Vocabulary #1

Words from 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: a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to bedone, matters to be acted or voted upon, etc.
• I record all of my assignments in my agenda.
2. agile: quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe
• I am very agile when it comes to cross country meets. 
3. alienate: to make indifferent or hostile
• It is very sad to see kids alienate others for their differences.
4. altercation: a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy.
• My mother and I had an altercation over who was supposed to wash the dishes.
5. amiable: having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable
• My sister is amiable in the sense that she helps others before herself.
6. amorous: inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love
• The newly wed couple were very amorous as they kept flirting with each other.
7. animated: full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous
• My friend is animated by how I have never seen her anything but happy. 
8. equanimity: mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tensionor strain; calmness; equilibrium.
• I regained my equanimity after a stressful test. 
9. inalienable: not alienable; not transferable to another or capable of being repudiated
• The right to pursuit happiness is an inalienable right. 
10. inanimate: not animate; lifeless.
• My brown grass seems to be inanimate. 
11. magnanimous: generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness
• I am very magnanimous in the way that I ignored all of the insults I have received before. 
12. reactionary: of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extremeconservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
• My friend is reactionary because she is conservative on many of the issues that the government discusses.