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Lesson 8 Part 1. Creature Comforts. COQUO, COQUERE, COXI, COCTUM Latin “to cook”. CONCOCT. (kun-cockt) ( con-coct ), verb Definition: 1. to mix ingredients, like in cooking 2. to invent or devise Forms: concoction, noun
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Lesson 8 Part 1 Creature Comforts
COQUO, COQUERE, COXI, COCTUM Latin “to cook”
CONCOCT (kun-cockt) (con-coct), verb Definition: 1. to mix ingredients, like in cooking 2. to invent or devise Forms: concoction, noun “For dinner, I will concoct a mix of cheese and noodles. I will call it ‘noodles and cheese.’” “Mr. Dude plans to concoct a plan that will make everyday friday.”
CUISINE (quih-zeen) (cui-sine), noun Definition: a characteristic style of cooking “In Italian cuisine, olives and olive oil are staple ingredients for many dishes.”
PRECOCIOUS (prih-coh-shuss) (pre-co-cious), adj Definition: showing unusually early development, especially mentally Form: precocity, noun “My friend was not a precocious child. She didn’t talk until she was over two.”
VORO, VORARE, VORAVI, VORATUM Latin “to devour”
CARNIVOROUS (car-nihv-or-us) (car-niv-or-ous), adj Definition: meat-eating Form: carnivore, noun “For the most part, humans are a carnivorous species who eat meat in their daily diet.”
HERBIVOROUS (erb-ih-vor-us) (herb-i-vor-ous), adj Definition: plant-eating Form: herbivore, noun “Cows are an herbivorous animal.”
VORACIOUS (vo-ray-shuss) (vo-ra-cious), adj Definition: 1. extremely hungry; greedy 2. eager for some activity or interest Form: voracity, noun “Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a voracious girl who wants everything for herself.” “The voracious young puppy escaped out of the house to frolic around the yard after the long winter.”
SAL Latin “salt”
SALINE (say-leen) (sa-line), adj Definition: Having to do with salt “The pool had a saline surprise for the boy when he accidentally swallowed some of the water.”