Unit-01 BENE

Question 1

benefit (n)

Answer 1

A benefit is a good result or effect.

A benefit of museum membership is that purchases are discounted.

Question 2

beneficial (adj)

Answer 2

Something beneficial produces good results or effects.

He hopes the new drug will prove beneficial to many people.

Question 3

BENE

Answer 3

BENE is Latin for “well.” The Latin root can be heard in other languages as well: “Good!” or “Fine!” in Spanish is “Bueno!”; in French, it’s “Bon!”; and in Italian, just say “Bene!”

Question 4

benediction (n)

Answer 4

A prayer that asks for God’s blessing, especially a prayer that concludes a worship service.

The moment the bishop had finished his benediction, she squeezed quickly out of her row and darted out the cathedral’s side entrance.

Question 5

benefactor

Answer 5

Someone who helps another person or group, especially by giving money.

An anonymous benefactor had given $15 million to establish an ecological institute at the university.

Question 6

beneficiary (n)

Answer 6

A person or organization that benefits or is expected to benefit from something, especially one that receives money or property when someone dies.

Living in a trailer in near-poverty, she received word in the mail that her father had died, naming her as the sole beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.

Question 7

benevolence (n)

Answer 7

Kindness, generosity.

In those financially desperate years, the young couple was saved only by the benevolence of her elderly great-uncle.