Everyday Words from Classic Origins Lesson 10

ag, act(ig)

to do; to drive

am

to love

err

to wander

firm

firm; strong

flect, flex

to bend

ling(u)

language; tongue

mit(t), mis(s)

to send

odor

smell

plac

to please; to appease

prim

first

sanguin (sang)

blood

tang (ting), tact (tag)

to touch

agent

a person who acts or does business for another

error

mistake

flexible

able to bend easily

mission

a specific task or assignment

placate

to appease, soothe, pacify

sanguinary

bloody

amour

a secret love affair

confirm

to verify

linguist

1. a person who speaks several languages

2. a person who studies linguistics, the structure of human speech

odorous

having or giving off a smell

primer

a manual or handbook, usually used for early childhood reading

intact

unbroken; whole

complacence

self-satisfaction

agenda

things to be done

primacy

state of being first

paramour

illicit lover

inflexible

unalterable

firmament

heavens

sanguine

color of blood; optimistic

aberrant

atypical, unusual

emit

send out

deodorize

to eliminate bad odors in a place

tactile

pertaining to touch

lingo

strange or incomprehensible language

manumit

to release from slavery or bondage

ambiguity

language that may be interpreted in more than one way

primogenitor

ancestor, forefather

multilingual

able to speak several languages

malodorous

foul-smelling

prime

first in importance

contingent

likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance

deflected

turned aside

errant

straying from the right course or from accepted standards

linguistics

study of language

amiable

friendly

placid

calm, peaceful