Aeneid Book 1: Derivatives Lines 223 - 304

Question 1

define

Answer 1

mark out the boundaries or limits of

Question 2

indefinite

Answer 2

not clearly expressed or defined

Question 3

fixate

Answer 3

direct one’s eyes toward

Question 4

illuminate

Answer 4

light up

Question 5

luminary

Answer 5

a person who inspires or influences others

Question 6

luminous

Answer 6

full of or shedding light

Question 7

fulminate

Answer 7

explode violently or flash like lightning

Question 8

solace

Answer 8

give comfort or consolation to

Question 9

elapse

Answer 9

(of time) pass or go by

Question 10

impress

Answer 10

make (someone) feel admiration or respect

Question 11

print

Answer 11

write clearly without joining the letters

Question 12

reprimand

Answer 12

a rebuke, especially an official one

Question 13

placid

Answer 13

not easily upset or excited

Question 14

libation

Answer 14

a drink poured out as an offering to a deity

Question 15

parsimony

Answer 15

extreme unwillingness to spend money or resources

Question 16

sublimate

Answer 16

divert or modify into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity

Question 17

sublime

Answer 17

of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration

Question 18

subliminal

Answer 18

below the threshold of sensation or consciousness

Question 19

magnanimous

Answer 19

generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person

Question 20

contusion

Answer 20

a bruise

Question 21

postpartum

Answer 21

following childbirth

Question 22

fulvous

Answer 22

reddish yellow, tawny

Question 23

nutrition

Answer 23

food or nourishment

Question 24

recondite

Answer 24

(of a subject or knowledge) little known

Question 25

indefatigable

Answer 25

persisting tirelessly

Question 26

onerous

Answer 26

involving heavy obligations

Question 27

onus

Answer 27

used to refer to something that is one's duty or responsibility

Question 28

vote

Answer 28

the right to indicate a choice in an election

Question 29

votary

Answer 29

a person, such as a monk or nun, who has made vows of dedication to a religious service

Question 30

mitigate

Answer 30

make less severe, serious, or painful

Question 31

secular

Answer 31

occurring once every century or a similarly long period

Question 32

vinculum

Answer 32

a connecting bond of tissue attaching a flexor tendon to a finger or toe bone

Question 33

nodule

Answer 33

a small, usually abnormal, swelling of cells in the body

Question 34

genitive

Answer 34

relating to a case of nouns/pronouns indicating possession or close association

Question 35

primogenitive

Answer 35

the state of being the firstborn child

Question 36

patent

Answer 36

easily recognizable; obvious

Question 37

oral

Answer 37

relating to the mouth

Question 38

air

Answer 38

the invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth

Question 39

alate

Answer 39

having wings or wing-like appendages