Latin Roots #2

Roots and Derivatives
1) anni, annu, enni (year): anniversary, semiannual, biennial, bicentennial, annuity
2) aqua, aque (water): aquatic, aqueduct, aquarium, aqualung, subaqueous,  aquamarine
3) arm (arm, weapon): artistic


Word List
1. aqua: the hue of the sea:, bluish-green.
The house was yellow and aqua.

2. aquaculture: the cultivation of water plants and animals for human food.
We had to depend on aquaculture when they were stranded in the desert.

3. aqueous: like, of, or formed by water: watery.
There was a great wall of aqueous marble.

4. armada: a fleet of worships.
We read about and armada of destroyers, minesweepers, and gunboats.

5. armature: equipment or clothing for battle, or any protective covering; an armlike extension.
Shakespeare plot have served as the armature for many novels.

6. armistice: a temporary suspension of hostilities by mutual agreement, as a truce preliminary to a peace treaty.
The armistice was declared on November 11.

7. artifact: any object produced by the art of the human hand; simple or primitive objects from the distant past.
Hundreds of unidentified artifacts are stored in numerous rooms beneath the museum.

8. artifice: cunning ingenuity; cleaver or sly trickery.
She was very artifice.

9. artisan: a person skilled at a craft, usually a handicraft.
He is an artisan when he bakes his delicious bread.

10. millennium: a period of peace and great prosperity; a thousand years.
We finally had a millennium in our small town.

11. perennial: year after year; throughout the years; n, a plant that blooms annually.
She has perennial beauty.

12. superannuated: worn out, or retired, from age and years of use of hard work; obsolete or outdated.
She is not superannuated and has no paid vacation.