Words from Latin Roots (1)

Roots and Derivatives

  1. act, ag, ig (to do, to move, to drive): activate, agitate, navigate, transaction, agency litigation

  2. ali, alter (another, other): alias, alien, alibi, alternative, alternation, alter ego, alternator

  3. am(at) (to love): amateur, amour, amorist, amatory, enamored, amity, paramour

  4. anim (life, spirit, soul): animal, animation, animosity, animus, animadversion

Word List

  1. agenda, n: a list or plan to be done in the future; listed items to be taken up at a meeting

  2. agile, a: quick and easy of movement or thought; resourceful

  3. alienate, v: to make someone unfriendly, unwelcome, withdrawn, or indifferent

  4. altercation, n: a heated or angry argument; a noisy quarrel

  5. animated, a: filled with life and spirit; active

  6. amiable, a: generally pleasant, friendly, and nice to be around

  7. amorous, a: suggestive of love, lovemaking, or sexual desire

  8. equanimity, n: calmness or evenness of mind or spirit; even-temperedness

  9. inalienable, a: that which cannot be taken away or transferred to someone else

  10. inanimate, a: possessing neither life nor spirit; not alive

  11. magnanimous, a: showing a kind of nobleness of mind and spirit; high-minded; free from pettiness

  12. reactionary, a: characterized by ideas suggesting a desire to move backward, especially in matters related to politics; n, a person with such ideas