - to pluck
836
extricate
**tricae** - trifles
## Footnote
Definition: disentangle
837
pusillanimous (2)
**pullus** - chicken, young animal & **animus** - mind
## Footnote
Definition: cowardly
838
combat/debate
**battuo** - to beat
839
peregrine
**ager** - field
## Footnote
Definition: wandering
840
arrive
**ripa** - shore, bank
841
surge
**rego** - to rule
| (through **surgo** - to rise)
842
sewer
**aqua** - water
843
vivparous (2)
**vivus** - alive & **pario** - to give birth
## Footnote
Definition: producing young via live birth
844
collapse/elapse/relapse/lapse
**labor** - to slip, fall
845
expert
**peritus** - skilled
846
siesta
**sex** - six
847
distinct/instinct
**stinguo** - to put out, extinguish
848
maneuver (2)
**manus** - hand & **opus** - work
| (through French manoeuvre)
849
fritter
**frigo** - to fry
## Footnote
Definition: a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat
850
couch
**locus** - place
851
platoon
**pila** - ball
852
lettuce
**lac** - milk
853
crew
**cresco** - to grow
854
formaldehyde
**formica** - ant
855
cull
**lego** - to read, choose, gather
856
pale
**palleo** - to grow pale
857
plea(d)
**placeo** - to please
858
approve
**probus** - good
859
haughty
**altus** - high, tall, deep
## Footnote
Definition: proud
860
empire/imperial
**paro** - to prepare
861
tutor(ial)
**tueor** - to watch over, guard
862
coil
**lego** - to read, choose, gather
863
caterpillar
**pilus** - hair
864
impeccable
**pecco** - to sin
865
annoy
**odi** - to hate
866
assuage
**suavis** - pleasant
867
copy
**ops** - wealth, resources
868
ponder
**pendo** - to weigh
869
appraisal
**pretium** - price
870
converge/diverge
**vergo** - to bend
871
proletariat
**alo** - nourish
## Footnote
Definition: the laboring class
872
vector
**veho** - to carry
873
scenario/scene
**scaena** - stage
874
effigy
**fingo** - form, fashion
875
vacuole
**vacuus** - empty
876
ransom
**emo** - to buy
877
ventriloquist (2)
**venter** - stomach & **loquor** - to speak
878
travesty
**vestis** - clothing
879
adultery
**alter** - other
880
semblance
**similis** - the same
881
punch
**pungo** - to prick
882
tedious
**taedet** - to be weary
883
sconce
**condo** - to found
884
varsity (2)
**unus** - one & **verto** - to turn
| (shortened from of 'university')
885
gorge
**gurges** - whirlpool
886
lugubrious
**lugeo** - to mourn
887
pontoon
**pons** - bridge
## Footnote
Definition: flat-bottom boat
888
dour
**durus** - hard
889
jess
**iacio** - to throw
## Footnote
Definition: a short strap secured on the leg of a hawk and usually provided with a ring for attaching a leash
890
(ac)quit
**quietus** - quiet
891
sistine
**sex** - six
892
opportunity
**portus** - harbor
| (through **opportunus** - favorable)
893
immaculate
**macula** - spot
## Footnote
Definition: clean
894
mellifluent/mellifluous (2)
**mel** - honey & **fluo** - to flow
895
abscond
**condo** - to found
896
vernacular
**verna** - home-born slave
## Footnote
Definition: native to a place (typically of language)
897
coward
**cauda** - tail
898
journal
**dies** - day
899
meritocracy
**mereo** - to earn
900
excerpt
**carpo** - to pluck
901
farm
**firmus** - strong
902
vouch
**vox** - voice
903
erosion
**rodo** - to gnaw
904
oboe
**altus** - high, tall, deep
905
amenable
**minae** - threats
906
**proles**
**alo** - nourish
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word meaning 'offspring'
907
prolix(ity)
**liqueo** - to be liquid
## Footnote
Definition: verbose, wordy
908
(ac)quaint
**nosco** - to know
909
extirpate
**stirps** - root, clan
## Footnote
Definition: to remove, root out
910
pay
**pax** - peace
911
cushion
**costa** - hipbone
912
parapet (2)
**paro** - to prepare & **pectus** - chest
913
appeal(ing)
**pello** - to push, strike
914
tower
**turris** - tower
915
buckle
**bucca** - jaw
916
appease
**pax** - peace
917
fan(atic)
**fanum** - temple
918
travel/trevail (2)
**tres** - three & **palus** - stake
919
exert
**sero** - to join together
920
remember
**mens** - mind
921
(af)fable
**for** - to speak
| (through **fabula** - story)
