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Sunday, December 3, 2006

Viv- (To live: verb) / Vit- (Life: noun)

1. Revive(Re+viv)
This is made up of the prefix re- meaning again and the Latin root viv- thus this literally means “To live again or make again”

Sentence:
After a long days work, a cup of coffee revived him.
2. Vital (Vit + al)
This uses the Latin root viv- with the suffix –al which means ”pertaining to” or full of.
So vital means:
a) Pertaining to (or necessary for) life.
Sentence: Oxygen is vital for all animals.
b) Full of life
Sentence: She is a happy, vital person.

3. Vitamin(Vit + amin)
This is derived from the Latin root vit- with amine which is an organic chemical compound. Thus vitamin is an organic substance necessary for normal life functions in man and animals.

4. Vivacious(Viv + acious)
The suffix –acious meaning “abounding in, given to”; Thus vivacious means “full of life”

Sentence: The young actress was charming and vivacious.

5. Vivid(Viv + id)
The suffix –id means “Having a certain quality”. Thus vivid means “having the quality of life; Lifelike”

Sentence: The boy had a vivid imagination.

6. Viviparous(Viv + par + ous)
Par means “to bring forth” and the suffix –ous means “given to; characterized by”. Thus viviparous means “Characterized by giving birth to live offspring”

Sentence: Chickens are not viviparous.

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Acu – Acr – (Sharp)

1. Acrid(Acr + id)
This is obtained by joining Acr- with –id(pertaining to ;-) Remember this root?) This means “Having a sharp quality in taste or smell”.

Sentence: The acrid smoke hurt our eyes.

2. Acrimony(Acr + mony)
The suffix –mony meaning “quality of being”; Thus acrimony means sharpness of speech or temper.”

Sentence: Our quarrel was full of acrimony.

3. Acuity(Acu + ity)
The root Acu is taken with the suffix –ity (state, condition or quality of being). So this means acuteness of the mind or senses.

Sentence: The professor has great mental acuity.

4. Acumen(DD)
Directly derived from Latin; It means “sharpness of mind”

Sentence: John has shown great acumen in his schoolwork.

5. Acute(DD)
This stems a root meaning “to sharpen” thus acute is something that ends in a point, it has also come to mean “reaching a crisis, critical, keen”

Sentence:
a) An acute angle is less than 90 degrees.
b) He is suffering from acute appendicitis.



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Ag- / Act- (To do, Drive)

1. Agenda(DD)
Agenda refers to a list of things to do.

Sentence: There were three items on the agenda for the business meeting.

2. Agent(Ag + ent)
The suffix –ent means “a person who does something”. So an agent is a person who does a specific action or job.

Sentence: The actor was accompanied by his press agent.

3. Agile(Ag + ile)
The suffix –ile (‘pertaining to, like, having the quality of – Remember an earlier root which means the same? )

4. Active(Act + ive)
The suffix –ive means “inclined to; tending to”; Thus, active means “inclined to action”
Sentence: She leads an active social life.

5. Actor(Act + or)
The Latin suffix –or meaning “A person who performs an action”
Thus “a person who does something”

Sentence: He was an actor in the play.

6. Actual(Act + al)
Hey! You know both of these roots don’t you?! Actual means, ‘existing, real’

Sentence: What were his actual words?

7. Enact (En + act)
The prefix en- stands for “to make, cause to be”. Thus, enact means “to cause to be done” or “Make into law “

Sentence: The senate enacted the bill against air pollution.

Hey guys! How’s it going? Having fun? Ok here’s an exercise for you...look up these in the dictionary after you guess their meanings...how many did you get right?
Inactive, transact, interact, react.

Hey that’s it for today...log on tomorrow for another fresh set of words....;) Ciao

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