Vocabulary from Classical Roots Lesson 8
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27 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Coquo, Coquere, Coxi, Coctum | to cook |
| concoct | 1. To mix ingredients, as in cooking |
| concoct | 2. To invent or devise |
| cuisine | A characteristic style of cooking |
| precocious | Showing unusually early development, especially mentally |
| Voro, Vorare, Voravi, Voratum | to devour |
| carnivorous | Meat-eating |
| herbivorous | Plant-eating |
| voracious | 1. Extremely hungry; greedy |
| voracious | 2. Eager for some activity or interest |
| Mel, Mellis | honey |
| mellifluous | Sweet as honey (referring to voice or words) |
| Sal | salt |
| saline | Having to do with salt |
| Bibo, Bibere, Bibi, Bibitum | to drink |
| imbibe | 1. To drink |
| imbibe | 2. To absorb; to take in |
| Poto, Potare, Potavi, Potum | to drink |
| potable | Fit to drink |
| potion | A liquid for drinking, especially a medicinal, magic, or poisonous drink |
| Ludo, Ludere, Lusi, Lusum | to play |
| allude | To make an indirect reference to |
| collusion | A secret agreement for a deceitful purpose |
| delusion | 1. A false belief or opinion, especially one held in spite of contradictory evidence |
| delusion | 2. A deception |
| elude | 1. To avoid or escape from by cunning; to evade |
| elude | To escape detection; to baffle |
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