BENE AM BELL PAC CRIM PROB GRAV LEV Flashcards
BENE ASSOCIATED WORDS
WELL BENEDICTION BENEFACTOR BENEFICIARY BENEVOLENCE
A —— is a good result.
benefit
benediction
a prayer that ask for god’s blessing
dictio
speaking
benefactor
someone who helps another person, group by giving money / or different help /
An anonymous ——-had given 15 million
benefactor
The famous ——- of John Rockefeller
benefactions
beneficiary
a person that recieves money
benevolence
kindness, generosity
The poor couple was saved only by the ——of her father
benevolence BENHWELENC
AM COMES FROM LATIN—-
AMORE - TO LOVE
AMIABLE FROM AMARE
FRIENDLY
AM AMARE SPANISH FOR FRIEND—-
AMIGO
AM-ICABLE
FRIENDLY PEACEFUL
USA AND CANADA OFTEN SPEAK OF AN——MEETING
AMICABLE
EN-AMOR-ED
CHARMED ,FASCINATED, INFLAMED WITH LOVE
ROMEO AND JULIET WERE UTTERLY——OF EACH OTHER
ENAMORED
SHE IS NOT ——-OF THE NEW BOSS
ENAMORED
AMOR-OUS
HAVING ,SHOWING STRONG FEELING OF ATTRACTON
A COUPLE ON A PARK BENCH COULD BE CALLED
AMOROUS
PARAMOUR
A LOVER OFTEN SECRET NOT ALLOWED BY LAW
HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS THE——-OF HIS WIFE
PAR-AMOUR
BELL
WAR
BELLONA
ROMAN GODDES OF WAR
BELL ASSOCIATED WORDS
ANTEBELLUM / antibelhm/ , bellicose, belligerence/bhlijhrhns/ rebellion /ribelyhn/
antebellum
before the war, ESPECIALLY BEFORE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
WHEN WORLD WAR I WAS OVER IT WAS DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO THEIR EXTRAVAGANT ——-WAY OF LIFE
ANTEBELLUM
BELLICOSE
WARLIKE, AGGRESSIVE, QUARRELSOME
SINCE—–DESCRIBES AN ATTITUDE THAT HOPES FOR ACTUAL WAR , THE WORD IS GENERALLY APPLIED TO NATIONS AND LEADERS
BELLI-COSE
BELLIGERENCE
AGGRESIVENESS, COMBATIVINESS
UNLIKE——AND—–THE WORD—-CAN BE USED AT EVERY LEVEL FROM THE PERSONAL TO GLOBAL
BELLIGERENCE AND BELLICOSITY THE WORD BELLIGERENCE /BHLIJHRHNS/
REBELLION
OPEN DEFIANCE AND OPPOSITION
PAC
LATIN AGREE ,PEACE
PACIFIC OCEAN
NAMED BY FERDINAND MAGELLAN
PACIFY
PASHFI - TO SOOTHE ANGER, TO SUBDUE BY ARMED ACTION
DURING THE VIETNAM WAR,——OF AN AREA MEANT USING ARM FORCES TO DRIVE OUT ENEMY
PACIFICATION
UNHAPPY BABY IS OFTEN GIVEN RUBBER —–
PACIFIER
PACIFIST
PERSON OPPOSING TO WAR OR BEAR THE ARMS ON MORAL OR RELIGIOUS GROUNDS
THE QUACKERS AND THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES ARE —–RELIGIONS
PACIFIST
PACT
AGREEMENT BETWEEN PEOPLE, TREATY BETWEEN NATIONS – IT HAS PEACE AT ITS ROUTS BECAUSE A PACT OFTEN ENDS A PERIOD OF UNFRIENDLY NATIONS
PACE
PESE, CONTRARY TO THE OPINION OF
THE COST OF THE PROGRAM, –==SOME COMMENTATORS, WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT
PACE IS USED TO CORRECT COMMON BELIEFS
CRIM
LATIN FAULT OR CRIME
CRIM ASSOCIATED WORDS
CRIMINOLOGY, DECRIMINALIZE, INCRIMINATE / INKRIMHNET/, RECRIMINATION
CRIMINOLOGY
STUDY OF PUNISHMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRIME
DECRIMINALIZE
TO REMOVE OR REDUCE THE CRIMINAL STATUS OF
——- IS NOT THE SAME AS LEGALIZATION
DECRIMINALIZATION STILL CALL FOR A FINE POSSESISON / SELLING IS THE CRIME /
INCRIMINATE
TO SHOW EVIDENCE OF INVOLVEMENT IN A CRIME OR A FAULT.
