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