Vocabulary #3

Words from Latin Roots # 3

Roots and Derivatives:

1. aud (it): hear
2. avi: bird
3. bell (i): war
4. bene (e): good, well

Word List:

1. antebellum (a): before the war, especially the American Civil War; typical of how things were before any war

• In the antebellum South, slavery was a common practice. 

2. audit (v, n): 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

• Many company's need to audit their accounts in order to keep track of their money.

3. auditory (a): related to the sense of hearing

• People who are deaf may have a problem with their auditory nerves. 

4. avian (a): characteristic of or pertaining to birds

• The wings of a plane are avian characteristics. 

5. aviary (n): an elaborate structure for housing birds

• In order to prevent birds from flying off, wild birds in the zoo live in aviaries. 

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

• Avionics made it possible for Neil Armstrong to reach the moon. 

7. bellicose (a): eager to fight or quarrel, hostile

• The wife was bellicose as soon as she heard of her husband's cheating.

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

•   Once Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, The U.S.A was in a stage of belligerency. 

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

• Bill Gates is an important benefactor for the education system.

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

• My aunt was the beneficiary since the insurance covered the car damages due to the accident.

11. benign (a): not malignant; gracious and kindly; good-natured

• Everybody was relieved that the boy's tumor was benign and simply needed surgery to remove it. 

12. inaudible (a): unable to be heard

• As young children, we may be able to hear things that are inaudible for senior citizens.