Vocabulary

sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor

Colored glass or enamel used in mosaic.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Italian smalto (enamel, glaze), related to smelt (to melt).

emerald

muslim tribal chief

An area of irregular limestone in which erosion has produced fissures, sinks, etc.

Evenness of temper in all circumstances.

From Latin aequanimitas, from aequus (equal, even) + animus (mind, spirit).

Constant; persistent; industrious.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin assiduus, from assidere (to attend to, to sit down to), from ad- (toward) + sedere (to sit). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sed- (to sit) that is also the source of sit, chair, saddle, assess, sediment, soot, cathedral, and tetrahedron.

1. To remove from a grave.
2. To bring to light.

ETYMOLOGY:
>From Latin dis- (away, apart) + interrare (to bury), from in- (in) + terra (earth). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ters- (to dry) that is also the source of territory, terrace, turmeric, toast, and terra firma.

adjective: Threatening or menacing.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin minari (to threaten), from minae (threats). Ultimately from the Indo-European root men- (project) that is also the source of menace, mountain, eminent, promenade, demean, amenable, and mouth.

verb intr.
1. To speak or write at length.
2. To move about freely.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin exspatiatus, past participle of exspatiari (to wander or digress), from ex- (out) + spatiari (to walk about), from spatium (space).