Sunday, December 3, 2006
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AM – to love
1. Amateur (Am + ateur)
Amateur comes from am(to love) and –ateur (a person who). Thus an amateur is a person who does something for the love of it rather than for money; a person who practices an art, sport, or science for his own pleasure, rather than as a profession.
Sentence: the painter was a gifted amateur.
2. Amatory(Am + ory)
The Latin suffix –ory meaning related to; like; resembling is added after am- giving us amatory which means relating to love or expressing love.
Sentence: The girl gave him an amatory glance.
3. Amiable(Am + able)
The Latin suffix able meaning "able to; capable of; worthy of”. Amiable means able to love, it means kindly or friendly.
Sentence: the true friends had an amiable disagreement
4. Amicable(Am + able)
This comes from the same root and suffix as amiable but the spelling is different. Here it means peaceable.
Sentence: The lawyer arranged an amicable settlement of the lawsuit.
5. Amorous(Am + -ous)
It is a combination of –am and –ous (full of, having, or like). Amorous thus means tending to fall in love; showing love.
Sentence: he has a very amorous nature.
6. Enamored(En + amour)
Both of these roots are familiar to you. Look back to figure out what it means.
Sentence: the boy is enamored of the girl next door.
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Set2
ANIM - Life, Mind, sold, spirit.
1. Animal – (Anim + al)
As we go on, a stop repeating the roots we’ve already done.
Remember –al? An animal is something that is characterized by life.
Sentence: How many animals are in the zoo?
2. Animate(Anim + ate)
The Latin suffix –ate means “having, being”
Now, pay attention to the next line.
Animate means two different things when pronounced differently.
• To give life to, to make alive.[An – uh – mayt]
He tried to animate the conversation by telling jokes.
• Having life, living, full of life. [An – uh – mit]
Man is an animate being
3. Animosity (Anim + ity)
Repeated roots again. Animosity originally meant the condition of having a high spirit. Now, it is restricted to one specific meaning, hatred.
Sentence: there was a great deal of animosity between us
4. Equanimity(Equ + anim + ity)
The prefix EQU means equal or even. Thus equanimity means, evenness of mind.
Sentence: The Mayor listened to their insults with equanimity.
5. Magnanimity (Magn + Anim + ity)
The Latin and root magn- means great. Thus magnanimity means greatness of mind of spirit.
Sentence: he sure was magnanimously in forgiving his enemies
6. Unanimous (Uni + anim + ous)
Un- means one. Thus unanimous means being of one mind or sharing the same views.
Sentence: there was a unanimous vote in favor of closing the meeting.
Set 3
ANNU - / ENNI- [Year]
1. Annal (Annu + al)
Annal means yearly records. But now its usage has been expanded to mean records in general, especially historical records.
Sentence: The professor has read all the annals of early American history.
2. Annual (same as above)
Annual means of one year; yearly; offering every year.
Sentence: we have annual vacation of two weeks.
3. Perennial(Per + Enni)
Per means Through, while enni means year.
Perennial means lasting through the years or everlasting.
Sentence: These flowers are perennial.
4. Centennial(Cent + Enni)
The word Cent means 100.
The centennial means:
a. Lasting for 100 years
b. Marking a period of hundred years
c. Happening once every hundred years.
Sentence: this is the centennial anniversary of our school.
5. Annuity(Annu + ity)
Annuity means yearly earnings.
Sentence: how much is the annuity from this life insurance?
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