Root: manu, mand

Meaning: hand, handmade, entrust

 

1. mandatory: an obligation, compulsory
2. manumit : to liberate
3. countermand : to cancel
4. emancipate : to free from bondage
5. maneuver: planned moves

 

Root: mem, mart

Meaning: to remember

 

1. memoir : records of events
2. immemorial : extending memory beyond
3. reminiscent : suggestive of earlier events
4. memento : souvenir
5.   memory : retain in mind

 

Context:

 

1. Learning one’s mother tongue is mandatory
2. To manumit a slave is an act of benevolence
3. The prohibitory law was countermanded
4. In Roman civil law to emancipate is to end paternal control
5. He maneuvered his way into the confidence of the army
6. A memoir is also a biography
7. From time immemorial man has been selfish
8. His style is reminiscent of Hemingway’s
9. A memento serves as a reminder of past events
10. To have good memory is a blessing while learning vocabulary

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