922
lagoon
**lacus** - lake
923
tremble
**tremo** - to shake (in fear)
924
mutiny
**moveo** - to move
925
depraved
**pravus** - wicked
926
set (math)
**seco** - to cut
927
trellis (2)
**tres** - three & **licium** - thread
928
prom(enade)
**minor** - threaten
929
sculpture
**sculpo** - to fashion, engrave
| (through **sculptura** - sculpture)
930
chauffeur (2)
**caleo** - be warm & **facio** - to do, make
931
polite
**polio** - to polish
932
impeach
**pes** - foot
933
seal (like the stamp)
**signum** - sign
934
disperse
**spargo** - to scatter
935
crucify (2)
**crux** - cross & **figo** - fasten
936
urgent
**urgeo** - to urge, push
937
sacrilege (2)
**sacer** - holy & **lego** - to choose
938
interval
**vallum** - wall
939
postulate
**posco** - to demand
| (through **postulo** - to demand)
940
desert vs. dessert
desert from **sero** - to join together (through **desero** - to depart)
dessert from **servus** - slave
941
saute
**salio** - to leap
942
court(esy)
**cohors** - cohort
943
abort
**orior** - to rise
944
meticulous
**metus** - fear
945
stain
**tingo** - to moisten, stain
946
parsimonius
**parco** - to spare
## Footnote
Definition: frugal
947
emaciated
**macer** - skinny
948
molecule
**moles** - mass, lump
949
martial (law)
**Mars** - Mars
950
utensil
**utor** - to use
951
vicinity
**vicus** - village
952
fiction
**fingo** - form, fashion
953
toil
**tundo** - to beat
954
antediluvian
**lavo** - to wash
## Footnote
Definition: before the flood
955
anoint/ointment
**ungeo** - to cover with oil
956
stencil
**scintilla** - spark
957
endorse
**dorsum** - back
958
exult
**salio** - to leap
959
numismatics
**nummus** - coin
## Footnote
Definition: the study of coins
960
(dis)bowel
**botulus** - sausage
961
recover
**capio** - to take
962
display
**plico** - to fold
963
abstruse
**trudo** - to thrust, force
## Footnote
Definition: difficult to comprehend
964
portion
**pars** - part
965
asset
**satis** - enough
966
forge
**faber** - workman, smith
967
river
**ripa** - shore, bank
| (not from **rivus**)
968
fawn
**fetus** - offspring
## Footnote
Definition: a young animal (deer/goat)
969
monsieur/monsignor
**senex** - old man
970
impudence
**pudet** - it shames
971
annex
**necto** - to bind, weave
972
conniving
**nicto** - to blink
973
meager
**macer** - skinny
974
foil (n.)
**folium** - leaf
975
fail
**fallo** - to deceive
976
demure
**maturus** - mature, ripe
977
Vulgate
**vulgus** - crowd, the common people
978
tinsel
**scintilla** - spark
979
calorie
**caleo** - to be warm
980
incense
**candeo** - to shine
981
implausible
**plaudo** - to clap
982
corsair
**curro** - to run
## Footnote
Definition: a pirate
983
puny (2)
**post** - after & **nascor** - to be born
984
**piscina**
**piscis** - fish
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word for 'pond'
985
mosaic
**Musa** - Muse
986
print
**premo** - to press
987
pit
**puteus** - well
988
trouble
**turba** - crowd
989
disheveled
**capillus** - hair
990
strange
**extra** - beyond
991
permeate
**meo** - to pass, travel
992
ounce
**uncia** - a twelfth
993
evade/invade/pervade
**vado** - to go
994
mollusk
**mollis** - soft
995
denizen
**intus** - within
## Footnote
Definition: an inhabitant
996
apparel
**par** - equal
997
fuse (verb)
**fundo** - to pour
998
chivalry
**caballus** - horse
999
forest
**foris** - outdoors
1000
poison
**poto** - to drink
1001
gin
**genus** - type, kind
| (as in the cotton gin)
1002
nice
**scio** - to know
| (through **nescio** - to not know)
1003
overt(ure)
**aperio** - open
1004
humid
**(h)umeo** - to be moist
1005
apartheid
**pars** - part
1006
matter
**materia** - matter
1007
altruism
**alter** - other
## Footnote
Definition: unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others
1008
obfuscate
**fuscus** - dark
## Footnote
Definition: to confuse
1009
maraschino
**amarus** - bitter
## Footnote
Definition: a type of cherry
1010
pastoral
**pasco** - to feed
| (through **pastor** - shepherd)
1011
exuberant
**uber** - udder, fertility
1012
ferret
**fur** - thief
1013
