LOVE
philmeaning "love"
1. INGRATIATE (v)
To try hard to please or find favor in another
What are three
things you can do to
ingratiate yourself to
your teacher?
2. PHILANTHROPIST (n)
A person that loves mankind enough to
donate their time and money for others
Can you name
any famous
philanthropists?
Oprah Winfrey
3. PHILOSOPHY (n)
An area of investigation into truths for the love
of knowledge
Confucius
4. BIBLIOPHILE (n)
A person who loves books or collecting books
What is the
largest library
in the world?
Library of Congress
5. PHILHARMONIC (adj)
music loving
Who is one
of the bestselling
musicians
of the
1950’s?
Elvis Presley
6. PHILOPROGENITIVE (adj)
characterized by love of one's child
Which
“mother”
won the
Nobel Peace
Prize in
1979?
Mother Teresa
7. PHILATELIST (n)
A person who loves stamps, so they collect or
study them
This picture is from
2010: How much did
a stamp cost then?
How much does a
stamp cost today?
The two-million-dollar stamp: only
one exists. It’s Swedish.
8. PHILANDER (v)
To carry on flirtatious, loving relationships with
many people
Johnny Depp as Don Juan
9. PHILODENDRON (n)
A wood-loving, tropical American climbing
plant
What is
the
world’s
fastest
growing
plant?
Bamboo
10.PHILTER (n)
A love potion
11. PHILOLOGY (n)
The study of text due to a love of learning and
literature.
What is the
most difficult
language for
English
speakers to
learn?
http://youtu.b
e/CbDKASjAe
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12. PHILADELPHIA (n)
The "city of brotherly love"
(adelphos= brother)
Can you name all
7 pro teams
based in
Philadelphia?
13. PHILOGYNY (n)
The love or liking of women
What is the
most famous
painting of a
woman?
Who painted
it?
Now, wait a minute!
Umm…that’s still not right..
Wrong Lisa…
That’s better..
14. PHILHELLENIC (adj)
Loving Greece or anything Grecian
What is this a
picture of? One
of the most
recognizable
structures in
the world…
The Parthenon
Look
familiar?
What building
does this
remind you
of?
The White House
VOCABULARY ACTIVITY (DUE
WED)
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FIND 5 PICTURES (magazine, clipart, *Internet,
drawn)
FOR EACH PICTURE, WRITE 1-2
SENTENCES EXPLAINING WHICH
VOCABULARY WORD(S) THE PICTURE
RELATES TO AND WHY.
BE SURE THE SENTENCES ARE COMPLETE
WITH CORRECT SPELLING AND GRAMMAR.
(*include URL for Internet selected pictures)
EXAMPLE
The person who would wear this shirt could be
described as philhellenic. Only someone
with a love of Greece would go out of their
way to buy a shirt like this.
https://encryptedtbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRZ4Hdf3bj_Y_IBtiCMHrcB3u
56EXpS5JzXFOlU4Jr9hLtmnOQiRQ