# 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 doesn't 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 PSAT's. 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

17. Subpoena 10/16 My brother's class they were doing a court type thing. The teacher, trying to make it a little more realistic, issued subpoenas. It comes from two Latin words: "sub" meaning "under" and "poena" meaning "punishment." I knew they are issued to people telling them to come to court.

33. Induction 10/20 The Mu-Alpha-Theta induction for the new members. I realized that it comes from the Latin words "in" meaning "in" and "duco" meaning "lead."

67. Ignition 11/9 My dad used this word when he was showing me something about my car. I realized that ignition came from the Latin word "ignis" meaning "fire."

21. Senile 10/17 I remember that Mrs. Fisch uses this word often, and I also remember Mrs. Howe using it before. It means "old" because it comes from the word "senex."

55. Omniscient 11/3 My English teacher was talking about 3rd person in English. There is 3rd person omniscient and 3rd person limited. I know that it comes from "omnis" meaning "all" and "scio" meaning "know."

43. Ligature 10/24 I was looking at my folders from last year's classes and I came upon my Medical Diagnostic's folder. One of the words we had was ligature. I realized that from "ligo" meaning "to bind"

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