- aud(it)(hear): audience, auditorium, audition, audiovisual.
- avi(bird): aviation, aviculture, aviatrix, avifauna
- bell(i)(war): rebellion, rebel, belligerent, postbellum
- ben(e)(good, well): benefit, benevolent, benediction, benefice, benison
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- Antebellum: before the war, especially the American Civil War, typical of how things were before any war.
During the antebellum period, African-American people were treated as slaves.
2. Audit: to attend a class only as a listener, not for credit; to check or examine a company's financial records; the process of making such an examination.
Every year, a group of people audits or class to check if we really are learning.
3. Auditory: related to the sense of hearing.
We had an appointment for an auditory test last week.
4. Avian: characteristic of or pertaining to birds.
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An avian researcher sailed to the island to look for more species.
5. Aviary: an elaborate structure for housing birds.
The old lady's backyard is an aviary of humming birds.
6. Avionics: the technology of (using) electronic equipment in aviation, missilery, and space flight.
The avionics class in Cal Poly is advanced in technology.
7. Bellicose: eager to fight or quarrel; hostile.
Her bellicose behavior in school got her suspended.
8. Belligerency: the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action.
Everyone should avoid belligerency, so the world can have peace.
9. Benefactor: a person who gives another (financial) help; a patron
The food bank needs a lot of benefactors to help feed the hungry children in Africa
10. Beneficiary: one who receives a benefit (of payment), as from an insurance policy.
Each beneficiary receives $200 each month for food.
11. Benign: not malignant; gracious and kindly; good-natured
The surgeons removed her benign tumor on her brain.
12. Inaudible: unable to be heard.
Everyone's voices are inaudible once the band plays their songs in their concert
8. Belligerency: the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action.
Everyone should avoid belligerency, so the world can have peace.
9. Benefactor: a person who gives another (financial) help; a patron
The food bank needs a lot of benefactors to help feed the hungry children in Africa
10. Beneficiary: one who receives a benefit (of payment), as from an insurance policy.
Each beneficiary receives $200 each month for food.
11. Benign: not malignant; gracious and kindly; good-natured
The surgeons removed her benign tumor on her brain.
12. Inaudible: unable to be heard.
Everyone's voices are inaudible once the band plays their songs in their concert
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