Everyday Words from Classic Origins Lesson 11

clud, clus (clos)

to close

cruc

cross

cur(e)

care

milit

soldier

nav

ship; boat

nomen, nomin (nom)

name; noun

pon, posit (pose) (pound)

to place; to put

prol

offspring

spir (sprit)

to breathe

stru, struct

to build

trud, trus

to push; to thrust

vulg

common

excruciating

agonizing

espirit

vivacious wit; liveliness

pedicure

care of the feet

reclusive

solitary

abstruse

difficult to understand

reconstruct

rebuild

navicular

shaped like a boat

ignominy

disgrace

militia

army reserve

profilic

fertile; very productive

vulgar

common

impose

put upon

include

add as part of something else

cure-all

a medicine or other remedy that will supposedly cure any ailment

naval

relating to a navy

deposit

to put money into an account

respire

to breathe

intrude

trespass; enter as an uninvited person

crucifix

a representation of a cross with a figure of Jesus Christ on it

military

relating to soldiers, arms, or war

nominate

to suggest a person for a position or office

proliferous

to grow rapidly

construct

to build

vulgarity

indecent

proliferate

to increase in number quickly

navigate

to steer or direct the course of a ship or an aircraft

malocclusion

abnormality in the coming together of teeth

crucify

to torment or mortify

manicure

a treatment for the hands and nails

foreclosed

loss of property due to nonpayment of the mortgage

divulge

to reveal

postponed

to put off to a later time

unobtrusive

not conspicuous or attracting attention

proletariat

the lowest class of a community

seclusion

isolation; solitude

curator

a person in charge of a museum

Ars poeticc

the art of poetry

Imprimatur

It may be printed

Veni, vidi, vici

I came, I saw, I conquered