Latin Roots #3

Roots and Derivatives

1. aud(it)
2. avi
3. bell(i)
4. ben(e)

Word List

1. antebellum-(a) how things were before a war
2. audit-(v,n) to go to a class just to listen and not to learn or get credit
3. auditory-(a) related to hearing
4. avian-(a) characteristic pertaining to birds 
5. aviary-(n)  a structure for housing birds
6. avionics-(n) the branch of electronics involving equipment used in aviation, missilery, and space flight
7. bellicose-(a) aggressive and eager to fight
8. belligerency-(n) state of hostility and/or war
9. benefactor-(n) someone who lends support, usually of the financial kind, to a cause
10. beneficiary-(n) someone who receives benefits of payment, as from an insurance policy
11. benign-(n) good-natured
12. inaudible-(n)  can't be heard  

Sentences            

1. Having to pay a lot of taxes was part of the antebellum in colonial America.
2. A lot of people in a class are most likely there just to audit.
3. My auditory sense isn't sharp but it's not weak either.
4. Feathers are avian because all birds have them.
5. Many rich people have an aviary for their exotic birds.
6. Airplanes are part of avionics.
7. People who get into fights at school or in public are most likely bellicose.
8. Before a war, both sides could be in the state of belligerency.
9. During the Renaissance, artists needed benefactors so that they wouldn't be out of a job.
10. If someone has insurance and they get into an accident, they can become a beneficiary.
11. My friends consider me to be a benign person because I avoid fights.
12. Her soft voice was inaudible, even to the girl sitting next to her.