Vocab Group # 3
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- cascade
- -noun 1. a waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface. 2. a series of shallow or steplike waterfalls, either natural or artificial. 3. anything that resembles a waterfall, esp. in seeming to flow or fall in abundance: a cascade of roses covering the wall. 4. (in a drain or sewer) a chain of steps for dissipating the momentum of falling water in a steep place in order to maintain a steady rate of flow. 5. an arrangement of a lightweight fabric in folds falling one over another in random or zigzag fashion. 6. a type of firework resembling a waterfall in effect. 7. Chemistry. a series of vessels, from each of which a fluid successively overflows to the next, thus presenting a large absorbing surface, as to a gas. 8. Electricity. an arrangement of component devices, as electrolytic cells, each of which feeds into the next in succession. 9. Biochemistry. a series of reactions catalyzed by enzymes that are activated sequentially by successive products of the reactions, resulting in an amplification of the initial response. verb (used without object) 10. to fall in or like a cascade. -verb (used with object) 11. to cause to fall in a cascade. 12. Electricity. to arrange (components) in a cascade.
- autonomous
- -adjective 1. Government. a. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only.
- benevolent
- -adjective 1. characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.2. desiring to help others; charitable: gifts from several benevolent alumni. 3. intended for benefits rather than profit: a benevolent institution.
- benefactor
- -noun 1. a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper. 2. a person who makes a bequest or endowment, as to an institution.
- bellicose
- adjective inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
- bursar
- -noun 1. a treasurer or business officer, esp. of a college or university. 2. (in the Middle Ages) a university student. 3. Chiefly Scot. a student attending a university on a scholarship.
- auditory
- adjective 1. Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.2. perceived through or resulting from the sense of hearing: auditory hallucinations. noun Archaic. 3. an assembly of hearers; audience 4. an auditorium, esp. the nave of a church
- bibliophile
- -noun a person who loves or collects books, esp. as examples of fine or unusual printing, binding, or the like.
- disburse
- -verb (used with object), -bursed, -burs·ing. 1. to pay out (money), esp. for expenses; expend. 2. to distribute or scatter: Our troops were disbursed over a wide area. She disbursed the flowers to the children.
- bilateral
- adjective 1. pertaining to, involving, or affecting two or both sides, factions, parties, or the like: a bilateral agreement; bilateral sponsorship. 2. located on opposite sides of an axis; two-sided, esp. when of equal size, value, etc. 3. Biology. pertaining to the right and left sides of a structure, plane, etc. 4. Chiefly Law. (of a contract) binding the parties to reciprocal obligations. 5. through both parents equally: bilateral affiliation. Compare unilateral (def. 7). noun 6. Informal. a bilateral agreement, esp. regarding international trade.
- cadence
- -noun Also, cadency. 1. rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language. 2. (in free verse) a rhythmic pattern that is nonmetrically structured. 3. the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement: The chorus line danced in rapid cadence. 4. the flow or rhythm of events, esp. the pattern in which something is experienced: the frenetic cadence of modern life. 5. a slight falling in pitch of the voice in speaking or reading, as at the end of a declarative sentence. 6. the general modulation of the voice. 7. Music. a sequence of notes or chords that indicates the momentary or complete end of a composition, section, phrase, etc. -verb (used with object) 8. to make rhythmical.
- burs
- money, purse
- deciduous
- -adjective 1. shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs. 2. falling off or shed at a particular season, stage of growth, etc., as leaves, horns, or teeth. 3. not permanent; transitory.
- cad/cas/cid
- happen, fall
- biped
- -noun 1. a two-footed animal. -adjective 2. having two feet.
- bene/ben
- good
- bi
- two
- symbiotic
- 1. Biology. a. the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism. 2. Psychiatry. a relationship between two people in which each person is dependent upon and receives reinforcement, whether beneficial or detrimental, from the other. 3. Psychoanalysis. the relationship between an infant and its mother in which the infant is dependent on the mother both physically and emotionally. 4. any interdependent or mutually beneficial relationship between two persons, groups, etc.
- belligerent
- -adjective 1. warlike; given to waging war. 2. of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose: a belligerent tone3. waging war; engaged in war: a peace treaty between belligerent powers. 4. pertaining to war or to those engaged in war: belligerent rights. noun 5. a state or nation at war. 6. a member of the military forces of such a state.
- biblio
- book
- belli/bell
- war
- bio
- life
- auto
- self
- autocrat
- noun 1. an absolute ruler, esp. a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government as by inherent right, not subject to restrictions.2. a person invested with or claiming to exercise absolute authority. 3. a person who behaves in an authoritarian manner; a domineering person.
- aud
- hear