Friday, September 26, 2014

Latin Roots 3

Roots and Derivatives
aud (it) (hear) audience, auditorium, audition, audiovisual 
avi (bird) aviation, aviculture, aviatrix, avifauna
bell(i) (war) rebellion, rebel. belligerent, postbellum
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 before any war.

2. audit: to attend a class only only as a listener, not for credit: to check or examine a company's financial records; the process of making such an examination

3. auditory: related for the sense of hearing

4. avian: a characteristic of or pertaining to birds

5. aviary: an elaborate structure for housing birds

6. avionics: the technology of (using) electronic equipment in aviation, missilery, and space flight

7. bellicose: eager to fight or quarrel; hostile

8. belligerency: the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action 

9. benefactor: a person who gives another (financial) help; a patron

10, beneficiary: one who receives a benefit (of payment) as from an insurance policy

11. benign: not malignant; gracious and kindly; good natured

12. inaudiable: unable to be heard

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