Unit-01 BELL

Question 1

BELL

Answer 1

BELL comes from the Latin word meaning “war.” Bellona was the littleknown Roman goddess of war; her husband, Mars, was the god of war.

Question 2

antebellum

Answer 2

Existing before a war, expecially before the American Civil Ware (1861-65).
When World War I was over, the French nobility found it impossible to return to their extravagant antebellum way of life.

Question 3

bellicose (adj)

Answer 3

Warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome.
The more bellicose party always got elected whenever there was tension along the border and the public believed that military action would lead to security.

Question 4

belligerence

Answer 4

Aggressiveness, combativeness.
The belligerence in Turner’s voice told them that the warning was a serious threat.

Question 5

rebellion

Answer 5

Open defiance and opposition, sometimes armed, to a person or thing in authority.
A student rebellion that afternoon in Room 13 resulted in the new substitute teacher racing out of the building in tears.