Vocabulary Unit 5 Latin Roots 1-5
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Transcript of Vocabulary Unit 5 Latin Roots 1-5
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Vocabulary Unit 5
Latin Roots 1-5
+ LATIN ROOTS (1-5)
AM, AMOR: “love,” “liking,” “friendliness
Am (friendliness) + ity (state, quality of) = friendship, goodwill, friendly relations
+ AMIABLE
What qualities do some of the most amiable people possess?
+ AMOROUS
Can you think of any famously amorous characters from literature or film?
+ ENAMORED
Do you have any friends who are more enamored with the idea of love than the person they actually claim to be “enamored” with?
+ Latin Roots (1-5) ANIM: “mind,” “will,” “spirit Anim (spirit, mind, life) + ate (cause to be;
state of) = Animate (to give life to; to make alive)
+ ANIMOSITY
Which celebrities are most know for displaying animosity toward the paparazzi?
+ EQUANIMITY
What are some healthy strategies for maintaining equanimity in our lives?
+ MAGNANIMOUS
What is the difference between being magnanimous and being a “pushover”?
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Fin: “end,” “boundary,” “limit”Fin (end) + al (of or pertaining to) = pertaining to an end (the end or final part of a musical composition)
+ AFFINITY
Many people become friends due to their affinity for boy bands. What hobbies or likes do you and your friends share?
+ FINIS
What is the best movie ending you have ever seen? What made it so great?
+ LATIN ROOTS (1-5)
FLU, FLUC, FLUX: “flow”Flu (flow) + ent (an occurrence of
action)= fluent (ready with a flow of words).
+ FLUCTUATE
What might cause a students grades to fluctuate?
+ FLUID
What are the secrets to fluid writing?
+ FLUX
Why do you think the weather in New England is in a constant state of flux?
+ INFLUX
Why is there such an influx of reality TV shows lately?
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GEN, GENER, GENIT: “birth,” “kind,” “class”
Gener (kind) + ic (in the style of; having some characteristic of) = generic (characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things)
+ DEGENERATE
What causes certain styles of clothing to degenerate in public opinion?
+ ENGENDER
Do you agree or disagree the claim that video games engender feelings of hostility in young people?
+ PROGENITOR
There is a lot of controversy surrounding who the real progenitor of Facebook is.