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Lessons 7 & 8
Creature Comforts
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Literature
9th Grade
05/28/2009

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DOMUS
Definition
house
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Domestic
Definition
related to the family or household
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Domicile
Definition
a home; residence
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DOMINUS
Definition
head of household, lord, master
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Dominion
Definition
control; rule; area of influence
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Domain
Definition
range of one's control; territory
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Domineer
Definition
to dominate; to be bossy
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DORMIO, DORMIRE, DORMIVI, DORMITUM
Definition
to sleep
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Dormant
Definition
asleep; not in an active state
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SOMNUS
Definition
sleep
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Somnolent
Definition

drowsy; sleepy

 

causing sleep

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Somnambulate
Definition
to walk while sleeping
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LAVO, LAVARE, LAVI, LAUTUM
Definition
to wash
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Deluge
Definition

a downpour; a great flood

 

to flood

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Ablution
Definition
washing of the body especially as a ritual purification
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VESTIS
Definition
garment
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Investiture
Definition
a ceremony in which a person formally receives the authority and symbols of an office
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Divest
Definition

to take away something belonging to someone, especially a right, title, or property; to dispossess

 

to strip away, especially clothes

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Travesty
Definition
an absurd of inferior imitation
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Vestment
Definition
a garment that indicates position or authority, especially the robes worn by clergy
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Vested
Definition

a concern for something from which a person expects to get personal benefit

 

dressed, especially in vestments

 

absolute; without question

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COQUO, COQUERE, COXI, COCTUM
Definition
to cook
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Concoct
Definition

to mix ingredients, as in cooking

 

to invent or devise

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Cuisine
Definition
a characteristic style of cooking
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Precocious
Definition
showing unusually early development, especially mentally
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VORO, VORARE, VORAVI, VORATUM
Definition
to devour
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Herbivorour
Definition
plant-eating
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Carnivorous
Definition
meat-eating
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Voracious
Definition

extremely hungry; greedy

 

eager for some activity or interest

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MEL, MELLIS
Definition
honey
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Mellifluous
Definition
sweet as honey (referring to voice or words)
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SAL
Definition
salt
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Saline
Definition
having to do with salt
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BIBO, BIBERE, BIBI, BIBITUM
Definition
to drink
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Imbibe
Definition

to drink

 

to absorb; to take in

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POTO, POTARE, POTAVI, POTUM
Definition
to drink
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Potion
Definition
a liquid for drinking, especially a medicinal, magic, or poisonous drink
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Potable
Definition
fit to drink
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LUDO, LUDERE, LUSI, LUSUM
Definition
to play
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Elude
Definition

to avoid or escape from cunning; to evade

 

to escape detection; to baffle

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Delusion
Definition

a false belief or opinion, especially one held in spite of contradictory evidence

 

a deception

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Collusion
Definition
a secret agreement for a deceitful purpose; conspiracy
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Allude
Definition
to make an indirect reference to
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