terra firma = the sound/ solid/ firm earth
Mare Nubium = sea of clouds
Mare Tranquillitatis = sea of tranquility
Mare Foecunditatis = sea of fertility (foecund = fecund; in English, fecund means fertile)
scaraboeus -> my dictionary doesn't have that, but it's probably something about a beetle (scarab- means beetle, or of the beetle family)
impetus = attack/ assault/ vehemence
cum grano salis = with a grain of salt
pabulum = feed/ fodder/ nourishment (pabulum cogitato = food for thought)
in articulo mortis = in time of death?
verbatim -> ad verbum = word for word (ad verbum --also ad litteram--is the actual Latin for that; "verbatim" seems to be the English
Mare Tenebrarum = sea of darkness
a posteriori = from the rear
facilis descensus Averni = the easy descent into Lake Avernus, which is near Cumae, the reputed entrance to the underworld
monstrum horrendum = dreadful monster/ monstrosity/ portent
impromptus = slow (one wouldn't think that that would be the definition....)
In pace requiescat! = Rest in peace (you're right--most commonly, "Requiescat in pace.")