If the latin root amplus means "to make large," which word in bold means "caused to become bigger"? the tour schedule was amended to add a stop for lunch. severe frostbite meant that one of his toes had to be amputated. the microphone amplified the speaker's voice so that the audience could hear him. the guest speaker ambled to the podium to give his speech.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.