obdurate
**durus** - hard
## Footnote
Definition: stubborn
1014
squat
**ago** - to do
1015
connoisseur
**nosco** - to know
1016
souffle
**flo** - to blow
1017
immense
**metior** - to measure
1018
cuirass
**corium** - skin, hide
## Footnote
Definition: armor for the chest and back
1019
bit/byte
**digitus** - finger
1020
celibate
**caelebs** - unmarried, bachelor
1021
funnel
**fundo** - to pour
1022
noon
**novem** - nine
1023
avarice
**avarus** - eager
| (ult. from **aveo** - to be eager)
1024
enclave
**clavis** - key
1025
penetrate
**penitus** - within
1026
subcutaneous
**cutis** - skin
1027
alas
**lassus** - weary
1028
venison
**venor** - to hunt
1029
nupital
**nubo** - to marry
1030
meddle
**misceo** - to mix
1031
ensue
**sequor** - to follow
1032
succinct
**cingo** - to surround
1033
exercise
**arceo** - to keep away
1034
investigate
**vestigium** - footsteps
1035
(im)prompt(u)
**emo** - to buy
1036
adage
**aio** - speak
1037
essay
**ago** - to do
1038
sexton
**sacer** - holy
## Footnote
Definition: a church officer
1039
sepulcher
**sepelio** - to bury
| (through **sepulchrum** - tomb)
1040
truffle
**tuber** - lump
1041
buzzard
**buteo** - hawk
1042
percolate
**colo** - to strain, filter
| (**colum** - sieve)
## Footnote
Definition: to spread gradually
1043
malleable
**malleus** - hammer
1044
razor
**rado** - to scrape
1045
render/rent
**do** - to give
1046
torsion/torque
**torqueo** - to turn, twist
1047
beldam (2)
**bonus** - good & **domus** - home
## Footnote
Definition: an old woman
1048
capsule
**capsa** - box
1049
rear
**retro** - backwards
1050
tardigrade (2)
**tardus** - slow & **gradior** - to walk, step
## Footnote
Definition: water bear; a microscopic organism
1051
fever
**febris** - fever
1052
sever(ance)
**paro** - to prepare
| (through **separo** - to separate)
1053
challenge
**calvor** - to deceive
1054
nurse
**nutrio** - to nourish
1055
train
**traho** - to drag
1056
poise
**pendo** - to weigh
1057
grease
**crassus** - thick, fat
1058
stiletto
**stylus** - pen, stylus
1059
grill
**cratis** - wickerwork
1060
extravagant
**vagor** - to wander
1061
chanticleer (2)
**cano** - to sing & **clarus** - clear
1062
schedule
**scheda** - sheet of paper
1063
puppet
**pupa** - doll
1064
attain
**tango** - touch
| (not from **teneo** like other -tain words)
1065
attitude
**aptus** - suitable
1066
morsel
**mordeo** - to bite
1067
clef
**clavis** - key
1068
salad
**sal** - salt
1069
toast
**torreo** - to roast
1070
invective
**veho** - to carry
1071
complain
**plango** - to strike
1072
obsolete
**soleo** - to be accustomed
1073
perk
**quaero** - to ask, seek
1074
exorbitant
**orbis** - circle
## Footnote
Definition: excessive, immoderate (esp. of prices)
1075
serpent
**serpo** - to crawl
| (through **serpens** - snake)
1076
reptile
**repo** - to crawl
1077
# (start of Group 3)
marmot (2)
**mus** - mouse & **mons** - mountain
## Footnote
Definition: large rodent found in Europe
1078
canyon
**canna** - reed
1079
histrionic
**histrio** - actor
## Footnote
Definition: theatric
1080
Vienna
**bonus** - good
| (ancient name was **Vindobona**)
1081
channel
**canna** - reed
1082
filament
**filum** - thread
1083
née
**nascor** - to be born
## Footnote
Definition: used to signify a woman's maiden name
1084
**angustiae**
**ango** - choke
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word meaning 'narrowness'
1085
mettle
**metallum** - mine, metal
## Footnote
Definition: vigor and strength of spirit or temperament
1086
patella
**patina** - dish
| (through the diminutive **patella* - tiny dish)
## Footnote
Definition: kneecap
1087
dessicate
**siccus** - dry
## Footnote
Definition: to dry up
1088
viscous
**viscum** - mistletoe, birdlime; anything sticky
1089
lava (?)
**lavo** - to wash
1090
damage
**damnum** - harm, injury
1091
hirsute
**hirtus** - hairy
## Footnote
Definition: hairy
1092
costume
**suesco** - to be accustomed
1093
baccalaureate (2)
**baca** - berry & **laurus** - laurel tree
1094
appall
**palleo** - to grow pale
1095
Romance Language articles (el, la, le, etc.)
