word of the day
NOTES:
*1 a day
*Alternate words/phrases
*Use in a sentence
*Review previous by asking students to use in sentences
Latin i-a
Clc unit 1 (Stages 1-12)
word of the day
habitat
habitābant
‘they were living’
The habitat of fish and whales is the ocean.
Latin i-a
tres ursi (1)
word of the day
magnify
magna
‘big’
Use a microscope to magnify the cell
on that slide.
Latin i-a
tres ursi (2)
word of the day
ursine
ursus
‘bear’
That big man has a very ursine way
of walking!
Latin i-a
tres ursi (3)
word of the day
mediocre
mediocris
‘medium-sized’
You did a mediocre job on that quiz;
I know you can do better!
Latin i-a
tres ursi (4)
word of the day
paternity
pater
‘father’
Puff Daddy asked for a paternity test
to see if the child was his.
Latin i-a
tres ursi (5)
word of the day
sylvan
silva
‘forest/woods’
I saw many sylvan creatures such as bears and
deer on my recent trip to the National Forest.
Latin i-a
tres ursi (6)
word of the day
horticulture
hortus
‘garden’
Horticulture involves too much digging!
Latin i-a
Stage 1 (1)
word of the day
sedentary
sedet
‘sits, is sitting’
Bob is so sedentary; he never goes outside!
Latin i-a
Stage 1 (2)
word of the day
viaduct
via
‘street’
From the viaduct you can see
the road below.
Latin i-a
Stage 1 (3)
word of the day
affiliation
fīlius
‘son’
There is no affiliation
between those two groups.
Latin i-a
Stage 1 (4)
word of the day
collaborate
labōrat
‘works, is working’
The ability to collaborate is essential
for working in groups.
Latin i-a
Stage 1 (5)
word of the day
culinary
culīna
‘kitchen’
That pie was so tasty;
you should go to culinary school!
Latin i-a
Stage 1 (6)
word of the day
servile
servus
‘slave’
If Spartacus were not servile,
his master would get mad.
Latin i-a
Stage 1 (7)
word of the day
matrilineal
māter
‘mother’
When my grandmother died,
I received a matrilineal inheritance.
Latin i-a
Stage 1 (8)
word of the day
amicable
amīcus
‘friend’
Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd have
anything but an amicable relationship!
Latin i-a
Stage 2 (1)
word of the day
laudatory
laudat
‘praises’
Mr. Webb is cool because he always makes
laudatory comments to me.
Latin i-a
Stage 2 (2)
word of the day
salutatorian
salūtat
‘greets’
The salutatorian gave a speech
at graduation.
Latin i-a
Stage 2 (3)
word of the day
dormant
dormit
‘sleeps’
The people of Pompeii thought
Mt. Vesuvius was dormant.
Latin i-a
Stage 2 (4)
word of the day
mercantile
mercātor
‘merchant’
The Federal Trade Commission
regulates mercantile matters.
Latin i-a
Stage 2 (5)
word of the day
gustatory
gustat
‘tastes’
For your gustatory delight,
I have made fudge!
Latin i-a
Stage 2 (6)
word of the day
ciborium
cibus
‘food’
The priest took the communion wafers
out of the ciborium.
Latin i-a
Stage 2 (7)
word of the day
cenacle
cēna
‘dinner’
Won’t you step into the cenacle
and we shall enjoy our meal?
Latin i-a
Stage 2 (8)
word of the day
portage
portat
‘carries’
Because those rapids are so dangerous, we
will have to portage the canoe around them.
Latin i-a
Stage 3 (1)
word of the day
irate
īrātus
‘angry’
The students were irate because the teacher
gave them tests for 8 days in a row.
Latin i-a
Stage 3 (2)
word of the day
imbibe
bibit
‘drinks’
After the hero imbibed the witch’s potion,
he fell to the ground, dead.
Latin i-a
Stage 3 (3)
word of the day
insurrection
surgit
‘gets up, rises’
The terrible conditions in that country
caused an insurrection by its people.
Latin i-a
Stage 3 (4)
word of the day
circumnavigate
nāvis
‘ship’
Ferdinand Magellan was the first person
to circumnavigate the globe.
Latin i-a
Stage 3 (5)
word of the day
deride
rīdet
‘laughs, smiles’
The principal was angry because students
at his school often deride each other.
