Latin Roots #9 Flashcards
Percolate
To cause a liquid to pass through a substance
Colare
To strain, filter
Colere, cultus
To till, care, cultivate
Cultivation
The act of preparing or raising crops, the state of being refined (well educated, manners, morals)
Coquere, coctum
To cook to mature
Precocious
exceptionally advanced or mature in development
Cor, cordis
Heart
Cordial
Deeply felt, warm regards
Corium
Skin, hide
Excoriate
To judge harshly, to wear the skin off
Corona
Crown
Coronation
The act of crowning or appointing
Corpus
Body
Corporeal
Having bodily form, some may see as solely having bodily form
Credere, credens
To believe, trust
Credential
Something giving confidence to ones abilities
Crescere, cretum
To grow
Crescendo
A gradual increase, volume, etc…
Crimen
Crime, offense
Incriminate
to charge with or prove guilty of a crime