**ille** - that
1096
gullet
**gula** - throat
1097
riboflavin
**flavus** - yellow
1098
Mercury
**merx** - goods
1099
pane(l)
**pannus** - piece of cloth
1100
**bruma**
**brevis** - short
| (because winter is the season of the shortest day)
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word that means 'winter'
1101
crevice
**crepo** - to rattle
1102
echelon
**scalae** - ladder
1103
indemnity
**damnum** - harm, injury
1104
rancid/rancor
**ranceo** - to stink
1105
feast
**festus** - festive, merry
1106
chinchilla
**cimex** - bedbug
1107
coda
**cauda** - tail
## Footnote
Definition: a concluding part of a musical section or literary work
1108
canal
**canna** - reed
1109
talon
**talus** - heel
1110
pigeon
**pipio** - to chrip
1111
palfrey
**veredus** - light horse
## Footnote
Definition: saddle horse for ordinary riding
1112
calamity
**calamitas** - disaster
1113
rigor
**rigeo** - to be stiff
1114
pallet
**palea** - chaff (i.e. husks of corn)
## Footnote
Definition: a portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages (as in warehouses, factories, or vehicles)
1115
museum
**Musa** - Muse
1116
ravioli
**rapum** - turnip
1117
micturate
**mingo** - to urinate
1118
premeditate
**meditor** - to think
1119
pageant
**pagina** - page
1120
file
**filum** - thread
1121
copula
**aptus** - suitable
## Footnote
Definition: linking verb
1122
jade
**ilia, ilium, n. pl.** - groin
1123
paella
**patina** - dish
## Footnote
Definition: Spanish rice dish
1124
halitosis
**halo** - to breathe
## Footnote
Definition: bad breath
1125
torpor
**torpeo** - to be numb
## Footnote
Definition: sluggishness
1126
metal
**metallum** - mine, metal
1127
coup
**colpus** - blow
1128
noose
**nodus** - knot
1129
ethereal
**aether** - upper air
1130
cassette
**capsa** - box
1131
pernicious
**nex** - a slaughter
1132
taupe
**talpa** - mole
## Footnote
Definition: a brownish gray
1133
February
**februum** - rite of purification
1134
curb
**curvus** - bent, curved
1135
defibrillator
**fibra** - fiber, root, entrail
1136
turnip
**napus** - turnip
1137
recoil
**culus** - posterior
1138
budget
**bulga** - leather bag
1139
gluttony
**gluttio** - to swallow
1140
caret
**careo** - to lack
## Footnote
Definition: this symbol (^)
1141
pavement
**pavio** - to beat
1142
faux pas (2)
**fallo** - to deceive & **pando** - to spread (out)
1143
jovial
**Iuppiter** - Jupiter
1144
glue
**gluten** - paste, glue
1145
raisin
**racemus** - a cluster of grapes
1146
cowl
**cucullus** - hood
1147
motto
**muttio** - to mutter, mumble
1148
routine
**rumpo** - to break
1149
lacerate
**lacer** - mutilated
1150
grenade (2)
**pomum** - apple & **granum** - seed, kernel
| (from French pome grenate)
1151
hiatus
**hio** - to gape
1152
larch (tree)
**larix** - larch
1153
temerity
**temere** - rashly, by chance
## Footnote
Definition: rashness
1154
fringe
**fimbriae** - border, fringe
1155
**fibula**
**figo** - to fasten
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word meaning 'brooch'
1156
cankerous
**cancer** - crab
1157
adrenaline
**renes** - kidneys
1158
denim
**Nemausus** - Nimes (city in France)
1159
entice
**titio** - firebrand
1160
**vespertilio**
**vesper** - evening
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word meaning 'bat (animal)'
1161
czar/tsar
**Caesar** - Caesar
1162
accumulate
**cumulus** - heap, pile, mass
1163
lard
**laridum** - bacon, fat
1164
(a)mend
**menda** - fault, blemish
1165
furnace
**fornax** - furnace
1166
palate
**palatum** - palate
## Footnote
Definition: roof of the mouth; sense of taste
1167
pupil
**pupa** - doll
1168
fiscal
**fiscus** - treasury
1169
fissure
**findo** - split
1170
delirious
**lira** - ridge
1171
sorceror
**sors** - fate, lot
1172
scout
**ausculto** - to listen to
1173
omelet
**lamina** - plate
1174
fornicate
**fornix** - arch, vault, brothel
1175
Australia
**Auster** - the South wind
1176
cachinnation
**cachinno** - to laugh
## Footnote
Definition: loud laughing
1177
terse
**tergeo** - to wipe, clean
1178
tailor
**talea** - staff, stick
1179
sartorial
**sarcio** - to patch
## Footnote
Definition: relating to clothes
1180
chive
**caepa** - onion
1181
quibble
**qui** - who, which
1182
impregnable
**prehendo** - to grab, grasp
| (not related to pregnant)
1183
suction
**sugo** - to suck
1184
capricious
**caper** - goat
## Footnote
Definition: impulsive
1185
cucumber
**cucumis** - cucumber
1186
lace
**laqueus** - rope
1187
-monger (warmonger, etc.)
