by Dwane | Apr 16, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Isopod: a crustacean with seven pairs of legs. They use the legs to crawl. Most isopods live in the water, though you can find some isopods living under logs, or in dark places. The name Isopoda comes from the Greek ἴσος (iso), the same, and the Greek word for foot,...
by Dwane | Mar 3, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Adequate: sufficient; equal to the requirement, okay, passable, satisfactory, mediocre. Though it not longer carries this meaning in English, adequate once meant to equalize. The old meaning is closer to its Latin roots. In Latin the preposition ad means, to or...
