Latin Derivatives essays

Latin Derivatives essays Vocabulary/Derivatives/Grammar/Spelling # The Word Date Occasion/Circumstance How Latin Helped 1. Incognito 9/10 I was reading Catcher in the Rye It comes from incognitus meaning not know. The character doesnt want to see anyone he knows, so he travels incognito. 2. Pulchritudinous 9/12 I was studying for the SAT I. I saw this in the analogy section. I knew that it comes from the Latin word pulcher meaning beautiful. 3. Versatility 9/25 I was listening to the radio and there was a Dodge commercial on and they said Versatility from the Latin Versatilis meaning turning easily. I knew that the word was related to verto. 4. Ubiquitous 9/26 I saw it on PSATs. I knew ubi from Latin so I knew it had to do something about a place. I looked it up and found out that it means present everywhere at once. 5. Latus Rectum 10/1 In Pre-Calculus, our teacher was reviewing parabolas and we she started talking about the latus rectum. I looked up another definition for latus because the definition I was thinking of did not fit. I translated it as straight side. 6. Gubernatorial 10/2 I saw this in the newspaper. I remember seeing gubernator in a translation, and I remember it having to do with controlling a ships direction. Since I saw it talking about a candidate running for governor, I translated it as having to do with leading people. 7. Impede 10/2 I saw it in our Vocabulary Energizers in English class. I already knew the Latin word it came from impedio meaning hinder. 8 Expedite 10/4 I saw it in our Vocabulary Energizers in English class. I knew that I came from two words: e meaning out and ped meaning foot. 9. Tenet 10/5 In a game show, there was a question that had a few words, and asked which of the words was the definit...