Latin i-a
Stage 3 (6)
word of the day
magnanimous
magnus
‘great, big’
Quacklebert expressed his magnanimous nature
when he donated to the poor,
even though he himself has little money.
Latin i-a
Stage 3 (7)
word of the day
visage
videt
‘sees’
Looking down from the mountain, I can see
the dirty visage of the run-down town below.
Latin i-a
Stage 3 (8)
word of the day
precocious
coquit
‘cooks’
Your baby daughter is so precocious; she already
knows what she wants to be when she grows up!
Latin i-a
Stage 4 (1)
word of the day
rehabilitate
habet
‘has, have, hold’
After a car accident injured her legs, Foofoo went
through months of rehabilitation to learn to walk again.
Latin i-a
Stage 4 (2)
word of the day
designate
signum
‘sign’
I designated Poopina as the person in charge
of finding syrup for the pancake breakfast.
Latin i-a
Stage 4 (3)
word of the day
inquisition
quaerit
‘seeks, looks for’
During the Spanish Inquisition, the Church
tried to root out non-believers.
Latin i-a
Stage 4 (4)
word of the day
vocation
vocat
‘calls’
The church’s Director of Vocations speaks with
people who are interested in becoming priests.
Latin i-a
Stage 4 (5)
word of the day
judicial
iudex
‘judge’
After Mooglebert earned his law degree,
he became an expert in judicial matters.
Latin i-a
Stage 4 (6)
word of the day
impecunious
pecunia
‘money’
Because Foodlebert has never been able to find a
steady job, he constantly finds himself impecunious.
Latin i-a
Stage 4 (7)
word of the day
egotism
ego
‘I’
I can’t stand Blorkbong’s egotism; all he ever
talks about is how he always gets A’s.
Latin i-a
Stage 4 (8)
word of the day
agrarian
agricola
‘farmer’
The 16,000 dairy farmers in Wisconsin
lead an agrarian lifestyle.
Latin i-a
Stage 5 (1)
word of the day
urbane
urbs
‘city’
Horsenose couldn’t satisfy his urbane tastes for theatre
and fine dining when he lived out in the country.
Latin i-a
Stage 5 (2)
word of the day
convene
venit
‘comes’
The Senators convened in Washington, DC in
order to try and solve the problem.
Latin i-a
Stage 5 (3)
word of the day
excursion
currit
‘runs’
Lewis and Clark went on an excursion to
explore the American West.
Latin i-a
Stage 5 (4)
word of the day
effeminate
femina
‘woman’
Many of his classmates made fun of Poozletip
because they felt he acted effeminately.
Latin i-a
Stage 5 (5)
word of the day
contentious
contendit
‘hurries’
The two presidential candidates debated many
contentious issues last night.
Latin i-a
Stage 5 (6)
word of the day
perambulator
ambulat
‘walks’
Hogpus and Dorkwina put their baby back in the
perambulator after checking it for their flight.
Latin i-a
Stage 5 (7)
word of the day
confabulate
fabula
‘story’
The eyewitness couldn’t remember the entire
story, so he just confabulated most of it.
Latin i-a
Stage 5 (8)
word of the day
avarice
avarus
‘miser, scrooge’
Even though Jigsnap won $1,000 on the slots, his
avarice forced him to keep going - and he lost it all.
Latin i-a
Stage 6 (1)
word of the day
pulsate
pulsat
‘beats’
My headache was so bad that it felt like
my entire skull was pulsating.
Latin i-a
Stage 6 (2)
word of the day
furtive
fur
‘thief’
The cat burglar crept furtively from house to
house, stealing as many goods as possible.
Latin i-a
Stage 6 (3)
word of the day
inscription
scribit
‘writes’
The inscription above the entrance to the temple
indicated that it was dedicated to the gods.
Latin i-a
Stage 6 (4)
word of the day
fortitude
fortis
‘strong, brave’
Because LaBomba has such intestinal fortitude,
drinking a bottle of hot sauce did not affect her.
Latin i-a
Stage 6 (5)
word of the day
redemption
emit
‘buys’
Many religious people believe that God has
a plan for the redemption of the world.
Latin i-a
Stage 6 (6)
word of the day
benevolent
bonus
‘good’
While many dictators are cruel and oppressive,
some have been benevolent.
