CREATURE COMFORTS; lessons 7+8 Flashcards
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domus
house
domicile
home, residence
domestic3
related to the family or household
tame, trained to live with humans
indigenous to a particular country, native
dominus
head of household, lord, master
domain
range of one’s control, territory
domineer
to dominate, to be bossy
dominion
control, rule, area of influence
dormio, dormire, dormivi, dormitum
to sleep
dormant
asleep, not in an active state
somnus
sleep
somnambulate
to walk while sleeping
somnolent2
drowsy, sleepy
causing sleep
lavo, lavare, lavi, lautum
to wash
ablution
washing of the body, especially as a ritual purification
deluge2
a downpour, a great flood
to flood
vestis
garment
divest2
to take away something belonging to someone, especially a right, title, or property, to dispossess
to strip away, especially clothes
investiture
a ceremony in which a person formally receives the authority and symbols of an office
travesty
an absurd or inferior imitation
vestment
a garment that indicates position or authority, especially the robes worn by clergy
vested3
a concern for something from which a person expects to get personal benefit (used with interest)
dressed, especially in vestments
absolute, without question
coquo, coquere, coxi, coctum
to cook
concoct2
to mix ingredients, as in cooking
to invent or devise
cuisine
a characteristic style of cooking