Thursday, August 28, 2014

Latin Roots #1

ROOTS AND DERIVATIVES
  1. act, ag, ig: to do, to move, to drive
  2. ali, alter: another, other
  3. am: at/ to love
  4. anim: life, spirit, soul
WORD LIST
        1.agenda
        Bob wrote down his plans for the day in his agenda.
        2.agile
        Jimmy was trying to catch his cat, but it was too agile. 
        3.alienate
        Fred started to alienate his brother when his friends arrive.       
        4.altercation
         The two angry drivers had an altercation in the middle of the street.
        5.amiable
        Jeff was really amiable all the time.
       6.amorous
       When Bob saw the girl across the street he began to have amorous feelings for her.     
        7.animated
        The writer dreamed of a day his books would become an animated T.V. show.       
       8.equanimity
        His equanimity allowed him to be level headed during the argument.       
       9.inalienable
         Since he was a citizen, his rights are inalienable.       
       10.inanimate
          Fred's pet rock is inanimate, but he pretends it isn't.       
        11.magnanimous
         Joe is magnanimous, because he always tries to help others.
       12.reactionary
         The new president seems to have reactionary ideas.

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