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vocab lesson 10 wrds
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accrue acc-rue | Ac crue ad cresco to toward to grow, to increase To come as a natural increase or advantage |
| crescendo cres-cen-do | cresc endo cresco to grow to increase A gradual increase in sound, often referring to music |
| excrescence se-cer-scence | ex crescence ex crescere from/out of to grow to increase Abnormal growth or outgrowth |
| beneficence ben-e-fi-cence | bene ficence bene facere to make well/good Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action |
| efficacious eff-i-ca-cious | ef ficacious ef facio to make from/out of Effective as a means or remedy |
| facile fa-cile | facile facio to make Acting, wroking, or proceeding with ease; fluent. (Sometimes, superficial, when something is too easily done.) |
| facsimile fac-si-mi-le | fac simile factum simile to make alike An exact copy of a book |
| faction fac-tion | fact ion factum to make 1. A group or clique within a larger group, party, or government. 2. Conflict within an organization or nation. |
| mollify moll-i-fy | molli fy mollis facare to make soft To calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling |
| context con-text | con text cum textum to weave with The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning 2. the circumstances surrounding an event or situation |
| pretext pre-text | pre text pre textum to weave before A false reason put forward to conceal the true one. |
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