Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Today's Vocabulary

LATIN ROOTS

 

Vor--eat

(devour, carnivore, omnivorous)

 

Sol-- Sun

(solar, parasol, solstice)

 

Sol-- Alone

(solitude, soliloquy, solo)

 

Spir-- to breathe

(respiration, respire)

 

Sen-- old

(senior, senile)

 

Morph-- shape

(metamorphosis, anthropomorphic)

 

WORDS OF MY OWN MADE FROM LATIN ROOTS

Soltropos-- Turning of the sun

 

Vorcaput-- Eating head

 

Vorvolpos-- Eating fox

 

Vornecro-- Eating dead

 

Vorzoon-- Eating animals

 

Vorzoonphobia-- fear of eating animals

 

Solphilia-- Loving alone

 

Vorpyros-- Eating fire

 

Sensol-- Old sun

 

Solsol-- Alone sun

 

Spirpyros-- Breathe fire

 

Spirsenphilia-- Breathe old love

 

Senmorphphobia-- fear of old shape

 

Solphobia-- fear of sun

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