Tehila's State Cards Flashcards
What Latin word best translates the English word forward?
Porro
What is the best English translation of instar?
Likeness
What does the Latin root of insipid mean?
To taste
What is the best English translation of saltus?
Glade
What locuples an antonym for?
pauper
What does the word avoirdupois mean in the sentence: “The man felt that he needed to work on improving his avoirdupois”?
Body weight
What is levo an antonym for?
gravo
From which Latin root is the word charnel derived?
Caro - flesh
From which Latin root is the word forgery derived?
Faber - workman
What does the word vamp mean in the sentence: “I needed to replace the vamp of my nicest shoes”?
Upper part
Which word does NOT belong by derivation? (rugose, rigmarole, rowel, uncontrollable)
rugose (from ruga - wrinkle)
Which Latin root is the word trench derived from?
truncus - trunk
Complete the analogy: sitis : bibo :: Fames : ???
edo
Complete the analogy: olfacio : odor :: Ausculto : ???
cantus (song)
What does the word vitiated mean in the sentence: “The spirits of the citizens were vitiated by opulence”?
Debased
From which Latin root is the word fealty derived?
Fides
What does the Latin root of secular mean?
Generation (saeculum)
Which Latin root is the word cater derived from?
Capio
From which Latin root is the word stevedore derived?
Stipo - compress
What does the Latin root of occidental mean?
Fall (cado)
What is the best English translation of teres?
Smooth
What does the Latin root of poniard mean?
Fist (pugnus)
From which Latin word and with what meaning is the English word plummet derived?
plumbum - lead
What does the word cavil mean in the sentence: “The students continued to cavil at the homework that I assigned”?
Raise trivial objections to
cavil from calvor - deceive
