Vocabulary

Am/ImFrom the Latin word amare, “to love”

Amicable

• Amicable: Friendly, peaceful

• Onyx and Armando have an amicable relationship.

Enamored

• Enamored: Charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love

• Romeo is enamored of Juliet.

Inimical

• Inimical: Hostile, unfriendly, or harmful

• Batman and the Joker have an inimical relationship.

Paramour

• Paramour: A lover, often secret, not allowed by law or custom

• Romeo was Juliet’s paramour.

Amateur

• Amateur: A person who does something as a pastime for the love of the activity

• Since Henri failed his exam to enter the police academy, he became an amateur detective.