Latin Roots #1

ROOTS AND DERIVATIVES
      act, ag, ig: to do, to move, to drive

ali, alter: another, other
am: at/ to love
anim: life, spirit, soul

WORD LIST

1. agenda: a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done, matters to be acted or voted upon, etc; Homework and practice are always a part of my daily agenda. 

2. agile: quick and well-coordinated in movement, lithe, active; The tiger has to be agile to be able to catch his prey.

3. alienate: to make indifferent hostile or isolated; Students that move to a new school often are alienated by the rest of the school.

4. altercation: a heated or angry dispute, noisy argument or controversy; The girl was mad because she had an altercation with a teacher about her grade.

5. amiable: having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities, affable, friendly; Being an outgoing person, his manner was very amiable.

6. amorous: showing feeling or relating to sexual desire; The drunk man was feeling very amorous at the bar by the end of the night.

7. animated: bring to life; Walt Disney has made many animated movies.

8. equanimity: mental calmness, composure and evenness of temper in a difficult situation; The cashier regained equanimity after the customer let her child make a big mess in the toy aisle

9. inalienable: unable to be taken away from or give away; The rights to hold periodic free elections and to participate in them as a  citizen are inalienable.

10. inanimate: not alive; not in the manner of animals and humans; Children sometimes have the idea that inanimate objects can both think and have a personality.

11. magnanimous: very generous or forgiving toward a rival or someone else powerful than oneself; His magnanimous soul subdued the force of his love.

12. reactionary: (of a person or a set of views) opposing political or social liberalization or reform; There are some signs of a reactionary movement in the art of fiction.