Latin Words #3

Roots:
-aud(it) (hear): audience, auditorium, audition
-avi (bird): aviation, aviculture, aviatrix
-bell(i) (war): rebellion, rebel, belligerent, postbellum
-ben(e) (good, well): benefit, benevolent, benediction, benefice, benison

Vocab:
-antebellum: before, especially the American Civil War, typical of how things were before any war; The antebellum of the world has completely changed.
-audit: to check or examine a company's financial records; The man very closely audit the man's company due to he was very suspicious.
-auditory: related to the sense or hearing; My cousins auditory had lots of wonderful comments on the performances.
-avian: characteristic of or pertaining to birds;
-aviary: an elaborate structure for housing birds; The bird house that my neighbor built was such a beautiful aviary.
-avionics: the technology of using electronic equipment in aviation, missilery, and space flight; The soldiers attacked the Germans with avionics and won the battle.
-bellicose: eager to fight or quarrel; hostile; The bellicose thief gave the cop a black eye.
-belligerency: the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action; The student took a belligerency action towards the bully.
-benefactor: a person who gives another financial help; a patron; The benefactor was very helpful for the poor man who had financial problems.
-beneficiary: one who receives a benefit (of payment), as from an insurance policy; The beneficiary man received $100 every month due to he was laid off.
-benign: not malignant; gracious and kindly; good-natured; The nice benign woman was very proper when she drank her coffee.
-inaudible: unable to be heard; The movie became inaudible on my favorite part because my friend sat on the remote.