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english10vocab
English Vocabulary Cards Lesson 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CRESO, CRESCERE, CREVI, CRETUM | to grow |
| FACIO, FACERE, FECI, FACTUM | to make |
| TEXO, TEXERE, TEXUI, TEXTUM | to weave |
| accrue. a-ccrue | intr.v. To come as a natural increase or advantage. |
| crescendo. cre-scen-do | n. A gradual increase in sound, often referring to music. |
| excrescence. ex-cresc-ence | n. Abnormal growth or outgrowth. |
| beneficence. be-nef-i-cence | n. Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action. |
| efficacious. eff-i-ca-cious | adj. Effective as a means or remedy. |
| facile. fa-cile | adj. Acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent. (Sometimes, superficial, when something is too easily done. |
| facsimile. fac-sim-i-le | n. An exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc. |
| faction. fac-tion | n.1. A group or clique within a larger group, party, or government. 2. Conflict within an organization or nation. |
| mollify. moll-i-fy | tr.v. To calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling. |
| context. con-text | n.1. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning. 2. The circumstances surrounding an event or situation. |
| pretext. pre-text | n. A false reason put forward to conceal the true one. |