AE-AG words
Aerobic relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen
Aesthetic relating to the appreciation of beauty
Affable likable, amiable, cordial, genial
Affect to have an effect on, influence; to pretend, feign, fake
Affectation insincere behavior or speech to impress
Affectedness artificiality, insincerity
Affection love, fondness, endearment
Affectionate showing fondness or tenderness, loving, adoring
Affinity a close connection
Affirm to assert strongly and publicly
Affirmative agreeing with, assenting, unequivocal
Afflict to cause pain
Affliction something that causes pain or suffering, pain
Affluent wealthy
Aggrandize to embellish
Aggregate 1 a whole formed by combination
Aggregate 2 to combine
Aggressive assertive and pushy
Agile moving quickly and lightly
Agnostic a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God
Agog eager or curious, excited
Agrarian of cultivation of land, farming
AE-AG words
"Aerial" is made of "aer" (air) and "ial" (pertaining to). Together, it means existing or happening in the air.
"Aerobic" is made of "aer" (air) and "bio" (life) with "ic" (pertaining to). Together, it means relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen.
"Aesthetic" is made of "aisthet" (perception) and "ic" (pertaining to). Together, it means relating to the appreciation of beauty.
"Affable" is made of "ad" (to) and "fari" (to speak) with "able" (capable of). Together, it means likable, amiable, cordial, or genial.
"Affect" is made of "ad" (to) and "facere" (to do or make). Together, it means to have an effect on, influence, or to pretend, feign, or fake.
"Affectation" is made of "ad" (to) and "facere" (to do or make) with "tion" (act of). Together, it means insincere behavior or speech to impress.
"Affectedness" is made of "ad" (to) and "facere" (to do or make) with "ed" (past participle) and "ness" (state of being). Together, it means artificiality or insincerity.
"Affection" is made of "ad" (to) and "facere" (to do or make) with "tion" (act of). Together, it means love, fondness, or endearment.
"Affectionate" is made of "ad" (to) and "facere" (to do or make) with "tion" (act of) and "ate" (having the quality of). Together, it means showing fondness or tenderness, loving, or adoring.
"Affinity" is made of "ad" (to) and "finis" (boundary or end) with "ity" (state or condition). Together, it means a close connection.
"Affirm" is made of "ad" (to) and "firmare" (to make firm). Together, it means to assert strongly and publicly.
"Affirmative" is made of "ad" (to) and "firmare" (to make firm) with "ive" (having the nature of). Together, it means agreeing with, assenting, or unequivocal.
"Afflict" is made of "ad" (to) and "fligere" (to strike). Together, it means to cause pain.
"Affliction" is made of "ad" (to) and "fligere" (to strike) with "tion" (act of). Together, it means something that causes pain or suffering.
"Affluent" is made of "af" (a variation of "ad" which means "to") and "fluere" (to flow). Together, it means wealth or abundance.
Now moving on to words that begin with "ag," the following four words begin with the prefix "ag," which is a variant of "ad," from Latin "ad-" meaning "to" or "toward."
Aggrandize is made of "ad" and "grandis" which means "large" or "great." So, when we make something larger, we embellish or exaggerate its importance or value.
"ad" + "grandis" (= large, "great)
Aggregate can be both a noun and a verb. As a noun, stress is on the first syllable, AGgregate, and when used as a verb, stress goes to the second syllable, aggreGATE. Aggregate is made of "ad" and "greg-" meaning "flock" or "group." So, aggregate means to combine into a group or a whole.
Aggressive is made of "ad" and "gradus" meaning "step" or "degree." Together, it means to step forward, implying being assertive and pushy.
The word agile derives from the Latin verb "agere," meaning "to act" or "to do." "Agile" came to mean being quick in movement, both physically and mentally. The Latin root "agere" is also the source of many other English words related to movement and action, such as "agent" (a person or thing that acts or has the power to act) and "agitate" (to move or shake violently, disturb, or stir up).
Agnostic is formed from the Greek prefix "a-" meaning "not" or "without," and the Greek root "gnost" meaning "known." The word "agnostic" was coined by Thomas Huxley in 1869 to describe his philosophical view that the existence of God is unknown and potentially unknowable. This term became widely adopted for a rationalist worldview rejecting both atheism and religious dogma. Huxley could have used the English spelling of "know" instead of the Greek origin "gnosis," so agnostic could have been spelled "aknostic."
Agog means eager or curious, excited. "Agog" first appeared in English around 1450, with the meaning of "being ready to excitement." Its origin is unclear, but it may have come from the Middle French phrase "en gogues" meaning "amused" or "entertained," from the Old French noun "gogue" meaning "fun" or "amusement."
Agrarian means of or relating to the cultivation of land, farming. "Agrarian" derives from the Latin word "ager" meaning "field." These are words having the same root: agriculture, agrestic (meaning "rural, rustic"), agronomy (science of farming).