Monday, August 25, 2014

Vocabulary #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-A lists or plan of things to do in the future: listed items to be taken up at a meeting.
  2. agile-A quick and easy movement or thought: resourceful
  3. alienate-to make someone unfriendly: withdrawn or indifferent. 
  4. altercation-A heated or angry argument: a noisy quarrel 
  5. amiable-generally friendly, and nice to be around  
  6. amorous-a suggestive of love, lovemaking, or sexual desire
  7. animated-filled with life and spirit: active
  8. equanimity-calmness or evenness of mind or spirit: even-temperedness
  9. inalienable-that which cannot be taken away or transferred to someone else 
  10. inanimate-possessing of neither life nor spirit; not alive  
  11. magnanimous-showing a kind of nobleness of mind and spirit; high minded: free from pettiness.
  12. reactionary-(a person) characterized by ideas suggesting a desire to move backward, especially in matters related to politics.                                                     

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