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CR Lesson 10
Classical Roots Lesson 10 Terms and Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accrue | v. to come as a natural increase or advantage |
| crescendo | n. a gradual increase in sound, often referring to music |
| excrescence | n. abnormal growth or outgrowth |
| beneficence | n. doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action |
| efficacious | adj. effective as means or remedy |
| facile | asj. acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent. (Sometimes, superficial, when something is too easily done) |
| facsimile | n. an exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc. |
| fetish | n. an object believed to possess magical power |
| faction | n. 1) a group or clique within a larger group, party or government. 2) conflict within an organization or nation |
| mollify | v. to calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling |
| context | n. 1) the parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning 2) the circumstances surrounding an event or situation |
| pretext | n. a fals reason put forward to conceal the true one |