Vocabulary Fairy
(open answer)
Smoking has deleterious effects on one's health. What does deleterious literally mean?
A. destructive
B. gross
C. neutral
A. destructive
Say whether this clause is independent or dependent.
The couple wanted to nullify their marriage. What does nullify mean?
A. renew vows
B. celebrate with friends
C. make it nothing / cancel
C. make it nothing / cancel
In the advent of the winter holiday season, you start to see more bright lights wrapped around trees. What does advent mean?
process of arriving / approaching toward something
After your team confers for a pause,
point out the dependent clause.
after your team confers for a pause
Which word does NOT come from placeo, and explain why --> placid, placate, place
place - it has nothing to do with pleasing or being in a satisfied state
written in the form of a letter, like as if you're explaining it to a friend
Is this clause independent or dependent: vīsne cōnsūmere crustulum?
with proper and appropriate manners in mind, prudent, sensible, aware of social norms/mores
Translate: tūne in hāc urbe ipsā habitās?
Do you live in this city itself / in this very city?
Find the independent clause: Rūfilla familiārem ad vīllam invītāvit postquam epistolam ab eō accēpit.
Rūfilla familiārem ad vīllam invītāvit
The boy's celerity caught the coach's attention. What does celerity refer to?
speed
Translate: num in istam aquam frīgidam redīs?
Surely you are not going back into that *shudder* freezing water???
Which is the dependent clause: quamquam aqua erat frīgida, athlēta in eam redīre vult.
quamquam aqua erat frīgida