- acumen - ability to make good judgments
- agenda - list of things to be done
- altruism - selfless concern for others
- ambiguous - having a double meaning
- aplomb (Fr.) - self-confidence
- atrocity - cruel act
- avarice - greed
- bibulous - excessively fond of drinking alcohol
- celibate - abstaining from sex or marriage
- chivalrous (Fr.) - gallant
- condign - worthy, appropriate
- conglomerate - parts put together to form a unit while remaining separate identities
- crepuscular - pertaining to twilight
- cull - select from a variety of sources
- debilitate - weaken
- dirigible - capable of being guided
- facsimile - exact copy
- ferrous - made of iron
- flux - in the process of flowing
- futile - in vain
- garrulity - loquaciousness
- impecunious - poor
- incalculable - too great to be counted
- incommunicado (Sp.) - not in communication with others
- indefatigability - tireless
- insipid - lacking flavor
- introspection - looking within at one's mental or emotional state
- languid - slow, relaxed
- lucubration - meditation
- malfeasance (Fr.) - wrongdoing
- modicum - small amount
- moribund - near death
- mundane - wordly as opposed to spiritual
- naive - exhibiting lack of experience
- obeisance - respect
- obvious - clear (from the Latin for "in the way")
- parvenu - celebrity from obscure origins
- perpetuate - preserve
- perturb - make anxious
- plausible - probable
- precarious - uncertain
- puerile - childishly silly
- pulchritude - beauty
- pusillanimity - showing a lack of courage
- rapport - close relationship
- rapprochement (Fr.) - establishment of a harmonious relationship
- recalcitrant - obstinate
- renegade - a rebellious person
- reprisal - retaliation
- sacrosanct - very important or holy and not to be messed with
- simulacrum - image
- stipend - fixed allowance
- stultify - make appear foolish, cause to loose enthusiasm
- succumb - fail to resist
- taunt (Fr.) - provoke
- tentative - provisional
- turpitude - depravity
- ubiquity - found everywhere
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Also see these articles on words and word derivations:- On Translating Latin Into English
Whether you want to translate a short English phrase into Latin or a Latin phrase into English, you can not just plug the words into a dictionary and expect an accurate result. You can't with most modern languages, but the lack of a one-to-one correspondence is even greater for Latin and English. - Latin Religious Words in English
If you want to say that the prospects are bleak, you could say "it doesn't augur well." Augur is used as a verb in this English sentence, with no particular religious connotation. In ancient Rome, an augur was a religious figure who observed natural phenomena, like the presence and location to left or right of birds, to determine whether the prospects were good or bad for a proposed venture. Find out about more such words.
