What does enchantment mean?
Word: Enchantment
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Enchantment means a feeling of great pleasure, as if under a spell; also a magic spell in a story.
Word origin: Comes from Old French enchanter, from Latin incantare.
How do you spell enchantment?
Syllables: en - chant - ment
Tricky part: The first sound is often heard as in, so many students begin the word with an i. It begins with an e.
Watch out for: inchantment, enchentment
Memory tip: Fairy tales finish with The End, and this fairy-tale word starts with the same two letters, en.
Enchantment in a sentence
Example 1: The children watched the fireflies in the garden with pure enchantment.
Example 2: In the story, the old enchantment kept the castle asleep for a hundred years.
Example 3: Grandma still speaks of the enchantment of her first view of the Himalayas.
Fun Fact
The Latin root, incantare, joins in, meaning on, with cantare, to sing, so an enchantment was first a spell sung over someone; the word chant comes from the same cantare.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
enchant
a) mant
b) mint
c) mont
d) ment
Show answer
d) ment. This is the same ending that turns enjoy into enjoyment.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
enchanttment
a) t
b) m
c) h
d) n
Show answer
a) t. One t closes the verb before the ending is added.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nmhcenattne
a) enhancement
b) encampment
c) enchantment
d) attachment
Show answer
c) enchantment. Enhancement has one t, encampment needs a p, and attachment has only one n, yet the jumble holds two t's and three n's.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: enchantment
a) amazement
b) wonder
c) delight
d) disappointment
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d) disappointment. Delight, wonder and amazement are all happy feelings; disappointment is the flat feeling at the other end.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does enchantment mean in 'the enchantment of the hills at sunrise'?
a) charm
b) distance
c) silence
d) height
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a) charm
2. Which setting would best suit a story full of enchantment?
a) a queue at a ticket counter
b) a busy office on a Monday
c) a forest where the trees whisper
d) a bus depot at rush hour
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c) a forest where the trees whisper
