Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Vocabulary#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.
Seeing the aqua waters on the beach is very peaceful.

     2. Aquaculture: the cultivation of water plants and animals for human food.

Farmers raise fish on the lakes through aquaculture.

     3. Aqueous: like, of, or formed by water, watery. 

The mixture that we made in our science class was aqueous.
     
     4. Armada: a fleet of warships.

The American navy has their armadas ready for Iraq.

     5. Armature: equipment or clothing for battle, or any protective covering; an armlike extension.

Soldiers need to wear armatures before they go on wars.

     6. Armistice: a temporary suspension of hostilities by mutual agreement, as a truce preliminary to a peace treaty

If every country in the world agreed with armistice, we can say that we have world peace.

     7. Artifact: any object produced by the art of the human hand; simple or primitive objects from the distant past.

The ancient artifact originally came from Greece.

     8. Artifice: cunning ingenuity; clever or sly trickery.

A lot of people attempts to perform some artifice so that they can get what they want.

     9. Artisan: a person skilled at a craft, usually a handicraft.

The old lady went to an artisan to request a miniature for her birthday.

   10. Millennium: a period of peace and great prosperity; a thousand years.

In this millennium, a lot of things were invented.

   11. Perennial: year after year; throughout the years; a plant that blooms annually.

Before, things were made things so that it can last perennially

   12. Superannuated: worn out. or retired, from age, and years of use of hard work: obsolete or outdated.

The frying pan was superannuated by my parents after 9 years.

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