CREATURE COMFORTS; lessons 7+8 Flashcards

(43 cards)

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domus

A

house

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domicile

A

home, residence

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3
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domestic3

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related to the family or household
tame, trained to live with humans
indigenous to a particular country, native

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4
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dominus

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head of household, lord, master

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5
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domain

A

range of one’s control, territory

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6
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domineer

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to dominate, to be bossy

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7
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dominion

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control, rule, area of influence

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8
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dormio, dormire, dormivi, dormitum

A

to sleep

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9
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dormant

A

asleep, not in an active state

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10
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somnus

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sleep

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11
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somnambulate

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to walk while sleeping

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12
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somnolent2

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drowsy, sleepy

causing sleep

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13
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lavo, lavare, lavi, lautum

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to wash

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14
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ablution

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washing of the body, especially as a ritual purification

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15
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deluge2

A

a downpour, a great flood

to flood

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16
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vestis

A

garment

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divest2

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

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18
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investiture

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a ceremony in which a person formally receives the authority and symbols of an office

19
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travesty

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an absurd or inferior imitation

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vestment

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a garment that indicates position or authority, especially the robes worn by clergy

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vested3

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a concern for something from which a person expects to get personal benefit (used with interest)
dressed, especially in vestments
absolute, without question

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coquo, coquere, coxi, coctum

23
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concoct2

A

to mix ingredients, as in cooking

to invent or devise

24
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cuisine

A

a characteristic style of cooking

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precocious
showing usually early development, especially mentally
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voro, vorare, voravi, voratum
to devour
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carnivorous
meat eating
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herbivorous
plant eating
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voracious2
extremely hungry, greedy | eager for some activity or interest
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mel, mellis
honey
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mellifluous
sweet as honey (voice or words)
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sal
salt
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saline
having to do with salt
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bibo, bibere, bibi, bibitum
to drink
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imbibe2
to drink | to absorb, to take in
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poto, potare, potai, potum
to drink
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potable
fit to drink
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potion
liquid for drinking, (medicinal, magic or poisonous)
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ludo, ludere, lusi, lusum
to play
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allude
to make an indirect reference to
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collusion
a secret agreement for a deceitful purpose, conspiracy
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delusion2
a false belief or opinion, especially one held in spite of contradictory evidence a deception
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elude2
to avoid or escape from by cunning, to evade | to escape detection, to baffle