Words from Latin Roots (8)
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- Fortify
- v: to make stronger; to strengthen; to establish defenses, as against an oncoming enemy
- Confound
- v: to perplex, confuse, amaze, or bewilder
- Effusive
- a: pouring forth in an emotional way; unrestrained or overly demonstrative
- Confluence
- n: a coming or flowing together, as rivers or ideas; a place of joining
- Affluent
- a: flowing, as with wealth and riches; properous; n, a flowing stream, as tributary
- Fraternize
- v: to associate or socialize in a brotherly fashion; to be friendly with
- superfluous
- a: (flowing) beyond what is nedded; in excess of a sufficiency
- mellifluous
- a: as flowing with honey or sweetness; like the tones of a honeyed voice
- fratricide
- n: the killing of one's own brother; someone who commits such an act
- Fortitude
- n: strength of character; patient courage, as during a long struggle
- Fort
- n: one's special area of accomplishment or performance; one's strong point
- profusion
- n: a pouring forth, as of great numbers; plentifulness; an abundance