Latin i-a
Stage 6 (7)
word of the day
vituperate
vituperat
‘curse’
The teacher vituperated Nosemonk mercilessly
after he spilled acid all over the floor.
Latin i-a
Stage 6 (8)
word of the day
omnibus
omnis
‘all’
Congress passed an omnibus anti-crime bill that
addressed a variety of crime-related issues.
Latin i-a
Stage 7 (1)
word of the day
nihilistic
nihil
‘nothing’
Jinglepop’s nihilistic beliefs enraged his friends,
who believe that life has purpose.
Latin i-a
Stage 7 (2)
word of the day
umbrage
umbra
‘shadow’
The candidate for American Idol took umbrage
at the judges’ cruel remarks.
Latin i-a
Stage 7 (3)
word of the day
pulchritude
pulcher, pulchra
‘beautiful’
Some say that no-talent singers like Britney Spears and
Paris Hilton only succeed because of their pulchritude.
Latin i-a
Stage 7 (4)
word of the day
interrogation
rogat / rogāvit
‘asks’
The police interrogated the suspect for 56 straight
hours, until she confessed to stealing the eraser.
Latin i-a
Stage 7 (5)
word of the day
confection
facit / fēcit
‘makes, does’
That candy-bar is a tasty confection of
nuts, caramel, nougat, and chocolate.
Latin i-a
Stage 7 (6)
word of the day
taciturn
tacitē
‘silently’
It is often difficult to determine whether
taciturn students are grasping the material.
Latin i-a
Stage 7 (7)
word of the day
lachrymose
lacrimat / lacrimāvit
‘cries, weeps’
Alfengop was pink-eyed and lachrymose as
he read the moving children’s book.
Latin i-a
Stage 7 (8)
word of the day
exsanguinate
sanguis
‘blood’
Because Uniodorf’s body exsanguinated in the
accident, he was given multiple pints of blood.
Latin i-a
Stage 8 (1)
word of the day
pugnacious
pugnat / pugnāvit
‘fights’
Politicians are often so pugnacious that it is difficult to get
them to stop attacking each other and talk about issues.
Latin i-a
Stage 8 (2)
word of the day
incite
incitat / incitāvit
‘urges on’
The man’s racist remarks incited the crowd
to a riot.
Latin i-a
Stage 8 (3)
word of the day
renounce
nūntius
‘messenger’
After 32 years of smoking a pack a day,
Sigabookle renounced the habit entirely.
Latin i-a
Stage 8 (4)
word of the day
impediment
pēs
‘foot’
The log which fell across the road was an
impediment on our drive home.
Latin i-a
Stage 8 (5)
word of the day
induction
dūcit / dūxit
‘leads’
Those who wish to become part of the National Honor
Society participate in an induction ceremony.
Latin i-a
Stage 8 (6)
word of the day
totalitarian
tōtus
‘whole’
As sole ruler, Emperor Maxiporcus controlled
his totalitarian government with an iron fist.
Latin i-a
Stage 8 (7)
word of the day
postulate
postulat / postulāvit
‘demands’
Early scientists postulated that the earth was flat,
thus resulting in faulty maps and calculations.
Latin i-a
Stage 8 (8)
word of the day
civic
cīvis
‘citizen’
It is important for everyone 18 and older to do
their civic responsibility and vote!
Latin i-a
Stage 9 (1)
word of the day
inhospitable
hospes
‘guest’
No one can live in the Arctic because
the weather conditions are so inhospitable to humans.
Latin i-a
Stage 9 (2)
word of the day
emissions
emittit : emīsit
‘throws, sends out’
To protect the environment, federal laws require that
carbon emissions from cars be below a certain level.
Latin i-a
Stage 9 (3)
word of the day
notorious
nōtus
‘well-known, famous’
Because of the magnitude of their crimes, Billy the
Kid and The Unabomber are both notorious criminals.
Latin i-a
Stage 9 (4)
word of the day
ostensible
ostendit / ostendit
‘shows’
The ostensible purpose for the trip to Rome was
to see the sights, but in reality, the family just wanted
to eat 4,000 pounds of pasta per day.
Latin i-a
Stage 9 (5)
word of the day
vociferous
fert / tulit
‘carries’
Because her dog was killed by radiation poisoning,
Yukaluka was a vociferous opponent
of nuclear power plants.
