LESSON 5 CAESAR’S ENGLISH

stem definition examples circum (around) circumference, circumnavigate, circumspect mal (bad) malevolent, malicious, malady post (after) postscript, posthumous, postgame equi (equal) equilateral, equilibrium, equivocate ante (before) antecedent, anterior, antebellum

CIRCUM – means around A ship can circumnavigate the Earth by sailing around it, to be circumspect is to be cautious and looking around, and circumference is the distance around a circle or round object. Would circuit be a circum word?

‘True circumnavigation of the Earth must: start and finish at the same point, traveling in one general direction, reach two antipodes, cross the equator, cross all longitudes, cover a minimum of 40,000km..' Explorers Web AdventureStats, 2007.

MAL – means bad A malevolent person has bad will or evil intentions, a malady is when you feel bad, and a malicious act is intentionally bad. Some malodorous malcontent is making me leave.

They’re not maliciously malodorous!

POST – means after A posthumous award is one given after its recipient has died, a postscript is the PS we put at the bottom of a letter AFTER we have written it, and our posterity are our descendents who come after us. I’m feeling languorous, so I am off to have a postprandial nap!

Postmodern architecture: not for everyone…

EQUI – means equal An equilateral triangle has three equal sides, to equivocate is to equally take both sides of an issue, and equilibrium is a system in balance. Equidistant is another equi- term.

12 hours of daylight occur on the equinox. I say . You say .

ANTE – means before The antebellum period is before the war, the antecedent is the noun that comes before the pronoun, and the anterior is the front part of something. Your anterior is opposite of your posterior.

Down the road towards Baton Rouge is the magnificent Nottaway Plantation, the largest remaining antebellum mansion in the state. Constructed in 1859 by John Hampden Randolph of Virginia, the "White Castle," as it is called, was designed by Irish-American Henry Howard, one of the greatest New Orleans architects in the 1800s.

Advanced word: Circumspect Contains the Latin stem circum (around) and spect (look). It means cautious, careful, on the lookout. Circumspect is an adjective, and so it can modify a noun or pronoun. You can have a circumspect spy, a circumspect answer, or a circumspect glance. You could say “She is circumspect.”

 When the river is very low, and one's steamboat is "drawing all the water" there is in the channel,-- or a few inches more, as was often the case in the old times, --one must be painfully circumspect in his piloting. We used to have to "sound" a number of particularly bad places almost every trip when the river was at a very low stage. -from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

Advanced word: Malevolence Malevolence means being mean, having bad (mal) will (vol) toward someone. Malevolence is the opposite of benevolence, which means kindness, and it can transform into the adjective malevolent. Shakespeare used malevolence 400 years ago in his play Macbeth to describe the malevolence of fortune.”

Circumstances force me to leave now. stem definition examples Circum around circumference Mal bad malevolent, malicious Post after postscript, posthumous Equi equal equilateral, equilibrium Ante before antecedent Circumstances force me to leave now.

Before I go… malapropism means using big words badly. stem definition examples Circum (around) circumference Mal (bad) malevolent, malicious Post (after) postscript, posthumous Equi (equal) equilateral, equilibrium Ante (before) antecedent Before I go… malapropism means using big words badly.