Vocabulary #2

Roots and Derivatives

1. anni, annu, enni (year): anniversary, semiannual, biennial, bicentennial, annuity
2. aqua, aque (water): aquatic, aqueduct, aquarium, aqualung, sub aqueous, aquamarine
3. arm (arm, weapon): army, alarm, disarm, armaments, armory, armor
4. art (art, craft, skill): artistic, artificial, inarticulate, art mobile, article, artificer

Word List

1. aqua (adj.): the hue of the sea; bluish-green. The color of that guy's hat was aqua.
2. aquaculture (n.): the cultivation of water plants and animals for human food. Aquaculture is is very common in Japan because of all the sushi.
3. aqueous (adj.): like, of, or formed by by water; watery. Jello is my favorite snack because of its aqueous texture.
4. armada (n.): a fleet of warships. In World War 2, I bet there were a lot of armadas.
5. armature(n.): equipment or clothing for battle, or any protective covering; an arm like extension. In medieval times, knights would have armatures to protect them.
6. armistice (n.): a temporary suspension of hostilities by mutual agreement, as a truce preliminary to a peace treaty. The battle goes off and on, and sometimes an armistice is made, but then a week later the fighting starts again.
7. artifact (n.): any object produced by the art of the human hand; simple or primitive objects from the distant past. The artifacts of Ancient Egypt help us understand what there society was like.
8. artifice (n.): cunning ingenuity; clever or sly trickery. Hermes had many had many great stories in which he had an artifice with many other gods.
9. artisan (n.): a person skilled at a craft, usually a handicraft. In China, their are many great artisans who work in the factories.
10. millennium ( n.): a period of peace an great prosperity; a thousand years. The Persian empire lasted for over a millennium.
11. perennial (adj.): year after year ; throughout the years  (n.) a plant that blossoms annually. Rodger Federer has been a perrenial winner of Wimbledon for the last 5 years.
12. superannuated (adj.): worn out or retired, from age and years of use of hard work: obsolete or outdated. Blockbuster Video stores aren't even around anymore because they're so superannuated.