Thursday, September 11, 2014

Latin Roots #2

Roots and Derivatives
  1. anni, annu, enni (year): anniversary, semiannual, biennial, bicentennial, annuity
  2. aqua, aque (water): aquatic, aqueduct, aquarium, aqualung, subaqueous, aquamarine
  3. arm (arm, weapon): army, alarm, disarm, armaments, armory, armor
  4. art (art, craft, skill): artistic, artificial, inarticulate, artmobile, article, artificer
Word List
  1. AQUA: the hue of the sea; bluish-green
  2. AQUACULTURE: the cultivation of water plants, and animals for human food
  3. AQUEOUS: like, of, or formed by water; watery
  4. ARMADA: a fleet of warships
  5. ARMATURE: equipment or clothing for battle, or any protective covering; an armor like extension
  6. ARMISTICE: a temporary suspension of hostilities by mutual agreement, as a truce preliminary to a peace treaty
  7. ARTIFACT: any object produced by the art of the human hand; simple or primitive objects from the distant past
  8. ARTIFICE: cunning ingenuity; clever or sly trickery
  9. ARTISAN: a person skilled at a craft, usually a handicraft
  10. MILLENNIUM: a period of peace and great prosperity; a thousand years
  11. PERENNIAL: year after year; throughout the years; a plant that blooms annually
  12. SUPERANNUATED: worn out, or retired from age and years of use of hard work; obsolete or outdated
  1. Aqua is a mixture of two of my favorite colors.
  2. Rice plants are part of the aquaculture.
  3. The spilled juice made an aqueous stain.
  4. The army uses armada in war.
  5. In medieval times knights would wear armature to protect themselves from battle.
  6. The battle has cease because of the armistice in order to gather more troops.
  7. Televisions and computers will soon become artifacts of our distant future.
  8. Magicians are artifice at their talent they use agile movements.
  9. I am not a very artisan person.
  10. It would be a miracle if mankind went a millennium with no war.
  11. Earth will continue to spin around the sun, it’s a perennial thing.
  12. Every now and then you need to replace your shoes because they become superannuated.

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