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? money praise advice 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 live to clean to come into to remain

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

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

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

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? paintings tapestries photographs mirrors

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

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 correct to speak to to kill to correspond with

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