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Roots Lesson 10(HON)
Vocabulary Lesson 10 Honors
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cresco (root) | to grow |
| facio (root) | to make |
| texo (root) | to weave |
| accrue | To come as a natural increase or advantage. |
| crescendo | A gradual increase in sound often referring to music. |
| excrescence | Abnormal growth or outgrowth. |
| beneficence | Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action. |
| efficacious | Effective as a means of remedy. |
| facile | Acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent. |
| facsimilie | An exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc. |
| faction | A group or clique within a larger group, party, or government. |
| mollify | To calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling. |
| context | The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning. |
| pretext | A false reason put forward to conceal the true one. |