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    Unit 11 Greek and Latin Roots Vocabulary Oct 31, 2020

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    This document provides vocabulary words derived from Latin and Greek roots related to military, social interaction, and companionship. It defines words like militant, militarize, socialize, sociable, asocial, host, hostile, companionship, and accompaniment. For each word, it gives the root meaning, part of speech, a definition, and sometimes a sentence example to illustrate usage. The document aims to build vocabulary knowledge through analyzing the meanings of word parts.

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    VOCABULARY FROM LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS

    UNIT ELEVEN

    UNIT ELEVEN
    MILITA
    Latin MILITARE, MILITATUM, "to be a soldier"

    Someone who is MILITANT (mil' a tant) adj. Willing to fight for a belief or cause; strongly
    militant does not have to devoted
    Nasha is a militant supporter of women's rights; she is often in court defending
    be in an anmy or fighting
    her cause.
    force. A militant sup-
    syn: aggressive ant: shy
    porter of animal rights,
    for instance, is someone MILITARIZE (mile tor +z) v. To prepare for war
    who strongly believes During World War II, Congress avoided trying to militarize the general popula-
    tion, but many Civil Defense Units were ordered to serve in the army.
    animals should not be

    treated cruelly and


    shows that belief by
    speaking, demonstrating. SOC
    contributing money, or Latin SOCIUS, "ally, friend, comrade"
    some other method. SOCIARE, SOCIATUM, "join, associate; have in common

    ASSOCIATE (» sö shë t) v. To link; to group together


    L. ad, "to," + Sociatum = join to
    Anna refused to associate her eating with her poor health until a doctor
    explained that she ate too much junk food.
    syn: connect ant: separate

    SOCIALIZE (sõ sho lz) v. To join in group activities


    The president of the company never socialized with any of her employees.
    syn: keep company ant: avoid

    SOCIABLE (sö sha bal) adj. Interacting with others; friendly


    We took ourj y to obedience school to try to get him to be more sociable
    around other animals.
    syn: outgoing ant: isolated

    ASOCIAL: Wsösh al) adj. Not enjoying or seeking the company of others
    L. a, "not," + socius not a friend
    =

    The new girl seemed asocial at first, but soon


    her outgoing personality made her many
    friends.
    syn: unfriendly ant: neighborly M

    One twin was WAY SOCIAL, the other AS0CIAL.

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    VOCABULARY FROM LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS UNIT ELEVEN

    HOST
    Latin HOSTIS, "enemy"

    HOST (hõst) n. A large group; a great number


    A host originally meant
    weak, and a host of diseases began to attack "a large number of
    Terry's respiratory system was very
    her before she could be admitted to the hospital. enemy forces or troops,
    syn: crowd but now means simple "a
    great number." In mod-
    HOSTILE (hos' tal) adj. Not friendly, warlike
    The Lewis and Clark expedition encountered some hostile tribes, but most Native ern English, if we say

    Americans the explorers met were friendly. someone has a host of


    syn: unkind ant: pleasant complaints, we mean
    that person seems to

    have an endless number

    of things to complain
    COMPAN about.
    Latin COMPANIS, "friend, associate"
    Your companion is lit-
    COMPANIONSHIP (kom pan' yon ship) n. Friendship; company
    erally someone who
    As odd as it seem, Lou thought a robot dog would provide his
    may lonely child
    shares bread ("panis")
    with lots of companionship.
    with ("com") you. This
    ACCOMPANIMENT ( kom' pon mant) n. Something that goes with could be a partner, a
    classical music was the usual accompaniment to dinner.
    In Hannah's house, close friend, or just
    someone who is with you

    for a short time.

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