Your (Latin) Roots Are Showing!

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1. You go to see your friend graduate from college after five long years. After the ceremony, you give them much "laudem." What does this word mean in English? praise advice money gifts

2. You have a roommate who never washes his dishes, and won't change the cat litter. You don't want "remanere" in that house anymore. What does this mean in English? to clean to live to remain to come into

3. For a few hours during the election, it was "incertus" who would win. What does this word mean in English? obvious uncertain rigged unfortunate

4. We have a word in English for laziness: procrastinate. This word is actually a combination of two unaltered Latin words meaning: after today another day for later for tomorrow

5. Your boyfriend or girlfriend forgot your anniversary, and to make it up to you, gives you a "donum." What is that in English? poem ring gift letter

6. If you read the title to the movie "Finding Nemo" with the correct Latin translation for "nemo," whom are you really finding? Answer: (One Word)

7. There are many "speculi" hanging about your room. In English this means you have what? tapestries paintings mirrors photographs

8. You have a "lucrum" practice selling lemonade on a street corner outside the Power Gym. In English, this means that your business is: profitable expensive miserable failing

9. Someone told all your friends that you were responsible for a nasty rumor being spread all over campus. You need "corrigere" everyone quickly. What does this mean in English? to kill to correct to speak to to correspond with

10. One particular "assentator" at your office really gets on your nerves. In English he is a: leader (boss) flatterer associate jerk