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ANIM = breath or soul. An animal is a living, breathing thing. Words to know: Animated Magnanimous Animosity Inanimate. FIG = to shape or mold. A transfiguration changes the shape or appearance or nature of something. Words to know : configuration, effigy, figment, figurative.
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ANIM = breath or soul • An animal is a living, breathing thing. • Words to know: • Animated • Magnanimous • Animosity • Inanimate
FIG = to shape or mold • A transfiguration changes the shape or appearance or nature of something. • Words to know: configuration, effigy, figment, figurative
ANN/ENN = year • A wedding or birthday anniversary is an example, although the older you get the more frequent they seem to be. • Words to know: superannuated, annuity, millennium, perennial
EV = age or lifetime • This Latin root only appears in English a couple times, but is related to the Greek aion, “age” from which we get eon, meaning a very long period of time. • Words to know: coeval, longevity, medieval, primeval
COEVAL Having the same or lasting the same amount of time LONGEVITY A long duration of time; length of life Words to know…
MEDIEVAL Relating to the middle ages of European history; extremely out of date PRIMEVAL Having to do with the earliest ages; primitive or ancient; existing from the beginning Did you know? Pearls melt in vinegar…
CORP =Latin for body • A corporation is one kind of body, a corpse is another. • Words to know: • Corporeal • Corpulent • Corporal • Incorporate
Corporeal Having or relating to a physical body; substantial Corpulent Having a large,bulky body; fat Did you know…more than 10 people a year are killed by vending machines…
Corporal Relating to or affecting the body Incorporate To blend or combine into something already in existing to form one whole; to form into a corporation
TANG/TACT= to touch • Latin • A person who shows tact has a delicate touch when it comes to dealing with other people. • Words to know:intact, tactile, tangential, tangible
Intact Untouched by anything that harms; entire, uninjured Tactile Able to be perceived by touching; relating to the sense of touch
CODI/ CODE = trunk of a tree or document written on wood tablets • From the Latin codex • A codecan be either a set of laws or a system of symbols used to write messages. • Words to know: codex, codicil, codify, decode
Codex A book in a manuscript or handwritten form, especially a book of Scripture, classics or ancient text. Codicil An amendment or addition made to a will. An appendix or supplement.
Codify To arrange according to a system; classify Decode To put a coded message into an understandable form; to find the underlying meaning of; decipher
Tangential Touching lightly; incidental Tangible Able to be perceived, especially by touch; physical, substantial