Latin i-a
Stage 9 (6)
word of the day
agnostic
agnoscit / agnōvit
‘recognizes’
Zitmeister feels that we can’t know if God does or
does not exist; these agnostic beliefs irritate
his parents, who are both devout Christians.
Latin i-a
Stage 9 (7)
word of the day
celebrant
celebrat / celebrāvit
‘celebrates’
The celebrant at today’s mass
will be a priest named Fr. Bill.
Latin i-a
Stage 9 (8)
word of the day
malcontent
contentus
‘satisfied’
The presidential candidate could hardly finish
his speech because of all the noise from
the malcontents in the audience.
Latin i-a
Stage 10 (1)
word of the day
fraternity
frāter
‘brother’
When he arrived at college, James Juicesucker
joined a fraternity so that he could always
have people to hang out with.
Latin i-a
Stage 10 (2)
word of the day
imperious
imperium
‘empire’
The general kept all of his soldiers
on their best behavior with his imperious manner.
Latin i-a
Stage 10 (3)
word of the day
denounce
nūntiat, nūntiāvit
‘announce’
The politician vigorously denounced her opponent
after he said such horrible things about her dog.
Latin i-a
Stage 10 (4)
word of the day
pacifist
pāx
‘peace’
The pacifists stood in front of the White House,
protesting the war in Iraq.
Latin i-a
Stage 10 (5)
word of the day
soliloquy
sōlus
‘alone, lonely’
In a long soliloquy, Dido spoke aloud to herself,
trying to determine what to do now that
her lover Aeneas was planning to leave.
Latin i-a
Stage 10 (6)
word of the day
uxorious
uxor
‘wife’
Joe Bob LaBob’s buddies make fun of him because,
ever since his wedding, he has been so uxorious
that he won’t ever hang out with them.
Latin i-a
Stage 10 (7)
word of the day
transit
it, iit
‘go’
After waiting two months for his new toy from
Amazon.com, Toonafeesh called the post office and
found out that the package was still in transit.
Latin i-a
Stage 10 (8)
word of the day
credible
crēdit : crēdidit
‘believe, trust’
The police did not raid the house because they did
not think the information from the tipster was credible.
Latin i-a
Stage 11 (1)
word of the day
convention
convenit : convēnit
‘gathers, meets’
In June Mr. Webb will go to a national convention
of Latin teachers, and attend many interesting talks.
Latin i-a
Stage 11 (2)
word of the day
favoritism
favet : fāvit
‘favors, supports’
It is very annoying and unfair when some teachers
show favoritism to certain students!
Latin i-a
Stage 11 (3)
word of the day
legible
legit : lēgit
‘reads’
Be sure to make your writing legible on the test,
otherwise you might not get credit for your answers!
Latin i-a
Stage 11 (4)
word of the day
enrapture
rapit : rapuit
‘seizes, grabs’
Sookiesookie smiled broadly, finding himself
utterly enraptured by the fantastic story.
Latin i-a
Stage 11 (5)
word of the day
liberal
līberālis
‘generous’
I’d like an ice cream cone with a liberal sprinkling
of chopped nuts on top.
Latin i-a
Stage 11 (6)
word of the day
amiss
āmittit : āmīsit
‘loses’
As soon as the teacher walked into his classroom,
he realized something was amiss.
Latin i-a
Stage 12 (1)
word of the day
incinerate
cinis
‘ash’
In order to cremate the dead bodies,
the mortician incinerated them.
Latin i-a
Stage 12 (2)
word of the day
complementary
complet : complēvit
‘fills’
“My wife is so complementary to me,” said
Skilletdog, “all the qualities that I lack, she has!”
Latin i-a
Stage 12 (3)
word of the day
incident
incidit : incidit
‘falls’
Barfius Bozo sternly told Professor Bob, “You will not tell
anybody about the incident last Friday in which I blew up
a Porta-Potty by putting ten potatoes in a microwave!”
Latin i-a
Stage 12 (4)
word of the day
epistle
epistula
‘letter’
After Melissa broke up with Grumio, she wrote him
a lengthy epistle detailing why he was a loser.
Latin i-a
Stage 12 (5)
word of the day
refuge
fugit : fūgit
‘runs away, flees’
Because of the massive flooding in their town,
thousands of residents sought refuge with their
friends and family in other parts of the state.
Latin i-a
Stage 12 (6)