**mango** - slave dealer
1188
vestige/vestigial
**vestigium** - footsteps
1189
clemency
**clemens** - merciful
## Footnote
Definition: mercy
1190
rubric
**ruber** - red
1191
cistern
**cista** - chest
1192
Telluride
**tellus** - earth
1193
retaliate
**talis** - of such a type
1194
anguish
**ango** - choke
1195
fester
**fistula** - pipe
1196
merdivorous (2)
**merda** - dung & **voro** - to eat
1197
stipend
**stips** - donation, alms
1198
tolerate
**tolero** - to endure
1199
ampersand (2)
**per** - through & **se** - him/her/itself
| ampersand is contracted from 'and per se and'
1200
nun
**nonnus** - monk
1201
mediocre (2)
**medius** - middle & **ocris** - rugged mountain
1202
nasturtium (2)
**nasus** - nose & **torqueo** - to twist, turn
## Footnote
Definition: type of plant
1203
abstemious
**temetum** - liquor
## Footnote
Definition: moderate in drinking
1204
foreign(er)
**foris** - outdoors
1205
consternate
**sterno** - to lay out, stretch
## Footnote
Definition: to throw into confusion
1206
remedy
**medeor** - to heal
1207
gout
**gutta** - drop
1208
tellurium
**tellus** - earth
## Footnote
Definition: an element
1209
chevron
**caper** - goat
## Footnote
Definition: a figure, pattern, or object having the shape of a V or an inverted V
1210
abattoir
**battuo** - to beat
## Footnote
Definition: slaughterhouse
1211
peloton
**pila** - ball
## Footnote
Definition: a small body of soldiers (or the fitness company)
1212
frittata
**frigo** - to fry
1213
avalanche (?)
**labor** - to slip, fall
1214
(re)hearse
**hirpex** - rake
1215
eglantine
**acus** - needle, pin
## Footnote
Definition: sweetbriar; an Old World rose
1216
cancel
**cancelli, orum** - barrier
1217
palomino
**palumbes** - pigeon
| (apparently so called for its dove like color)
## Footnote
Definition: type of horse
1218
foment
**foveo** - to heat, caress
## Footnote
Definition: to promote the growth or development of
1219
oscillation
**os** - mouth
1220
effervescent
**ferveo** - to boil
1221
cutlass/cutlery
**culter** - knife
1222
fetid
**feteo** - to stink
## Footnote
Definition: bad smelling
1223
(ac)custom
**suesco** - to be accustomed
1224
miller
**mola** - mill(stone)
1225
puberty
**pubes** - young child
1226
pitch
**pix** - pitch
## Footnote
Definition: thick, tenacious, resinous substance obtained from tar or turpentine, wood tar
1227
proper(ty)
**proprius** - one's own
1228
calumny
**calvor** - to deceive
## Footnote
Definition: false accusation
1229
**imbrices**
**imber** - rain
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word meaning 'gutters'
1230
comrade
**camera** - vault
1231
conglomerate
**glomus, -eris, n.** - ball
1232
menthol
**menta** - mint
1233
salivate
**saliva** - spit
1234
a capella
**cappa** - large cloak
## Footnote
Definition: music with no instruments
1235
store
**instauro** - to renew
| (**-stauro** only exists with prefixes)
1236
menstrual
**mensis** - month
1237
inferno/infernal
**infimus** - lowest, bottom
1238
portmanteau (2)
**porto** - to carry & **mantellum** - cloak
1239
raucous
**raucus** - hoarse
| (related to **ravis** - hoarseness)
1240
detail/entail
**talea** - staff, stick
1241
palpitation
**palpo** - to stroke, caress
1242
fiber
**fibra** - fiber, root, entrail
1243
vanilla
**vagina** - sheath
1244
mulberry
**morus** - mulberry
1245
masculine
**mas** - man
1246
ivory
**ebur** - ivory
1247
contempt
**temno** - to despise
1248
pallbearer
**palla** - cloak
1249
paunch
**pantex** - belly
1250
tilde
**titulus** - label, title
## Footnote
Definition: this symbol (~)
1251
article/articulate
**artus** - limb
1252
pillage (?)
