Latin Roots #3

Roots and Derivatives

1. aud(it): Hear; audience 
2. avi: Bird; aviation
3. bell(i): War; rebellion
4. ben(e): Good, well; benefit 

Word List

1. antebellum: before the war, especially the American Civil War: typical of how things were before any war.  It was peaceful during the antebellum. 
2. audit: 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.  I became an audit at Hancock to become more knowledgable before my future classes at Harvard. 
3. auditory: related to the sense of hearing.  Dre's Beats are a superb auditory experience. 
4. avian: characteristic of or pertaining to birds.  Chris Bosh resembles a prehistoric avian creature. 
5. aviary: elaborate structure for housing birds.  Big Bird often spends a large quantity of time with his mistress in the aviary. 
6. avionics: the technology of using electronic equiptment in aviation, missilery, and space flight.  Nazi scientists demonstrated their skills at avionics when they constructed V-2 Rockets. 
7. bellicose: eager to fight or quarrel; hostile.  Passive persons do not practice bellicose characteristics. 
8. belligerency: the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action.  Adolf Hitler was a master at belligerency. 
9. benefactor: a person who gives another financial help; a patron.  My parents often serve as a  benefactor to me. 
10. beneficiary: one who recieves a benefit of payment, as from an insurance policy.  I often serve as a beneficiary to my parents.
11. benign: not malignant; gracious and kindly; good-natured.  I am only attracted to benign females.  
12. inaudible: unable to be heard.  One whom is mute is often considered inaudible.