L5-L Vocabulary From Classical Roots C

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amo, amare, amvi, amatum

to love

amicus

friend

amicable

friendly; peaceable

An ______ settlement of the dispute prevented ill feelings

amicable

amicable(n)

=> amicability

Amicable (n)

=> amicableness

Amicable (adv)

=> amicably

Amity

friendship, friendly relations

_ has long existed between the United States and Canada

amity

Enamored

in love with; charmed by

They were so _ of Islamic art that they extended their story in Turkey.

enamored

Inimical

1. Harmful

2. Hostile; unfriendly

Too much caffeine is _____ to your health

inimical

Despite the parent’s efforts to reconcile their progeny, the sisters’ relationship remained

inimical

Odium

hate

Odious

hateful; distasteful

Charlotte Bronte’s description of the _________ Lowood School in Jane Eyre was drawn from her own experience with inhumane teachers a boarding school

odious

Odious (adv)

=> odiously

Odious (n)

=> odiousness

odious(n)

=> odium

Philos

friend

Phileo, philein

to love

Bibliophile

a lover of books

A visit to the Library of COngress in Washington, D.C., was the highlight of the trip for the ________

bibliophile

Bibliophile (n)

=> bibliophilia

Philanthropy

1. Goodwill to fellow human beings 2. A charitable gifts, act or organization

The leaders felt a spirit of ________ at the signing of the peace treaty

philanthropy

Andrew Carnegie's _________ provided for public libraries throughout the United Sates

philanthropy

Philanthropy (adj)

=> philanthropic

Philanthropy (adj)

=> philanthropic

Philanthropy (n)

=> philanthropist

Philanthropy (antonym)

=> misanthropy

Phobos

fear, flight

Phobia

strong, irrational fear

Her ____ of enclosed species prevents her from riding elevators or automobiles

phobia

Phobia (adj)

=> phobic

Acrophobia

fear of heights

________ prevented my climbing to the top of the tower

acrophobia

Acrophobia (n)

=> acrophobe

Hydrophobia

1. Fear of water

2. Rabies (a usually fatal disease caused by a bite from a infected animal)

Despite his ________, he finally learned to swim

hydrophobia

The child who was bitten by a sick squirrel received antirabies vaccine to combat __________

hydrophobia

Hydrophobia (n)

=> hydrophobe

Xenophobia

fear or hatred of what is strange or foreign, or of foreigners

In 2001, the UN’s Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, ________, Intolerance was held in South Africa

xenophobia

Zenophobia (n)

xenophobe

Pax, pacis

peace

Appease

to calm; to satisfy by making concession or giving into demands

The prime minister ______ the angry crowd by promises of an early election

appease

Appease (adj)

=> appeasable

Appease (adj)

=> appeasably

Appease (n)

=> appeasement

Appease (n)

=> appeaser

Pacific

peaceful; serene

Because the newly discovered oceans seemed so peaceful, Ferdinand Magellan called it “The ______”

Pacific

Pacific (adv)

pacifically

Pacify

1.to calm; to make quiet 2., to end war or violence

Finding the lost doll appeared to be the only way to _____ the sobbing child

pacify

In the 1485 the feuding houses of York and Lancaster were finally _______, the Wars of Roses concluded when Henry of Lancaster married Elizabeth of York

pacify

Pacify (adj)

=> pacifiable

Pacify (v)

=> pacificate

pacify(n)

=>Pacification

Pacify (n)

=> pacifier

Pacify (n)

=> pacifism

Pacify (n)

=> pacifist

Pathos

suffering

antipathy

a hatred or dislike

Henry David Thoreau's ______ toward slavery led him to deliver speeches supporting the abolitionist movement

antipathy

Antipathy (adj)

=>antipathetic

Antipathy (adj)

=>antipathetical

Antipathy (adj)

=>antipathetically

Apathy

1. Lack of feeling, energy, or interest 2. Indifference

Because they have not provided enough low

income housing, city governments has been accused of _________toward the homeless

apathy

That only ten percent of citizens voted reflects widespread ________ toward politics

antipathy

Antipathy (adj)

=> apathetic

Empathy

the ability to identify with someone else and understand that person’s situations of feelings

Her ______ for the loneliness of the elderly made her an ideal counselor for the nursing home

empathy

Empathy (adj)

=> empathic

Empathy (adv)

=> empathically

Empathy (v)

=> empathize

Pathological

1. Referring to pathology, the study of disease 2. Caused by disease 2. Abnormal in behavior

The child’s lack of energy was not due to laziness but had ________ causes

pathological

Although she owned real diamonds, the heiress had a _________ need to shoplift cheap jewelry

pathological

Pathological (adj)

pathologic

Pathological (n)

pathology

Pathological (n)

pathologist

pathos

a feeling of sympathy; a quality that arouses pity or tenderness

In a sense of great______, King Lear laments the death of his faithful daughter, Cordelia

pathos

Miso, misein

to hate

misogamy

hatred of marriage

Her _____may have its origins in her parents’ unhappy marriage

misogamy

Misogamy (n)

=> misogamist

Misogamy (adj)

=> misogamistic

Misogyny

hatred of women

Eliza Doolittle’s innate charm and intelligence help overcome Professor Henry Higgin’s _______ in My Fair Lady

misogyny

Misogyny (adj)

=> misogynic

Misogyny (n)

=> misogynist

Misogyny (adj)

=> misogynistic

Misogyny (adj)

=> misogynous

Dys

diseased, difficult, faculty, bad