'the Flood' Vocab & Derivatives

Front 1

sparse

Back 1

thinly scattered or distributed

spargo, spargere, sparsi, sparsum - spread, scatter

Front 2

fulminate

Back 2

detonate

fulmen, fuminis (n.) - thunderbolt

Front 3

conceive

Back 3

to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, a baby, etc.)

concipio, concipere, concepi, conceptum - seize, grasp, take

Front 4

concept

Back 4

a general notion or idea

concipio, concipere, concepi, conceptum - seize, grasp, take

Front 5

alate

Back 5

winged

ala, alae (f.) - wing

Front 6

barb

Back 6

a point or pointed part; a sharp, hurtful comment

barba, barbae (f.) - beard

Front 7

barber

Back 7

a person whose occupation is to cut and dress the hair of customers

barba, barbae (f.) - beard

Front 8

canescent

Back 8

covered with whitish/grayish pubescence/hairs (as certain plant)

canus, cana, canum - gray, hoary

Front 9

fluctuate

Back 9

to change continually; shift back and forth

fluo, fluere, fluxi, fluxum - flow

Front 10

fluent

Back 10

spoken with ease

fluo, fluere, fluxi, fluxum - flow

Front 11

capillary

Back 11

pertaining to, or occurring as, a small tube (adj.); a minute blood vessel (n.)

capillus, capilli (n.) - hair

Front 12

confront

Back 12

to face in hostility or defiance

frons, frontis (f.) - forehead, brow

Front 13

front

Back 13

the foremost part/surface of anything

frons, frontis (f.) - forehead, brow

Front 14

fragment

Back 14

a part broken off or detached

fragor, fragoris (m.) - crash, uproar

Front 15

confusion

Back 15

disorder; upheaval; tumult; chaos

fundo, fundere, fudi, fusum - pour, produce

Front 16

defuse

Back 16

to remove the fuse (from a bomb)

fundo, fundere, fudi, fusum - pour, produce

Front 17

fuse

Back 17

a tube, cord, etc. for igniting an explosive

fundo, fundere, fudi, fusum - pour, produce

Front 18

fusion

Back 18

the act/process of melting objects (usu. elements) together

fundo, fundere, fusi, fusum - pour, produce

Front 19

alimentary

Back 19

concerned with the function of nutrition

alimentum, alimenti (n.) - food, nourishment

Front 20

deplorable

Back 20

causing or being a subject for grief, anger or regret; lamentable

deploro, deplorare, deploravi, deploratum - weep bitterly, mourn for

Front 21

perishable

Back 21

subject to decay

pereo, perire, perii, peritum - perish, be lost

Front 22

cerulean

Back 22

dark blue, azure

caeruleus, caerulea, caeruleum - dark blue

Front 23

percussion

Back 23

striking of one body against another with some impact

percutio, percutere, percussi, percussum - strike, smite

Front 24

expatiate

Back 24

to make larger

exspatior, exspatiari, expatiatus sum - spread out

Front 25

culminate

Back 25

to reach the highest point

culmen, culminis (n.) - peak, roof

Front 26

latent

Back 26

present but not visible

lateo, latere, latui - lie hidden

Front 27

arable

Back 27

capable of producing crops

aro, arare, aravi, aratum - plow

Front 28

merge

Back 28

to cause to combine or coalesce

mergo, mergere, mersi, mersum - sink

Front 29

submerge

Back 29

to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium

Front 30

fortunate

Back 30

receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky

fors, fortis (f.) - chance, luck, accident

Front 31

prairie

Back 31

an extensive area of flat or rolling grassland

pratum, prati (n.) - field

Front 32

subject

Back 32

that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation

subiectus, subiecta, subiectum - placed beneath, lying below

Front 33

trite

Back 33

lacking in freshness or effectiveness

tero, terere, trivi, tritum - rub, scrape, graze, wear away

Front 34

ovine

Back 34

pertaining to sheep

ovis, ovis (f.) - sheep

Front 35

crural

Back 35

pertaining to the hind limbs

crus, cruris (n.) - leg

Front 36

velocity

Back 36

rapidity of motion or operation

velox, velocis - swift

Front 37

cervine

Back 37

of deer or of deer family

cervus, cervi (m.) - stag, deer

Front 38

sisto

Back 38

sisto, sistere, stiti, statum - stand, stop, rest

Front 39

lasso

Back 39

lasso, lassare, lassavi, lassatum - tire, weary

Front 40

parco

Back 40

parco, parcere, peperci, parsum (+dative) - spare

Front 41

victus

Back 41

victus, victus (m.) - diet, food

Front 42

axis

Back 42

axis, axis (m.) - pole

Front 43

protinus

Back 43

at once, straightaway

Front 44

quicumque

Back 44

whoever, whatever

Front 45

flamen, flaminis n.

Back 45

wind, blast

Front 46

seges, segetis, f.

Back 46

field of grain

Front 47

hortamen, hortaminis (n.)

Back 47

exhortation, harangue

Front 48

capella, capellae, f.

Back 48

nanny goat

Front 49

phoca, phocae, f.

Back 49

seal

Front 50

lucus, luci, m.

Back 50

grove

Front 51

aper, apri m.

Back 51

boar

Front 52

prosum, prodesse, profui

Back 52

(+dative) be useful to