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.
CLAM means cry 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 VII
stem
amat
meaning
(love)
examples
amorous, amateur, amity
luna
(moon)
lunar, lunatic, sublunar
greg
(group)
congregate, segregate,
gregarious
clam
(cry out)
clamor, exclamation,
declaim
tang
(touch)
tangle, tangent, intangible
Analogies
GREGARIOUS : HERMIT ::
a.
b.
c.
d.
tangent : circle
cautious : amity
clamorous : crowd
sane : lunatic
Analogies
GREGARIOUS : HERMIT ::
a.
b.
c.
d.
tangent : circle
cautious : amity
clamorous : crowd
sane : lunatic
Solve.
CONGREGATE : GATHER ::
a.
b.
c.
d.
segregate : exclude
alternate : turn
contradict : support
silent : vociferate
Solve.
CONGREGATE : GATHER ::
a.
b.
c.
d.
segregate : exclude
alternate : turn
contradict : support
silent : vociferate
Caesar’s Antonyms: Find
the best opposite.
AMITY
a. equanimity
b. hostility
c. conviviality
d. bon vivant
INTANGIBLE
a. tangled
b. implied
c. tacit
d. concrete
Caesar’s Antonyms: Find
the best opposite.
AMITY
a. equanimity
b. hostility
c. conviviality
d. bon vivant
INTANGIBLE
a. tangled
b. implied
c. tacit
d. concrete
Caesar’s Context: Find the
best word to complete the
sentence.
Marcus Aurelius was more interested
in _______ benefits than riches.
a. lunar
b. clamorous
c. intangible
d. extravagant
Caesar’s Context: Find the
best word to complete the
sentence.
Marcus Aurelius was more interested
in _______ benefits than riches.
a. lunar
b. clamorous
c. intangible
d. extravagant
Augustus looked down from his
window at the ______ crowd
clamoring below.
a.
b.
c.
d.
amorous
gregarious
benevolent
mollified
Augustus looked down from his
window at the ______ crowd
clamoring below.
a.
b.
c.
d.
amorous
gregarious
benevolent
mollified
The captured barbarians were
________ from the ordinary Roman
citizens.
a.
b.
c.
d.
segregated
contradicted
congregated
declaimed
The captured barbarians were
________ from the ordinary Roman
citizens.
a.
b.
c.
d.
segregated
contradicted
congregated
declaimed
Caesar’s Classic Words
Challenge
1. From Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
The _________ animals had overcome
the predaceous.
a. sublunar
b. gregarious
c. intangible
d. amorous
Caesar’s Classic Words
Challenge
1. From Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
The _________ animals had overcome
the predaceous.
a. sublunar
b. gregarious
c. intangible
d. amorous
2. From Stephan Crane’s The Red Badge of
Courage.
A frenzied _________ of the kind
would turn him into a worm.
a.
b.
c.
d.
declamation
exclamation
tangent
lunatic
2. From Stephan Crane’s The Red Badge of
Courage.
A frenzied _________ of the kind
would turn him into a worm.
a.
b.
c.
d.
declamation
exclamation
tangent
lunatic
3. From Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
The ship had been a … ___________,
physical symbol that linked them
with the outside world.
a.
b.
c.
d.
sublunar
gregarious
tangible
amateur
3. From Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
The ship had been a … ___________,
physical symbol that linked them
with the outside world.
a.
b.
c.
d.
sublunar
gregarious
tangible
amateur
The Grammar of Vocabulary:
gregarious, an adjective.
The gregarious crowd laughed and clamored vociferously.
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________