Testimony may—— a suspect by placing him at the scene of a crime.
incriminate
recrimination
an accusation in answer to an accusation made against
oneself
a disaster often brings —–among those connected with it.
recriminations
prob
from the Latin prove or proof and honesty or integrity
prob associated words
approbation, probate, probity, reprobate
approbation - is stronger than mere approval
the official act of approving, usually given with pleasure
The Senate signaled its ——–of the new plan
approbation
probate
The process of proving in court that the will of someone who has died is valid, and of administering the estate of a dead person
probate court
oversees the handling of estates
probity
absolut honesty an uprightness
—–is a quality the public generally hopes for in its elected officials.
probity
A politician is careful to project an air of —–
probity
reprobate
a person of thoroughly bad character
someone of doubtful morals but good humor
reprove
opposite to approve “to condemn”
grav
from Latin heavy, weighty, serious
grav associated words
grave, gravitas, gravitate, aggravate
grave
concern, serious in appearance, requiring serious thought
Talk about a——situation, as in the example sentence
grave
gravitas
great or very dignified seriousness
gravitate
to move towards something
On hot summer day our social life ——-toward the lakefront.
gravitated
aggravate
to make more serious / injury / to annoy
LEV
LATIN ADJ LEVIS LIGHT LEVARE TO RAISE OR LIGHTEN
LEV ASSOCIATED WORDS
ALLEVIATE, ELEVATION, CANTI-LEVER, LEVITY,
ALLEVIATE
TO LIGHTEN, LESSEN OR RELIEVE.
ELEVATION
HIGH OF A PLACE, PROMOTION
CANTILEVER
A LONG PIECE OF WOOD, METAL, THAT STICKS OUT FROM A WALL TO SUPPORT SOMETHING ABOVE IT
THE HOUSE’S DECK, SUPPORTED BY—-
CANTILEVER
LEVITY
LACK OF APPROPRIATE SERIOUSNESS
dipsomaniac
alcoholic,
dipsa
greek thirst
perceptible
noticeable or able to be felt by the senses
perceptive person
person pick up minor changes
cept
Latin take , seize
intercept
to stop, seize, or interrupt something or someone before arrival.
fin
end or boundry
confine
to keep someone or something within borders.
finite
having definite limits
Her ambitions were —-.
finite
infinitesimal
extremely small
interject
to interrupt a conversation with a comment or remark
conjecture
to guess
tract from trahere
drag or draw
duc/ duct
Lat ver ducere to lead
duke
leader
conducive
tending to promote, encourage
The quiet cafe ——-to study.
conducive
deduction
the reaching of a conclusion by reasoning
induce
persuade, influence, bring about
——-a friend to go to a concert
gentle persuation
an —–is something that might lure you to do something .
inducement
sequ
Lat follow
Things in —-or regular order
sequence
nonsequitur
nen sekwhthr , a statement that does not follow logically from anything previously said.
His mind went blank, and he blurted out a ———-
nonsequitur
Latin nonsequitur / Aristoteles/
It does not follow logically what was said previously
Apollonian
calm, rational, harmonious grek god Apollo
apollonian style
poetry without any extremes
bacchanalian
orgiastic, Frenzied,
Bacchus
greek good of drama, wine
The —– partying on graduation resulted in car wrecks.
bacchanalian
delphic
unclear, amigious, confusing
dionysian
dihnizhehn delirius
In tropics festivals become truly——-.
dionysian
Dionysus was frontrunner of Bacchus. He was inventor of wine, which he gave to the human race.
opposit apollonian
mercurial
mhr kyur e hl, having rapid and unpredictable changes of mood
god Mercury
symbol of speed but unpredictable / mercury drops move unpredictably on surface
olympian
lofty, superior, detached
greec goods lived atop Mt. Olympus watching people from top. Olympic , Olympic games 8th century before BC
somebody above all
