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When the Spirit Moves: anim (EG)

This vocabulary list features words with the Latin root anim, meaning "life, mind, spirit."
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  1. animadversion
    harsh criticism or disapproval
    I wish, therefore, to offend no man's opinion, nor to draw disquieting animadversions on my own. Van Buren, Martin
  2. animate
    give the appearance of life or movement
    The entire story is a work of CGI animated by a supercomputer. Salon
  3. animated
    made to appear to move as living creatures do
    Instead of a varied, magazine format, each episode follows a single story line — the exploits of an animated dog by the name of Blue. The Tipping Point
  4. animator
    a technician who produces cartoons on film
    Owen dreams of being a Disney animator one day and we see the character animations he has drawn, and a glimpse of his 2,000-word screenplay, The Land of the Lost Sidekicks.The Guardian
  5. animation
    making cartoons to appear to move as living creatures do
    Digital animation and visual effects are so widespread today that studios can end up using them in nearly every shot.Reuters
  6. animatronics
    the construction of robots to look like animals
    With a crew of about 35, he brought the creatures to life using animated mechanical creatures, or animatronics, as well as puppetry.The Wall Street Journal
  7. animism
    the doctrine that all natural objects have souls
    Thailand increasingly exists as a place of contradictions, where ancient animism coexists alongside hyper-capitalist modernity.The Guardian
  8. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
    Spassky seemed to have no animosity for the man who’d defeated him, although he knew he was going to face difficult times when he returned home to Moscow. Endgame
  9. animus
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
    In 1914, Wilson told the African-American editor William Monroe Trotter that eliminating segregation wouldn’t do anything for racial animus, which he called “a human problem, not a political problem.”The New York Times
  10. equanimity
    steadiness of mind under stress
    With three rowdy boys and a frustrated husband, any good vibes are needed, and my hope is that your equanimity will bring some relaxation to the family.The Washington Post
  11. inanimate
    belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
    In the Ojibwe language, nouns are animate or inanimate; the word for stone, asin, is animate.The New Yorker
  12. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
    Renowned for our imagination, hustle and open-mindedness, Angelenos are called by this disaster to show magnanimity in the face of devastation.Los Angeles Times
  13. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
    “Best of luck today,” he told them with a magnanimous gesture that they didn’t deserve. Scythe
  14. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
    If it had been left to pusillanimous males probably nothing much would have happened.Time
  15. unanimity
    everyone being of one mind
    Those lines of young women with raised faces and far-focused eyes, and the unanimity with which they immerse themselves in the music's whirl, speak of belief.The Guardian
  16. unanimous
    in complete agreement
    When Marine Corps headquarters asked for recommendations from their generals in the field about the code talker program, the responses were unanimous. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
  17. unanimous
    in complete agreement
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Created on Tue Feb 04 15:35:32 EST 2025 (updated Tue Mar 04 10:19:02 EST 2025)

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