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greek and latin bases lesson 8

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Word
Definition
Synonym
Antonym
congregants   one that comes together in a group or crowd   -----   -----  
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nunnery   on establishments of nuns   -----   -----  
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fraternity   the quality or state of being brothers   association , brotherhood, club, order, society, unionv   -----  
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gravity   importance, significance   -----   -----  
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fervor   intense feeling or expression   passion, wholeheartedness   unconcern  
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mollification   a soothed temper or disposition, soften   -----   -----  
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compendium   a list of a number of items, colletion   brief, overview, handbook   elaboration  
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matriarchy   a family, group, or state governed or traced through the famale line   -----   -----  
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paternity   the quality or state of being a father   -----   -----  
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sororicide   the killing of one's sister   -----   -----  
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matricide   the killing of one's mother   -----   -----  
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impending   to hover over threateningly   loom   -----  
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sorority   a woman's student organization formed for social purposes   -----   -----  
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aggravate   to rouse, displesure, or anger   upset, disturb, annoy   calm, appease, mollify  
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recompense   the return for something done   repay, grant   -----  
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mollify   to sooth in temper, appease   pacify, lighten, reduce   annoy, aggravate  
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rebel   opposing or taking arms against a government or ruler   revolutionary, attacker, rebeller   traditionalist, conservative  
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maternal   of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother   -----   -----  
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paternal   of or relating to a father   -----   -----  
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congeries   collection, group, many things put together   gathering, assembly   -----  
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patrilineal   relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the fathers line   -----   -----  
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docile   easily led or managed   obedient   unruly  
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belligerent   waging war   quarrelsome, aggresive   neutral, peaceful  
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longshoreman   a person who loads and unloads ships at a seaport   -----   -----  
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congeniality   agreeably suited to one's nature, tastes, or outlook   pleasant, harmonious, gracious, cordial   antipathetic  
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disunion   termination of union   seperation, disunity, conflict   unity  
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doodle   an aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch   sketch   -----  
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ignoramus   an utterly uninformed person   idiot   -----  
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homestead   the home and adjoining land occupied by a family   -----   -----  
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manslaughter   the unlawful killing of a human being without express or implied malice   murder, homicide   -----  
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remote   small in degree   slight, slim   great, significant  
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amplification   an act, example, or product of expantion   -----   -----  
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augmentation   the act or process of making greater   increase   subtraction, decrease  
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fixation   the act, process, or result of fixing   craze, fascination, infatuation   -----  
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fervent   exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling   fiery, glowing, passionate, wholehearted, enthusiastic   -----  
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insincere   not sincere, hypocritical   double-faced, doublehearted, double-minded, double-tongued, hypocritical, deceitful, dishonest, lying, mendacious, untruthful   sincere, straitforward, open  
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appeasement   to bring to a state of peace or quiet   calm, ease, soothe   annoy, bother, irk, anger  
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irascible   marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger   irritable, snappish, impatient   calm, quiet, relaxed  
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conceited   having an excessively high opinion of oneself   self-conceited, stuck-up   -----  
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apathetic   having or showing little or no feeling or emotion   spiritless, dull, sluggish, limp   awake, aware, conscious, impressionable, perceptive, alert  
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i'm stupid   yes   yes   pee  
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