Derivatives 25-28 Flashcards
Et cetera
And the rest, and so forth
Felicity
Great happiness, bliss
Fortuitous
Happening by good luck
Fugitive
One who flees from danger or justice
Nocturnal
Happening, or active in the night
Sanguinary
Bloodthirsty, accompanied by much bloodshed
Supernatural
Not attributable to natural forces
Aetat. or aet.
An abbreviation meaning aged, at the age of
Ardent
Intense in feeling, enthusiastic
Decapitate
Behead, cut the head off of
Derelict
Neglectful of duty
Edifice
A large imposing building
Illegible
Unable to be read
Quidnunc
An inquisitive, gossipy person, a busybody
Relinquish
Surrender, abandon, let go
Conjugal
Referring to the relation between husband and wife
Flume
A narrow gorge or ravine with a stream running through it
Oculist
One who deals with functions and diseases of the eye
Replenish
Furnish a new supply
Sempiternal
Everlasting, perpetual, eternal
Solar
Produced by or coming from the sun
Solstice
The time at which the sun is either at its farther north or its farthest south of the equator
Ubiquitous
Seeming to be present everywhere at the same time, omnipresent
Versatile
Competent in many things, able to turn easily from one occupation to another
Cloister
A place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery or convent
Divest
To free of something unwanted
Expound
To set forth point by point, to state in detail
Investiture
The conferring of an office or special authority, with appropriate symbols, robes, etc.
Posterity
All succeeding generations, future mankind
Sedentary
Keeping seated most of the time
Vestibule
A small entrance hall or room
Sanguine
Confident
