Lesson 2 vocab
Latin roots barbarus-primitive, crude; beatus-blessed; bellum-war; bene-well; bibo-to drink; bibliotecha-library; bis-twice; bos-ox, cow; brevis-short
Terms
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- bibliomania
- excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books
- beatify
- to make blissfully happy
- bibliophile
- a person who loves or collects books, esp. as examples of fine or unusual printing, binding, or the like
- bicuspid
- Adjective Having two points or cusps. Noun A bicuspid tooth, especially a premolar
- bellicose
- inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious
- imbibe
- 1. to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink 2. to take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, or the like
- bipartisan
- representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions
- bibliopole
- a bookseller, esp. a dealer in rare or used books
- brevity
- shortness of time or duration; briefness; the quality of expressing much in few words; terseness
- abbreviate
- to reduce (anything) in length, duration, etc.; make briefer
- biannual
- 1. occurring twice a year; semiannual 2. occurring every two years; biennial
- beneficiary
- a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages
- bibber
- a steady drinker; tippler
- bimanous
- having two hands, esp. as distinct from feet
- bovine
- oxlike; cowlike; stolid; dull
- benefaction
- an act of conferring a benefit; the doing of good; a good deed
- bibliopegy
- the art of binding books
- benefactor
- a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper
- bibliography
- a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer
- belligerence
- 1. a warlike or aggressively hostile nature, condition, or attitude 2. an act of carrying on war; warfare
- bilateral
- Having or formed of two sides; two-sided
- bifacial
- 1. having two faces or fronts 2. having the opposite surfaces alike, as some tools
- beatitude
- supreme blessedness; exalted happiness
- bigamy
- the crime of marrying while one has a wife or husband still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected
- barbarous
- uncivilized; wild; savage; crude