Interesting Knowledge: -ate Word Breakdown PDF

Ate the –ate, and there is another word! - ate INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE A graduate with moderate knowledge of Latin, Greek and Hebrew would be able to separate the words in this sentence into their original form. A word can be separated into different parts, take the alternate spelling of 'publicate' f...

Ate the –ate, and there is another word! - ate INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE A graduate with moderate knowledge of Latin, Greek and Hebrew would be able to separate the words in this sentence into their original form. A word can be separated into different parts, take the alternate spelling of 'publicate' for 'publish’ as it is probably the easiest to understand. INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE The other words are more difficult: ‘Aggregate' does not come from 'ggregate' but from 'greg', meaning a flock or group. It describes something formed by adding together smaller parts. For example, an aggregate of different people can form a crowd. 'Activate' comes from 'act', meaning do something. So to activate means to make something work or operate. 'Certificate' comes from 'certify', meaning to state that something is true or correct. A certificate is a written statement to confirm this. INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE 'Indoctrinate' comes from 'doctrine', meaning a system of ideas or beliefs. To indoctrinate means to teach someone to accept these ideas completely, without questioning them. 'Decimate' comes from 'decem', meaning ten. In ancient Rome, it meant to kill every tenth soldier as a punishment. Today, it means to kill or destroy a large proportion of something. INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE 'Liberate' comes from 'liber', meaning free. It means to set someone free from a situation, especially a political one. 'Motivate' comes from 'movere', meaning move. To motivate someone means to give them a reason to do something. 'Situate' comes from 'situs', meaning position. We use it to describe where something is located. -ate 使其擁有某項特質 動詞化 擁有某項特質 名詞化／形容詞化 WORD LIST Graduate = grad + ate = v. 畢業 / n. 畢業生 Separate = se + para + ate = v. 分隔；阻隔 / adj. 分隔獨立的 Publicate = public + ate = v. 公開發佈 Aggregate = ag + gre + ate = adj. 整體的；總計的 / n. 整體；總數 / v. 積聚 Activate = act + ive + ate = v. 發動；啟動 Certificate = cert + ify + ate = n. 證明；證書 WORD LIST Indoctrinate = in + doct + rin + ate = v. 灌輸 Decimate = deci + ate = v. 毀滅；大幅摧毀 Liberate ＝ liber + ate = v. 解放 Motivate = mot + ive + ate = v. 鼓勵；促使 Situate = sit + ate = v. 座落於 EXERCISE TIME 翻譯自己負責的文章部 找兩個-ate的生字（未 份 出現過在今日課堂裡）