Vocabulary Test 5 Flashcards
(43 cards)
Mater/ matris
Mother
Pater/ patris
Father
Frater/ fratris
Brother
Demos
The people, the citizens
Populus
People
Ambience
Mood, feeling; general atmosphere
Amenable
Agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant, willing to give in to the wishes of others
Amplify
To make larger, louder, or more powerful
Antecedent
Going before; preceding; an occurrence or event preceding another
Anterior
Situated in front
Appalling
Filling with dismay; causing horror or consternation; shock
Aptitude
Capacity for learning; natural ability
Archaic
Belonging to an earlier time, ancient; outdated
Arduous
Hard, difficult, tiresome
Artisan
A worker in a craft
Patriarch
Chief father of a family or of a society
Archos-chief
Patriotism
Love for the fatherland
Patrician
Nobly born person; also may mean descendant of the founding fathers of Rome
Patron
A person who acts like a father toward another; a supporter of an organization such as a museum or sympathy (the arts)
Matriarch
A woman who rules the family (Archos-chief)
Maternal
Motherly
Matriculate
To be enrolled as a student at a college or university
Alma mater
The “dear old school” from which one graduates
Alma-nourishing;kind
Matrimony
State from which motherhood develops; marriage (monia-condition)