Thursday, September 18, 2014

Latin Roots #3

Roots and Derivatives
1. Aud(it)
(hear): audience, auditorium, audition, audiovisual

2. Avi (bird): aviation, aviculture, aviatrix, avifauna

3. Bell(i) (war): rebellion, rebel, belligerent, postbellum

4. Ben(e) (good, well): benefit, benevolent, benediction, benefice, benison

Word List

1. antebellum: before the war, especially the American Civil War; typical of how things were done before any war
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2. audit: to attend a class only as a listener, not for credit; to check or examine a company's financial records; the process of making such an examination
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3. auditory: related to the sense of hearing
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4. avian: characteristic of or pertaining to birds
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5. aviary: an elaborate structure for housing birds
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6. avionics: the technology of (using) electronic equipment in aviation, missilery, and space flight
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7. bellicose: eager to fight or quarrel; hostile
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8. belligerency: the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action
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9. benefactor: a person who gives another (financial) help; a patron
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10. beneficiary: one who recieves a benefit (of payment), as from an insurance policy
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11. benign: not malignant; gracious and kindly; good-natured
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12. inaudible: unable to be heard
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