**pilus** - hair
1253
presto
**praesto** - ready, at hand
1254
mince
**minuo** - to lessen
1255
colander
**colo** - to strain, filter
| (**colum** - sieve)
## Footnote
Definition: vessel perforated with little holes to allow liquid to run off
1256
crinoline (2)
**crinis** - hair & **linum** - thread
1257
vaporize
**vapor** - vapor, steam
1258
floccinaucinihilipilification (5)
**floccus** - lock (of wool), trifle & **naucum** - a trifle & **nihil** - nothing & **pilus** - hair & **facio** - to do, make
## Footnote
Definition: valuation something as worthless
1259
mastiff
**manus** - hand
| (through Latin **mansuetudo** - gentleness)
1260
chum
**camera** - vault
## Footnote
Definition: friend
1261
posse
**potis** - powerful, able
1262
scrutiny
**scrutor** - to search
1263
perforate
**foro** - to pierce
1264
exude
**sudor** - sweat
1265
putrid
**puter** - rotten
1266
proclivity
**clivus** - slope
## Footnote
Definition: inclination
1267
archipelago
**pelagus** - sea
1268
shrine
**scrinium** - box
1269
fascinate
**fascinus (um)** - evil eye
1270
forfeit (2)
**foris** - outdoors & **facio** - to do, make
1271
ritual
**ritus** - ceremony
1272
exasperate
**asper** - harsh, rough
1273
cremate
**cremo** - to burn
1274
tinnitus
**tinnio** - to ring
1275
collide
**laedo** - to harm, injure
1276
carpet
**carpo** - to pluck
1277
truncheon
**truncus** - trunk
## Footnote
Definition: a baton (typically a police officer's)
1278
vaunt
**vanus** - empty, hollow
## Footnote
Definition: to brag
1279
sedulous
**dolus** - trick
| (**se-** as in 'without that thing')
## Footnote
Definition: diligent
1280
vow
**voveo** - to promise, pray
1281
languish
**langueo** - to be sluggish
1282
vespers
**vesper** - evening
## Footnote
Definition: a service of evening worship featuring mostly music
1283
La Paz
**pax** - peace
## Footnote
Definition: Administrative Capital of Bolivia
1284
critter
**creo** - to create
1285
align
**linea** - line
1286
relay
**laxus** - loose
1287
mauve
**malva** - mallow-plant
## Footnote
Definition: a pale purple color
1288
piston
**pinso** - to pound
1289
vicar
**vicis** - change
## Footnote
Definition: an ecclesiastical agent
1290
lobster
**locusta** - locust
1291
defile
**fullo** - drycleaner
1292
patio
**pateo** - to lie open
1293
pearl
**perna** - ham
1294
lint
**linea** - line
1295
inchoative
**incoho** - to begin
1296
petard
**pedo** - to fart
## Footnote
Definition: type of bomb (hoisted by your own petard)
1297
remora
**mora** - delay
## Footnote
Definition: "shark suckers"; a type of fish
1298
shambles
**scamnum** - stool
1299
cup
**cupa** - cask, barrel, vat, tub
1300
chancellor
**cancelli, orum** - barrier
1301
quilt
**culcita** - mattress, cushion
1302
rebound
**bombus** - a humming, buzzing
| (not from **unda**)
1303
rouge
**ruber** - red
1304
curtail
**curtus** - mutilated, broken
1305
fastidious
**fastidium** - loathing, aversion
| (perhaps from **fastus** pride & **taedium** - weariness
1306
mammal
**mamma** - breast
1307
Saturday
**Saturnus** - Saturn
1308
indefatigable
**fatigo** - to tire
## Footnote
Definition: untiring
1309
mantle
**mantellum** - cloak
1310
facetious
**facetus** - witty
1311
reimburse
**bursa** - purse, bag
1312
sachet
**saccus** - bag
1313
ace
**as** - (copper) coin, a whole
1314
scalpel
**scalpo** - to carve
1315
fool
**follis** - bag
1316
arraign
**reor** - to think
1317
fry
**frigo** - to fry
1318
**natatorium**
**no** - to swim
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word for 'swimming pool'
1319
stratosphere
**sterno** - to lay out, stretch
1320
Sn (chemical symbol)
**stannum** - tin
1321
lumbago
**lumbus** - loin
## Footnote
Definition: pain in the lower back
1322
fuselage
**fusus** - spindle
1323
suffocate
**fauces, faucium** - throat
1324
suture
**suo** - to stitch
## Footnote
Definition: act of sewing (part. for a wound)
1325
camera
**camera** - vault
1326
budge
**bullio** - to boil
1327
nourish
**nutrio** - to nourish
1328
opinion
**opinor** - to think
1329
rout(e)
**rumpo** - to break
1330
crest
**crista** - crest
1331
decal
**calx** - heel
1332
profligate
**fligo** - to strike
## Footnote
Definition: recklessly extravagant
1333
jaundice
**galbinus** - greenish-yellow
## Footnote
Definition: yellowish pigmentation of the skin
1334
mendacious
**mendax** - lying
| (ult. from **menda** - a fault, blemish)
1335
flail
**flagrum** - whip
1336
affidavit
**fidus** - faithful
1337
garrulous
**garrio** - to chatter
## Footnote
Definition: chatty
1338
found
**fundus** - bottom, farm
## Footnote
Definition: to establish
1339
parsec (2)
**par** - equal & **sequor** to follow
| (short for 'parallax second')
## Footnote
Definition: unit of interstellar distance
1340
follicle
**follis** - bag
1341
tornado (?)
