petej65's Latin words

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• ADMONISHverbLatin183 findersTo inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
• ADVENTnounLatin70 findersArrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
• AMOEBICadjectiveLatin277 findersRelating to, or caused by an amoeba.
• ATROCIOUSadjectiveLatin71 findersFrightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
• AVAILverbLatin117 findersTo turn to the advantage of. [ with of]
• AVIANadjectiveLatin227 findersCharacteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.
• BIFURCATEDadjectiveLatin391 findersDivided into two branches.
• BOTULISMnounLatin435 findersPoisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
• CORPULENTadjectiveLatin467 findersLarge in body; fat; overweight.
• COUPnounLatin166 findersA quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
• CURMUDGEONnounLatin339 findersAn ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.
• DEITYnounLatin172 findersSynonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
• DELUGEnounLatin234 findersA great flood or rain.
• DETERverbLatin33 findersTo prevent something from happening.
• DEVOURverbLatin77 findersTo eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
• ENMITYnounLatin183 findersThe quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition.
• EXCELverbLatin67 findersTo surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
• EXHUMEverbLatin317 findersTo dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
• FACETIOUSadjectiveLatin491 findersTreating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
• FIBULAnounLatin164 findersAn ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
• FIDUCIARYadjectiveLatin489 findersRelating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
• FISSUREnounLatin136 findersA long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
• FULMINATEverbLatin535 findersTo make a verbal attack.
• INERTadjectiveLatin40 findersUnable to move or act; inanimate.
• LESIONnounLatin89 findersA wound or injury.
• LIGANDnounLatin47 findersA molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially: (coordination chemistry) Such an entity tha
• LIGATEverbLatin42 findersTo bind with a ligature or bandage.
• LUDICROUSadjectiveLatin153 findersIdiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
• MEDICINALadjectiveLatin56 findersHaving the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
• MILIEUnounLatin215 findersAn environment or setting; a medium; environs
• OBSIDIANnounLatin121 findersA type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.
• OBSOLETEadjectiveLatin48 findersNo longer in use or no longer useful; now disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer, better, or more fashionable); outmoded.
• OMINOUSadjectiveLatin77 findersOf or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
• PATERnounLatin90 findersFather.
• PATERNALadjectiveLatin73 findersOf or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
• PELOTONnounLatin31 findersA group of riders formed during a cycling road race; especially, the main group of riders; the pack.
• PEONnounLatin104 findersA lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
• PEWTERnounLatin221 findersAn alloy of approximately 93–98% tin and 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
• PLAIDnounLatin102 findersA type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
• PRUDEnounLatin67 findersA person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
• PUGNACIOUSadjectiveLatin1,132 findersNaturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
• PULCHRITUDEnounLatin679 findersPhysical beauty.
• PUTRIDadjectiveLatin580 findersRotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
• RAPACIOUSadjectiveLatin401 findersVoracious; avaricious.
• REPUDIATEverbLatin181 findersTo reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
• RUMINATEverbLatin348 findersTo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
• SAVANTnounLatin166 findersA person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
• SECULARadjectiveLatin450 findersNot specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
• SEDITIONnounLatin149 findersOrganized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
• SOLVENTnounLatin267 findersA fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
• TENACIOUSadjectiveLatin333 findersClinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
• TORRIDadjectiveLatin87 findersVery hot and dry.
• TREPIDadjectiveLatin127 findersTimid, timorous, fearful.
• TUBERnounLatin65 findersA fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
• UNDULATEverbLatin649 findersTo cause to move in a wavelike motion.
• USURPverbLatin173 findersTo seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).
• UVULAnounLatin740 findersEllipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
• VACUOUSadjectiveLatin546 findersEmpty; void; lacking meaningful content.
• VAGARYnounLatin244 findersAn erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action.
• VELUMnounLatin243 findersA thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. The soft palate. A thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relati
• VENOUSadjectiveLatin294 findersOf or pertaining to veins.
• VINDICATEverbLatin244 findersTo clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
• VOWELnounLatin118 findersA sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
• VULGARITYnounLatin370 findersThe quality of being vulgar.

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