Latin 2 Verbum #1-35

perspicacious

not easily deceived

laudable

praise worthy

audacious

daring

salubrious

healthy

egocentrism

overly concerned with oneself

pseudonym

false name

homogenous

having the same characteristics throughout

hoi polloi

lower classes of people

defenestrate

throw someone out the window

contemporaneous

living at the same time

post prandial

after a meal

epicure

a person with gourmet taste in food and wine

tactile

sense of touch

olfactory

sense of smell

gustatory

sense of taste

ameliorate

to improve or make better

capricorn

horn of the goat

herculean

strong and difficult

labyrinthine

maze like and confusing

sisyphean

never ending and tedious

tantalizing

tempting and always out of reach

pantheon

temple to all the gods

parthenon

temple to Athena

docere

to teach

ducere

to lead

dicere

to say

pejorative

critical

belligerent

agressive

nefarious

unspeakably bad

epitaph

inscription on a tomb

philanthropy

the practice of giving to charity

sophos

wisdom

hypothermia

too little heat

sapio, sapere

to be wise