aemulus "striving to equal or excel" emulous, emulate, emulation, emulator.acervus "heap" acerval, acervate, coacervate, coacervation.Appendix:Ancient Greek words with English derivatives. Neuralgia - pain caused by a nerve analgesic - a drug that makes one pain free nostalgia - aching for the familiarĪmbidextrous - able to use both hands equally ambiguous - having more than one meaning ambivalence - conflicting or opposite feelings toward a person or thingĪmble - to walk in a slow, relaxed way ambulant - walking or moving around ambulance - a vehicle that moves a patientĪmiable - friendly, pleasant, lovable amity - friendly and peaceful relations amorous - showing romantic loveĪnalysis - a close examination of something anatomy - the structure of something as visible when cut up for analysis anachronism - not being in the right place in timeĪndrogynous - being both male and female android - resembling a human misandry - hatred towards menĪnimal - a living organism animate - to make alive equanimity - of balanced spiritĪnniversary - a date observed once a year annual - happening once a year millennium - 1,000 yearsĪntecede - to come before something in time antemeridian - before noon anteroom- a small room before the main roomĬhrysanthemum and amaranth - names of flowers anthology - a collection of treasured writings anthozoan - half plant, half animal, like anemones and corals.Īnthropology - the study of mankind anthropomorphism - giving human form to non-human things philanthropy - the love to mankind (expressed through good deeds)Īntibody - a substance that destroys micro-organisms antiseptic - preventing infection antisocial - opposing social normĪphorism - a short expression of a general truth apology - an explicit expression of regret, apostrophe - a small dash used in place of an omitted letterĪquarium - a water container for fish aquatic- relating to water aqueduct - a pipeline for waterĪrborist - someone working with trees arbor - a shady area formed by trees arborous - having many treesĪrchbishop - the highest ranking bishop archenemy - chief or worst enemy matriarch - a female who rules a group monarch - a king or queenĪrchaeology - the study of ancient cultures archaic - belonging to an earlier period archive - a collection of historical materialsĪrthroscope - a tool to see inside a joint arthritis - inflammation of a joint arthropod - invertebrates with jointed legs, like spiders, crustaceans, insectsĪrtifact - object made by a person's skill artisan - a person skilled in a craft artist - a person who creates skillfullyĪstronaut - a person traveling to the stars astronomer - someone who studies the stars asterisk - a star-shaped sign used as a reference toolĪudible - loud enough to be heard audience - people who listen to a program audiovisual - relating to sound and visionĪutocrat - a person who governs with absolute power autograph - a person's own signature automatic - moving by itselfĪviary - a large enclosure for birds aviatrix - a female airplane pilot aviation - the art of designing or operating aircraftīaric - pertaining to pressure, esp.This is a list of English words derived from Latin words, including Latin nouns, verbs and adjectives. Abyss - without bottom achromatic - without color anhydrous - without waterĪfire - on fire ashore - on the shore aside - on the sideĪbduct - carry away by force abnormal - away from normal, not normal absent - away, not present aversion - the act of turning away from abbreviate: to shorten.Īccelerate - to increase the speed of accessible - easily entered, approached, or obtained admittance - allowing into Īcrobat - a "high walker" acronym - a word formed from the first (capital) letters of a word acrophobia - fear of heightĪctivity - something that a person does react - to do something in response interaction - communication between two or more thingsĪerate - to let air reach something aerial - relating to the air aerospace - the air spaceĪgriculture - management of the land, agribusiness - making money by utilizing land agrarian - relating to the management of land
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