Post on 21-Jan-2016
LOVE
phil- meaning "love"
1. INGRATIATE (v)
To try hard to please or find favor in another
2. PHILANTHROPIST (n)
A person that loves mankind enough to donate their time and money for others
3. PHILOSOPHY (n)
An area of investigation into truths for the love of knowledge
Confucius
4. BIBLIOPHILE (n)
A person who loves books or collecting books
Library of Congress
5. PHILHARMONIC (adj)
music loving
Elvis Presley
6. PHILOPROGENITIVE (adj)
characterized by love of one's child
Mother Teresa
7. PHILATELIST (n)
A person who loves stamps, so they collect or study them
The two-million-dollar stamp: only one exists. It’s Swedish.
8. PHILANDER (v)
To carry on flirtatious, loving relationships with many people
Johnny Depp as Don Juan
9. PHILODENDRON (n)
A wood-loving, tropical American climbing plant
Bamboo
10.PHILTER (n)
A love potion
11. PHILOLOGY (n)
The study of text due to a love of learning and literature.
12. PHILADELPHIA (n)
The "city of brotherly love"(adelphos= brother)
13. PHILOGYNY (n)
The love or liking of women
Now, wait a minute!
14. PHILHELLENIC (adj)
Loving Greece or anything Grecian
The Parthenon
The White House
• FIND 5 PICTURES (magazine, clipart, *Internet, drawn)
• FOR EACH PICTURE, WRITE 1-2 SENTENCES EXPLAINING WHICH VOCABULARY WORD(S) THE PICTURE RELATES TO AND WHY.
• BE SURE THE SENTENCES ARE COMPLETE WITH CORRECT SPELLING AND GRAMMAR.
(*include URL for Internet selected pictures)
VOCABULARY ACTIVITY (DUE WED)
EXAMPLE
The person who would wear this shirt could be described as philhellenic. Only someone with a love of Greece would go out of their way to buy a shirt like this.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRZ4Hdf3bj_Y_IBtiCMHrcB3u56EXpS5JzXFOlU4Jr9hLtmnOQiRQ