Roger Bacon

On the Eye

Latin Etymology

Aliqui etiam septem tunicas posuerunt; sed falsum est, quia telam aranee pro tunica computaverunt, cum non sit.  Et illi qui dicunt tres esse totam primam tunicam vocant uveam; et totam secundam vocanttertiam vocant consolidativam.

Fill in the blanks in the following English sentences with the words derived from the Latin words bolded above.  Also take note of the more obvious derivations such as tunic, false, total and second.

araneid
compute
diction
primary
vocation
tertiary

1.  The teacher said that, although my was excellent, the basic argument in my paper needed more substance.

2.  When I saw how fulfilled my friend was in his new job, I questioned my choice of .

3.  Spider, arachnid, or : whatever you call them, they terrify me horribly.

4.  He said that, although usually of importance to any company, money was at best of importance for his company.

5.  It took him three attempts to a reasonable amount for his expense report although he could not see his error in either of his first two attempts.

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