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bell-
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Latin word meaning "war"
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antebellum
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Existing before a war. especially before the American Civil War.
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when world war I was over, the french nobility found it impossible to return to their extravagant antebellum way of life.
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bellicose
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Warlike. aggressive, quarrelsome.
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the country often elected the more bellicose party after a period of tension along the border, hoping that military action would result.
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belligerence
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Aggressiveness, combativeness.
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the belligerence in Turner's voice told them that the warning was a serious threat.
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rebellion
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Open defiance and opposition, sometimes armed, to a person or thing in authority.
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the substitute teacher attempted to end the student rebellion by insisting on absolute quiet.
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pac/peas-
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related to the Latin words for "agree" and "peace."
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pacify
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to soothe anger or agitation. to subdue by armed action
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it took the police hours to pacify the angry demonstrators.
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pacifist
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A person opposed to war or violence, especially someone who refuses to bear arms or to fight, on moral or religious grounds.
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always a strong pacifist, in later life he took to promoting actively the cause of peace and nonviolence.
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pact
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An agreement between two or more people or groups; a treaty or formal agreement between nations to deal with a problem or to resolve a dispute.
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the girls made a pact never to reveal what had happened on that terrifying night in the abandoned house.
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appease
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to make peaceful and quiet; to calm, satisfy
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the Aztecs offered mass human sacrifices-of 80,000 prisoners on one occasion-in order to appease their gods.
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hosp/host-
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Latin word hospes and its stem hospit- meaning both "host" and "guest."
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hostage
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a person given or held to ensure that an agreement, demand, or treaty is kept or fulfilled.
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the kidnappers released their hostage unharmed once all their demands were met.
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hospice
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a place or program to help care for the terminally ill.
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uncle Harold was moved to the hospice only after my aunt had almost collapsed withe exhaustion while caring for him.
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hostel
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an inexpensive, supervised place for young travelers to stay overnight.
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generations of American college students have traveled through Europe cheaply by staying st hostels instead of hotels.
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inhospitable
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not welcoming or generous; unfriendly.
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shot down by government agents, the smuggler struggled for survival on the rocky, inhospitable island.
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am/im-
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Latin word amare "to love"
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amicable
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friendly, peaceful
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their relations with their in-laws were generally amicable, despite some bicking during the holidays.
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enamored
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charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love
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Rebecca quickly became enamored of the town's rustic surroundings, its slow pace, and its eccentric characters.
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inimical
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hostile, unfriendly, or harmful
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this latest report, like so many earlier ones, found that too great a concern with test scores was inimicals to broad education.
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paramour
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a lover, often secret, not allowed by law or custom.
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he was her paramour for many years before she finally divorced her husband.
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crim-
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Latin for "fault or crime" or "accusation"
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criminology
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the study of crime, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment
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his growing interest in criminology led him to become a probation officer.
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decriminalize
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to remove or reduce the criminal status of.
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An angry debate over decriminalizing doctor-assisted suicide raged all day at the statehouse.
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incriminate
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to show evidence of involvement ina crime or a fault.
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the muddy tracks leading to and from the cookie jar were enough to incriminate them.
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recrimination
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an accusation in retaliation for an accusation made against oneself.
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their failure to find help led to endless and pointless recriminations over the responsibility for the accident.
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prob/pove-
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Latin words for "prove or proof" and "honesty or integrity"
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approbation
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a formal or offical act of approving; praise, usually given with pleasure or enthusiasm.
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the senate signaled its approbation of the new plan by voting for it unanimously.
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disprove
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to show that something is not what is has been claimed to be; refute
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a week before the election her was still struggling to disprove his opponents's lies about his connections to organized crime.
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probity
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absolute honesty and uprightness
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her unquestioned probity helped win her the respect of her fellow judges.
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reprobate
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a person of thoroughly bad character.
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finally, on the verge of physical dn financial ruin, the reprobate dropped his lowlife friends, joins AA, and begged hi wife to come back.
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grav-
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Latin word meaning "heavy, weighty, serious."
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gravitas
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great or very dignified seriousness
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the head of the committee never failed to carry herself with the gravitas she felt was appropriate to her office.
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gravitate
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to move or be drawn toward something especially by natural tendency or as if by an invisible force.
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during hot weather, the town's social life gravitated toward the lake.
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gravity
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weighty importance, seriousness, or dignity
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laughing and splashing each other, they failed to realize the gravity of their situation until the canoe was within twenty feet of the falls.
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lev-
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latin levis meaning "light" and verb levare meaning "to raise or lighten"
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alleviate
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to lighten, lessen or relive, especially physical or mental suffering
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cold compresses alleviated the pain of the physical injury, but only time could alleviate the effect of the insult.
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elevate
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to lift or raise. to raise in rank or status
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last year's juniors have been elevated to the privileged status of seniors.
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leavening
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something that lightens and raises; something that modifies, eases, or animates.
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the speech was on a dull subject-"microeconomic theory in the 1970s"-but its leavening of humor made the time pass quickly.
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levity
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lack of appropriate seriousness
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the Puritan elders tried to ban levity of all sorts from the cmmunity's meetings
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cicerone
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a guide, especially one who takes tourists to museums, monuments, or architectural sites and explains what is being seen.
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While in Paris, they placed themselves in the care of a highly recommended cicerone to ensure that they saw and learned what was most noteworthy.
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hector
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to bully; to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure.
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he would swagger around the apartment entrance with his friends and hector the terrified inhabitants going in and out.
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hedonism
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an attitude or way of life based on the idea that pleasure or happiness should be the chief goal.
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in her new spirit of hedonism she went for a massage, picked up champagne and choclate truffles, and made a date with an old boyfriend for the evening.
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nestor
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a senior figure or leader in one's field
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after dinner the guest of honor, a nestor among journalists, shared some of his wisdom with the other guests.
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spartan
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marked by simplicity and often strict self-discipline or self-denial.
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his spartan life bore no relation to the lush language of his poetry.
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stentorian
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extremely loud, often with especially deep richness of sound.
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even without a microphone, his stentorian voice broadcast the message of peace to the farthest reaches of the auditorium.
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stoic
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seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain.
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she bore the pain of her broken leg with stoic patience.
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sybaritic
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marked by a luxurious or sensual way of life.
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eventually their sybaritic excesses consumed all their savings and forced them to lead a more restrained life.
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gravid
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pregnant or enlarged with something
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the gravid sow moved heavily from trough to tree, where she settled into the shaded dust and lay unmoving for the rest of the afternoon.
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