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English
9th Grade
11/13/2013

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Term

Amo, Amare, Amavi, Amatum, Amicus

Definition

To love / Friend

 

Amicable, Amity, Inimical

Term

Amicable

 

The fight ended in an amicable agreement.

Definition

Adjective

Friendly, peaceable


Peaceful, kind, non-violent

Angry, hateful, unkind

 

 

Term

Amity

 

My mom has had a long lasting amity with her friends from highschool.

Definition

Noun

Friendship, friendly relations

 

Friend, relationship, companionship

Enemy, tyrant, nemesis

Term

Enamored

 

She was enamored of Justin Bieber.

Definition

Adjective

In love with or charmed by

 

In love, infatuated with, smitten

Hatred towards, dislike, distaste

Term

Inimical

 

Drugs are inimical to your body and personal relationships.

Definition

Adjective

Harmful

 

Hostile, Unfriendly, Bad

Great, Good impact, Healthy

Term

Odium

 

 

Definition

Hate

 

Odious

Term

Odious

 

Teenagers these days have odious personalities.

Definition

Adjective

Hateful, Distasteful

 

Hate, Dislike, Anger towards

 

Love, Care, Kindness

Term

Philos, Phileo, Philein

Definition

Friend / To love

 

Bibliophile, Pedophile, Philander

Term

Bibliophile

 

My brother, the librarian, is a bibliophile.

Definition

Noun

A lover of books

 

Books, reader, wordy

 

Hates reading, dislikes books

Term

Philander

 

Most high school boys my age philander on the weekends.

Definition

Verb

To engage in casual love affairs (men)

 

Love, interest, relationship

 

Dislike, hatred, distaste

Term

Philanthropy

 

We donated the clothes as an act of philanthropy.

Definition

Noun

Goodwill to fellow human beings

 

Kindness, empathy, humane

 

Cruel, uncaring, disgust

Term

Phobos

 

Definition

Fear / Flight

 

Arachnaphobia, Hydrophobia

Term

Phobia

 

I have a bad phobia of heights.

Definition

Noun

Strong fear, dislike, or hatred

 

Dislike, irrational fear, distaste

 

Love, appreciation, enjoy

Term

Acrophobia

 

As we approached the summit, I looked down and my acrophobia worsened.

Definition

Noun

Fear of heights

 

Scared, Dislike

 

Love heights, climber

Term

Hydrophobia

 

After almost drowning in second grade, my brother developed hydrophobia.

Definition

Noun

Fear of water

 

Dislike of water, drowning, distaste

 

Love of water, waterbaby

Term

Xenophobia

 

My neighbors are old and xenophobic

Definition

Noun

Fear of what is strange or foreign

 

Scared, hates foreigners

 

Accepting, loves all

Term

Pax, Pacis

Definition

Peace

 

Appease, Pacific, Pacifically

Term

Appease

 

The baby was crying and it took an hour to appease him.

Definition

Verb

To calm or relieve

 

Ease, satisfy

 

Anger, stir up

Term

Pacify

 

The binky was designed to pacify babies.

Definition

Verb

To calm or quiet

 

Pacifier, hush, quiet

 

Loud, aggrivating, screams

Term

Pacific

 

The pacific view was relaxing.

Definition

Adjective

Peaceful or serene

 

Calming, relaxing, chill

 

Disrupting, annoying, obnoxious

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