**tono** - to thunder OR
**torqueo** - to turn, twist
1342
adulation
**adulor** - to flatter
## Footnote
Definition: extreme or excessive admiration or flattery
1343
kettle
**catinus** - bowl, pot
1344
immolate
**mola** - mill(stone)
## Footnote
Definition: to destroy especially by fire
1345
dinner
**ieiunus** - hungry
1346
poster
**postis** - doorpost
1347
cobra
**coluber** - snake
1348
Na (sodium)
**natrium** - sodium
1349
crouton
**crusta** - crust
1350
purse
**bursa** - purse, bag
1351
falcon
**falx** - hook
1352
dissipate
**supo** - to scatter
| (through **dissipo** - to scatter)
1353
lemur
**lemures, lemurum** - ghosts, spirits of the dead
| (cf. **lemuria** - festival for the dead)
1354
scallion
**caepa** - onion
1355
mitten
**medius** - middle
1356
satellite
**satelles** - bodyguard
1357
change
**cambio** - to exchange
1358
deluxe
**luxuria** - extravagance, luxury
1359
posthumous
**post** - after
| (not humus)
1360
emulsify
**mulgeo** - to milk
1361
stimulus
**stimulus** - goad
1362
exaggerate
**agger** - mass, heap
1363
noise (?)
**nausea** - nausea OR **noceo** - to harm
1364
pencil
**penis** - tail
1365
poppy(seed)
**papaver** - poppy seed
1366
festoon
**festus** - festive, merry
## Footnote
Definition: decorative chain of flowers
1367
stratus (cloud)
**sterno** - to lay out, stretch
1368
sober
**ebrius** - drunk
| (**se-** as in without that thing)
1369
launch
**lancea** - long spear
1370
rascal
**rado** - to scrape
1371
pelvis
**pelvis** - shallow bowl
1372
sirloin/tenderloin
**lumbus** - loin
1373
torch (?)
**torqueo** - to turn, twist
1374
fraud
**fraus** - fraud
1375
stagnate
**stagnum** - pool
1376
loin
**lumbus** - loin
1377
peasant
**pagus** - district, region
1378
quandary (?)
**quando** - when
1379
fervor
**ferveo** - to boil
1380
marshmallow
**malva** - mallow-plant
1381
nonpareil
**par** - equal
## Footnote
Definition: having no equal
1382
Parmesan
**parma** - shield
1383
sully
**sus** - pig
## Footnote
Definition: to make dirty
1384
margin
**margo** - edge
1385
defecate
**faex** - dregs
1386
neat
**niteo** - to shine
1387
culprit (2)
**culpa** - blame & **praesto** - ready, at hand
| through French a contraction of "Culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille)" - guilty, ready (to prove our case)
1388
shallot
**caepa** - onion
1389
inure
**opus** - work
## Footnote
Definition: to accustom to accept something undesirable
1390
fulcrum
**fulcio** - to prop up
1391
large
**largus** - lavish, plentiful
1392
callous
**callum** - hard skin
1393
palisade
**palus** - stake
## Footnote
Definition: a fence of stakes especially for defense
1394
forceps (2)
**formus** warm & **capio** - take
## Footnote
Definition: a pair of pincers or tweezers used in surgery or in a laboratory.
1395
alligator (2)
**ille** - that & **lacertus** - lizard
1396
columbarium
**columba** - dove
1397
perm (hairstyle)
**maneo** - to stay
| (perm is short for permanent wave)
1398
vie
**invito** - to invite
1399
sack
**saccus** - bag
1400
titillate
**titillo** - to tickle
1401
cute
**acuo** - to sharpen
1402
abolish
**aboleo** - to destroy
1403
craven
**crepo** - to rattle
## Footnote
Definition: cowardly
1404
labial
**labium** - lip
1405
bifurcate
**furca** - fork
## Footnote
Definition: to divide into two branches or parts
1406
chalice
**calix** - cup
1407
carbon
**carbo** - charcoal
1408
gourd
**cucurbita** - gourd
1409
cremains
**maneo** - to stay, remain
1410
moist
**mucus** - mucus
1411
constipated
**stipo** - to compress, pack
1412
svelte
**vello** - to pluck
## Footnote
Definition: slender
1413
caulk
**calx** - small stone
1414
verrucose
**verruca** - wart
## Footnote
Definition: warty
1415
confiscate
**fiscus** - treasury
1416
concubine
**cubo** - to recline
1417
gibbous
**gibbus** - heap, hump
## Footnote
Definition: swollen
1418
juggle
**iocus** - joke
1419
crispy
**crispus** - curly
1420
cross
**crux** - cross
1421
chimney
**caminus** - fire place
1422
velvet
**villus** - hair
1423
pagan
**pagus** - district, region
1424
termite
**termes** - branch
1425
dicker
**decem** - ten
## Footnote
Definition: bargain
1426
hussar
**curro** - to run
## Footnote
Definition: European light cavalry unit used for scouting
1427
(a)stray (?)
