LOVE

phil- meaning "love"

1. INGRATIATE (v)

To try hard to please or find favor in another

2. PHILANTHROPIST (n)

A person that loves mankind enough to donate their time and money for others

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

Library of Congress

5. PHILHARMONIC (adj)

music loving

Elvis Presley

6. PHILOPROGENITIVE (adj)

characterized by love of one's child

Mother Teresa

7. PHILATELIST (n)

A person who loves stamps, so they collect or study them

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

Bamboo

10.PHILTER (n)

A love potion

11. PHILOLOGY (n)

The study of text due to a love of learning and literature.

12. PHILADELPHIA (n)

The "city of brotherly love"(adelphos= brother)

13. PHILOGYNY (n)

The love or liking of women

Now, wait a minute!

14. PHILHELLENIC (adj)

Loving Greece or anything Grecian

The Parthenon

The White House

• 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)

VOCABULARY ACTIVITY (DUE WED)

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.

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