Thursday, September 11, 2014

Latin roots #2

Roots and Derivatives:
1. Anni/annu/enni - year
2. Aqua/aque - water
3. Arm - arm, weapon
4. Art - art, craft, skill
Word List:
1. Aqua - the hue of the sea; bluish green
The water had an aqua type of glow.
2. Aquaculture - the cultivation of water plants and animals for human food
Some people study aquaculture.
3. Aqueous - like of, or formed by water; watery
Juice with ice canmelt and become aqueous.
4. Armada - a fleet of warships
There are a lot of armadas in battle right now.
5. Armature - equipment or clothing for battle, or any protective covering an arm like extension
Knights wear armature to protect them.
6. Armistice - a temporary suspension of hostilities by mutual agreement, as a truce preliminary to a peace treaty
I honeskty dont know how to put this in a sentence so please just ignore this sentence lol armistice.
7. Artifact - any object  produced by the art of the human hand; simple or primitive objects from the distant past
There are many artifacts in a museum.
8. Artifice - cunning ingenuity; clever or sly trickery
In some myths, there may be someone who acts like an artifice or a trickster.
9. Artisan - a person skilled at a craft, usually a handicraft
Potters and sculptors are talented types of artisans.
10. Millennium - a period of peace and great prosperity; a thousand years
We live in the second millennium of the common era.
11. Perennial - year after year; throughout the years;  a plant that blooms annually
People like to have a garden of perennials because they grow yearly.
12. Superannuated - worn out or retired, from age and years of use of hard work; obsolete or outdated.
After 50 years of working or so, people may become superannuated.

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