1. Toady
2. Sycophant
3. Taboo
4. Indolent
5. Pusillanimous
6. Mien
7. Gall
8. Spleen
9. Canine
10. Myriad
11. Papal, Pontifex, Pontiff, Pontificate
12. Squanto :)
Elements (Chemistry) - just for fun
1. Einsteinium
2. Californium
3. Copernicium
4. Curium
5. Francium
6. Germanium
7. Americium
8. Krypton (not kryptonite)
9. Lawrencium
10. Mendelevium
11. Plutonium
12. Uranium
13. Neptunian
14. Plutonium
15. Promethium
16. Rutherfordium
Eponyms – Eponymous terminology - Try finding at least one corresponding English term or phrase for each of the following items.
1. Narcissus
2. Adonis
3. Don Quixote
4. Don Juan
5. Hermes
6. Jesus Christ
7. Sisyphus
8. Epicurus
9. Stoa (hint: "porch" in Greek)
10. Aegis
11. Peripatetic
12. Fig Leaf
13. Thomas Bowdler
14. Scylla and Charybdis
15. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (also, Hijo de algo)
16. Machiavelli
17. Maecenas
18. Plato
19. Socrates
20. The river Styx
21. Apollo
22. Aphrodite
23. Saturn
24. Janus
25. Hippocrates (not hypocrite)
26. Odysseus
27. Iliad
28. Kafka
29. Orwell
30. Corinth / Corinthian
31. Sybaris
32. Lesbos
33. Lilliput
34. Marquis de Sade
35. Achilles
36. The Devil / Diablo
37. Prometheus
38. Proteus
39. Nemesis
40. Hercules
41. Bacchus / Dionysus
42. Argus
43. Gordius
44. Cupid
45. Olympus
- WARNING: Some students may not find 46-49 age-appropriate. I am a big believer in free speech and free access to information, so I've put them up. You--not me--are responsible for any psychological injury or distress that may result from your research.
46. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
47. Venus
48. Sodom
49. Priapus
Some terms and phrases of Latin origin. Find as many English words that correspond to them as you can.
1. Cogito ergo sum
2. Si vis pacem, para bellum
3. Exempli gratia
4. id est
5. et alia
6. etcetera
7. ergo
8. ante meridiem --> antemeridian -->
9. post meridiem --> postmeridian -->
10. post / pre prandium -->
11. post mortem, rigor mortis
12. ante diluvium (also, alluvium and luv, lav) -->
13. Quid pro quo
14. Catena (both Latin and English), or con + catena
