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 DEFINITIONS/SENTENCES 

1. agenda: a list of things to be considered or done                                                                                                Ex). The tasks on his agenda were so numerous, that he decided to take a nap.
2. agile: quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe.                                                                                        Ex). The hurdler was as agile as a panther in the jungle.
3. alienate: make somebody unfriendly: to cause somebody to change his or her previously friendly or supportive attitude and become unfriendly, unsympathetic, or hostile                                                                      Ex). Sometimes, kids in high school alienate shy kids in school activities or events. 
4. altercation: heated argument.                                                                                                                                    Ex). I was removed from the cafeteria by security after having an altercation with the lunch lady after she refused to give me orange chicken.
5. amiable: friendly and pleasant: friendly and pleasant to be with                                                                        Ex). Everyone likes my best friend, because he is an amiable person.
6. amorous: expressing or feeling love: showing or feeling romantic love or sexual attraction                                Ex). The girl rejected the boy's amorous advances at the dance.
7. animated: full of life and energy                                                                                                                              Ex). The Zumba instructor was a very animated man who made the class look asleep.
8. equanimity: calm temperament: evenness of temper even under stress                                                              Ex). I have never understood how some students possess equanimity the day before a huge project, when they haven't even started.
9. inalienable: impossible to take away: not able to be transferred or taken away                                                    Ex). Music is inalienable in today's culture, no one can live without it.
10. inanimate: not lively: not active, energetic, or alive.                                                                                                Ex). Today in art we drew inanimate objects we would be such as pencils, baseballs, and chairs.
11. magnanimous: noble-spirited: very generous, kind, or forgiving                                                                            Ex). The magnanimous man donated $500,000 to his high school, even after years of torture.
12. reactionary: opposed to progress: opposed to progressive social or political change                                            Ex). Teachers opposed against technology are reactionary, for technology helps us learn, communicate, and teach more efficiently,