Lesson 8 Vocabulary Set

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BEL-, BELL-

war

DOC-, DOCT-

to teach

FERV-

to boil; to bubble

FRATR-, FRATERN-

brother

GER-, GEST-

to carry; to produce

GRAV-

heavy

HOM-, HOMO-

man

MATR-, MATERN-

mother

MOLL-

mild; soft

PATR-, PATERN

father

PEND-, PENS-

to hang; to weigh; to pay

SOROR-

sister

mollification

(n.) appeasement

docile

(adj.) easy to teach

sorority

(n.) sisterhood

fervid

(adj.) zealous

congeries

(n.) miscellaneous collection

matriarchy

(n.) society ruled by mothers or women

bellipotent

(adj.) mighty in war

compendium

(n.) summary

paternal

(adj.) fatherly

Homo sapien

(n.) human being

aggravate

(v.) to worsen

fraternal

(adj.) brotherly

rebel

(n.) a person who rises in opposition

doctor

(n.) a qualified expert of medicine

fervor

(n.) intense and passionate feeling

fraternity

(n.) brotherhood; state of feeling together

digestion

(n.) process of breaking down food in the body

grave

(n.) a place of burial for a corpse

Homo sapiens

(plu. n.) humans

maternal

(adj.) motherly

emollient

(v.) to make soft, to soften

paternity

(n.) fatherhood; state of being a father

recompense

(v.) to pay for, to compensate

sororicide

(n.) act of killing one’s sister

matricide

(n.) act of killing of one's mother.

mollify

(v.) to soothe, to appease

patrilineal

(adj.) based on a line of paternity

belligerent

(adj.) aggressive

homicide

(n.) murder

document

(n.) paper providing information

impending

(adj.) about to happen

gravity

(n.) importance, significance

patron

(n.) person who gives support to another person/cause

fervent

(adj.) marked by great intensity

suggestive

(adj.) referring to other ideas

bellicose

(adj.) showing willingness to fight.

ignoramus

(n.) an ignorant person