Vocabulary From Classical Roots A Lesson 10

pretext : false :: mollify

• true

• calm

• anger

_______________ means to come as a natural increase or advantage.

• excrescence

• crescendo

• accrue

_______________ means a gradual increase in sound, often referring to music

• excrescence

• crescendo

• accrue

_______________ means an abnormal growth or outgrowth.

• excrescence

• crescendo

• accrue

crescendo : decrease :: accrue

• increase

• decrease

• remain

_______________ means doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action.

• beneficence

• efficacious

• facile

_______________ means effective as a means or remedy.

• beneficence

• efficacious

• facile

_______________ means acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent.

• beneficence

• efficacious

• facile

_______________ means an exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc.

• beneficence

• facsimile

• facile

_______________ means a group or clique within a larger group, party, or government; conflict within an organization or nation.

• faction

• facsimile

• excrescence