**vagor** - to wander
1428
volcano
**Vulcanus** - Vulcan
1429
irrigation
**rigo** - to moisten
1430
panache
**pinna** - feather
1431
crepe
**crispus** - curly
1432
level
**libra** - scale
1433
pipe(tte)
**pipio** - to chrip
1434
astute
**astus** - cunning
1435
radius
**radius** - ray, beam of light
1436
pill
**pila** - ball
1437
palace
**Palatinus** - (of/relating to) the Palatine Hill
1438
propitious
**propitius** - favorable
1439
condiment
**condio** - to pickle
1440
fatigue
**fatigo** - to tire
1441
cusp
**cuspis** - sharp point, tip
1442
fugue
**fugio** - to flee
## Footnote
Definition: a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts
1443
money
**moneta** - mint
| (as in **Juno Moneta**, perhaps through **moneo** - to warn)
1444
arid
**areo** - to be dry
## Footnote
Definition: dry
1445
succulent
**sucus** - juice
1446
ornament
**orno** - to decorate
1447
**flagellum**
**flagrum** - whip
## Footnote
Definition: Latin word meaning "whip"
1448
member
**membrum** - limb
1449
chapel
**cappa** - large cloak
1450
medal
**metallum** - mine, metal
1451
Emmy
**imago** - image, mask
| (Emmy is short for immy, a part of an early TV)
## Footnote
Definition: a television award
1452
foie-gras (the gras part)
**crassus** - thick, fat
1453
vacillate
**vacillo** - to totter
1454
pituitary
**pituita** - phlegm
1455
mini-
**minium** - red lead
1456
suffragist
**suffragor** - to support
| (through **suffragium** - a vote)
1457
escutcheon
**scutum** - shield
## Footnote
Definition: a flat piece of metal for protection and often ornamentation, around a keyhole, door handle, or light switch.
1458
matador (?)
**macto** - to sacrifice
1459
pichiciego
**caecus** - blind
## Footnote
Definition: pink fairy armadillo
1460
fusillade
**focus** - hearth
## Footnote
Definition: simultaneous firing of firearms
1461
incus
**incus** - anvil
## Footnote
Definition: one of the three ear bones
1462
milliner
**Mediolanum** - Milan
## Footnote
Definition: a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
1463
ogre (?)
**Orcus** - Hades
1464
pulpit
**pulpitum** - wooden platform
1465
pulp
**pulpa** - mash, fleshy substance of animal or fruit
1466
scrupulous
**scrupus** - rough stone, anxiety
1467
palette
**pala** - shovel
## Footnote
Definition: painter's tablet for colors
1468
spurious
**spurius** - an illegitimate child
1469
faucet (?)
**fauces, faucium** - throat
1470
farrago
**far** - spelt (grain)
## Footnote
Definition: a confused mixture
1471
fustigate
**fustis** - club
## Footnote
Definition: to criticize
1472
jeans
**Genua** - Genoa
1473
burlap (?)
**burra** - wool or **burrus** - red
1474
potpourri
**puter** - rotten
1475
liquor
**liqueo** - to be liquid
1476
avant-garde
**ab** - from
## Footnote
Definition: an intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts especially in the arts
1477
cirrus
**cirrus** - lock of hair
## Footnote
Definition: light, fleecy cloud
1478
cicatrix
**cicatrix** - scar
## Footnote
Definition: a scar resulting from formation and contraction of fibrous tissue in a wound
1479
prodigy (?)
**aio** - speak
1480
junk (?)
**iuncus** - reed
1481
jersey
**Caesar** - Caesar
1482
aedile
**aedes** - temple
1483
Cologne
**colo** - to till, worship, cultivate
1484
napalm
**palma** - palm
1485
sierra
**serra** - saw
## Footnote
Definition: a range of mountains especially with a serrated or irregular outline
1486
cul-de-sac (2?)
**culus - posterior** & (perhaps) **saccus** - bag
1487
Santa Fe (2)
**sancio** - to decree, devote & **fides** - faith
1488
pea
**pisum** - pea
1489
distill/instill
**stilla** - drop
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Definition Derivs (Part 3)356
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Definition Derivs (Part 4)356
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Definition Derivs (Part 5)356
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Challenging Definition Derivs (Part 1)408
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Challenging Definition Derivs (Part 2)409
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Latin Derivs Part 1356
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Latin Derivs Part 2356
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Latin Derivs Part 3356
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Latin Derivs Part 4356
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Latin Derivs Part 5356
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Challenging Derivs Part 1500
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Challenging Derivs Part 2334
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