Find here the additional vocabulary required for the Common Academic Scholarship Paper.

For help and practice with the language structures needed for the exam, see the pages linked from 'GCSE Language Information' in the menu on the left. Most of these pages are equally useful and valuable for this Scholarship paper.

Amazingly, there are only an extra 15 words above the Common Entrance prescription that you need to know (officially!) for the ISEB Common Academic Scholarship. Further pages will suggest likely vocab that schools which don't subscribe to the syllabus may include in their questions!

This is probably the time to remind you that **double-starred** words are only VDB prompts, not official derivatives!

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NOUNS 4th decl: click #nouns4thdecl

CONJUNCTIONS: click #conjunctions

VERBS 1st deponent click #verbs1stdep

VERBS 3rd deponent: click #verbs3rddep

VERBS mixed deponent: click #verbsmixdep

 

 

 

NOUNS

4th Declension: -US, -ÛS (usually masc)

LATIN

ENGLISH

DERIVATIVE

VDB PROMPT

DOMUS (f)HOME, HOUSEdomestic

    also connected with 'dominus'; beware 2nd decl. case endings for certain meanings

EXERCITUSARMYexercisearmies have to go on 'exercises' to train for battle
MANUS (f)HAND, BANDmanualit means a hand, or a handful; hence the idea of a small group of people
PORTUSHARBOURportdo not confuse this with either 'porto' - I carry, or 'porta' - a gate! The '-u-' case endings are the best way to tell it apart.

 

 

 

 

 

CONJUNCTIONS

      indeclinable  

LATIN

ENGLISH

DERIVATIVE

VDB PROMPT

CUM

WHEN, SINCE, ALTHOUGH

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Try the meanings in the order given until one makes sense ('although' is very unlikely!); to remember them: 'I thought 'cum' meant 'with'! Since When does it have Althoughs other meanings?!'

 

 

 

 

 

VERBS

       DEPONENT: 1st Conjugation  

LATIN

ENGLISH

DERIVATIVE

VDB PROMPT

CONOR conari conatus sum

TRY

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if you've scored a try, you might need the 'cone' to help you kick the conversion

HORTOR hortari hortatus sum

ENCOURAGE, URGEcohort, exhortationthe general gathered the cohort and encouraged them to fight well
VERBSDEPONENT: 3rd Conjugation
LOQUOR loqui locutus sumSPEAKeloquent, loquaciousderiv.'s; beware of confusing this with 'locus'!
PROFICISCOR proficisci profectus sumSET OUT?often confused with 'progredior': take the first 'different' letter: 'f' comes before 'g': you have to set out before you can go forward
SEQUOR sequi secutus sumFOLLOWsequence, consequences(deriv.'s)
VERBSDEPONENT VERBS: Mixed Conjugation
EGREDIOR egredi egressus sumGO OUT, DISEMBARKsee 'progredior'compound of the non-existent (!) 'verb' gradior which would have meant basically to 'take a step' This one has the prefix 'e' for 'out'.
INGREDIOR ingredi ingressus sumGO IN, ENTERsee 'progredior'same idea, this time with the prefix 'in'
MORIOR mori mortuus sumDIEmoribund, mortuaryyou should already know 'mortuus' used as an adjective; it's really the perfect participle of this verb: morior: I die; mortuus sum: I have died, therefore = I am dead! 
PATIOR pati passus sumSUFFER, ALLOWpatient (in both senses!),passivedo you suffer when you see a passive verb?
PROGREDIOR progredi progressus sumGO FORWARD, ADVANCEprogressivethis is the most useful (and common) of the compounds of 'gradior'. See note on egredior: the 'pro-' prefix as always means 'forward'. See also note on 'proficiscor' for a way not to muddle them up!