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claim & clam
These ROOT-WORDS are CLAIM & CLAM which comes from the Latin clamare - DECLARE, CALL OUT & CRY OUT. Notice the different pronunciation and spelling of the two forms. This ROOT-WORD ‘CLAIM’ which is a complete word in its own right, has other ROOT-WORDS attached to it, making new words, but they are all related.
1. Claim : CLAIM (klame) v.
To call one’s own; to ask for; to maintain
2. Reclaim : re CLAIM (re klame’) v.
Make an effort to regain; demand the return of
3. Claimable : CLAIM able (klay’ ma b’l) adj.
Can be claimed
4. Clamor : CLAM or (klam’ or) n.
A shouting; a racket
5. Clamorous : CLAM or (klam’ o rus) adj.
Full of noise
6. Acclaim : ac CLAM (a klame’) v.
To give praise to; to applaud
7. Declaim : de CLAIM (de klame’) v.
To make a format speech
8. Declamation : de CLAM ation (dek ia may’ shun) n.
A recitation; an oration
9. Disclaim : dis CLAIM (dis klame’) v.
Cast off; deny; disown
10. Exclaim : ex CLAIM (eks klame’) v.
Cry out; as, with pain
11. Exclamation : ex CLAM ation (eks kla may’ shun) n.
A cry; an outcry
12. Claimant : CLAIM ant (klay’ mant) n.
One who makes a claim
13. Reclaimable : re CLAIM able (re klay’ ma b’l) adj.
Can be restored; can be salvaged
14. Irreclaimable : ire CLAIM able (ir e klay’ ma b’l) adj.
Cannot be restored; is not salvageable
15. Irreclaimability : ire CLAIM ability (ir e klame a bil’ i ti) n.
The quality of not being able to be restored
16. Proclaim : pro CLAIM (pro klame’) v.
Make known to the public
17. Proclamation : pro CLAM ation (prok la may’ shun) n.
A notice to the public
18. Proclamatory : pro CLAM atory (pro klam’ a toe ri) adj.
Related to proclaiming; as, a proclamatory style
19. Unclaimed : un CLAIM ed (un klamed’) adj.
Not called for; as, many lost things are unclaimed
20. Exclamatory : ex CLAM atory (eks clam’ a toe ri) adj.
Relating to an exclamation; as, an exclamatory remark
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