Latin Roots and Vocabulary Words 3-4

aud(it)

(to hear): audience, auditorium, audition, audiovisual, audiophile, audible

avi

(bird): aviation, aviculture, aviatrix, avifauna, aviator

bell(I)

(war): rebellion, rebel, belligerent, postbellum, bellicosity

ben(e)

(good, well): benefit, benevolent, benediction, benefice, benison, beneficial

bon, boun

(good): bonus, bounty, bountiful, bonify, boon, bon voyage, bonhomie

capit, capt

(head, chief leader): captial, captain, capitalize, decapitate, per capita, capitolcarn

carn(i)

(flesh, meat): carnal,carnality, carnival, carnation, carnify,carnivore, chili con carne

ced(e), ceed, cess

(to go, to yield): recede, proceed, success, concede, exceed, procession, unprecendented

antebellum

(a) before the war, especially the American Civil War; typically of how things were before any war

audit

(v) to attend a class only as a listener, not for credit; to check or examine a company’s financial records; (n) the process of making an examination of or attending a class in order to examine it

bellicose

(a) eager to fight or quarrel; hostilebe

belligerency

(n) the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action

benign

(a) not malignant; gracious and kindly; good-natured

benefactor

(n) a person who gives another (financial) help; a patron

accession

(n) the attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joinedc

capitulation

(n) a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; a final giving up

bona fide

(n) in good faith; genuine

incarnate

(a) literally, in the flesh; in bodily form; personified; fresh-colored

intercede

(v) to act on another’s behalf; to mediate

recapitulation

(n) an act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something