Caesar’s English Lesson VII
AMAT means love. An amorous feeling is full of love; an
amateur is not a professional, but just someone who loves to do something; and amity is the
loving friendship in a town!
LUNA means moon. A lunar landing is on the moon; a lunatic was once thought to be driven mad by the
moon; and sublunar refers to things happening under the full moon!
GREG means group. To congregate is to group together; to segregate is to
put a group apart; and gregarious means to stay in groups, as cattle do
in a field.
CLAMCLAM means cry outcry out. A clamor is a great outcry; an exclamation is a loud cry from someone; and to declaim is
to make a speech noisily!
TANG means touch. A tangle is a mess in which everything is touching everything in a knot; a tangent is a
line that touches a circle; and intangible job benefits are those you
can not touch, such as being interested in your work!
Advanced Word: Gregarious
The adjective gregarious (greh-GAIR-ee-us) contains the stems greg (group) and ous (full of). Gregarious means sociable, and some species are more gregarious than others. Cattle are gregarious; we often see them in one corner of a field, or under one tree, together. Human beings are gregarious; we love to be together, and most of the time we don’t like to be alone. In speaking of the Fin-back whale in Moby Dick, Herman Melville wrote that “The Fin-back is not gregarious. He seems a whale-hater, as some men are man-haters.”
Ancient Latin Stems, Lesson VIIAncient Latin Stems, Lesson VII
stem meaning examplesamat (love) amorous, amateur, amity
luna (moon) lunar, lunatic, sublunar
greg (group) congregate, segregate, gregarious
clam (cry out) clamor, exclamation, declaim
tang (touch) tangle, tangent, intangible
AnalogiesAnalogies
GREGARIOUS : HERMIT ::
a. tangent : circleb. cautious : amityc. clamorous : crowdd. sane : lunatic
AnalogiesAnalogies
GREGARIOUS : HERMIT ::
a. tangent : circleb. cautious : amityc. clamorous : crowdd. sane : lunatic
Solve.
CONGREGATE : GATHER ::
a. segregate : excludeb. alternate : turnc. contradict : supportd. silent : vociferate
Solve.
CONGREGATE : GATHER ::
a. segregate : excludeb. alternate : turnc. contradict : supportd. silent : vociferate
Caesar’s Antonyms: Find the best opposite.
AMITY INTANGIBLEa. equanimity a. tangledb. hostility b. impliedc. conviviality c. tacitd. bon vivant d. concrete
Caesar’s Antonyms: Find the best opposite.
AMITY INTANGIBLEa. equanimity a. tangledb. hostility b. impliedc. conviviality c. tacitd. bon vivant d. concrete
Caesar’s Context: Find the best word to complete the
sentence.
Marcus Aurelius was more interested in _______ benefits than riches.
a. lunarb. clamorousc. intangibled. extravagant
Caesar’s Context: Find the best word to complete the
sentence.
Marcus Aurelius was more interested in _______ benefits than riches.
a. lunarb. clamorousc. intangibled. extravagant
Augustus looked down from his window at the ______ crowd
clamoring below.
a. amorousb. gregariousc. benevolentd. mollified
Augustus looked down from his window at the ______ crowd
clamoring below.
a. amorousb. gregariousc. benevolentd. mollified
The captured barbarians were ________ from the ordinary Roman citizens.
a. segregatedb. contradictedc. congregatedd. declaimed
The captured barbarians were ________ from the ordinary Roman citizens.
a. segregatedb. contradictedc. congregatedd. declaimed
Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge
1. From Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
The _________ animals had overcome the predaceous.
a. sublunarb. gregariousc. intangibled. amorous
Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge
1. From Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
The _________ animals had overcome the predaceous.
a. sublunarb. gregariousc. intangibled. amorous
2. From Stephan Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage.
A frenzied _________ of the kind would turn him into a worm.
a. declamationb. exclamationc. tangentd. lunatic
2. From Stephan Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage.
A frenzied _________ of the kind would turn him into a worm.
a. declamationb. exclamationc. tangentd. lunatic
3. From Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
The ship had been a … ___________, physical symbol that linked them
with the outside world.
a. sublunarb. gregariousc. tangibled. amateur
3. From Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
The ship had been a … ___________, physical symbol that linked them
with the outside world.
a. sublunarb. gregariousc. tangibled. amateur
The Grammar of Vocabulary: gregarious, an adjective.
The gregarious crowd laughed and clamored vociferously.
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