1. Latin Roots #1 Mrs. Vaughn
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2. bell Comes from the Latin word meaning “war”
Bellona was the little-known Roman goddess of war; her husband, Mars, was the god of war.

3. antebellum
Existing before a war, especially before the American Civil War ( )
When the Civil War was over, the Southern gentry found it impossible to return to their extravagant antebellum way of life.

4. bellicose Warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome
The country often elected the more bellicose party after a period of tension along the border, hoping that military action would result.

5. belligerence Aggressiveness, combativeness
The belligerence in Turner’s voice told them that the warning was a serious threat.

6. rebellion
Open defiance and opposition, sometimes armed, to a person or thing in authority
The substitute teacher attempted to end the student rebellion by insisting on absolute quiet.

7. Pac, Peas Comes from the Roman word for “peace.”
The Pacific Ocean (the Peaceful Ocean) was named by Magellan because it seemed so calm after the storms of Cape Horn.

8. pacify To soothe anger or agitation To subdue by armed action
It took the police hours to pacify the angry demonstrators.

9. pacifist
A person opposed to war or violence, especially someone who refuses to bear arms or to fight, on moral or religious grounds.
Always a strong pacifist, in later life he took to promoting actively the cause of peace and nonviolence.

10. pact
An agreement between two or more people or groups; a treaty or formal agreement between nations to deal with a problem or to resolve a dispute.
The girls made a pact never to reveal what had happened on that terrifying night in the abandoned house.

11. appease To make peaceful and quiet; to calm, satisfy
The Aztecs offered mass human sacrifices - of 80,000 prisoners on one occasion - in order to appease their gods.

12. Antebellum ? Quarrelsome Solemn agreement To make peaceful
Before the war

13. antebellum
Before the war

14. Appease ? Agressiveness Opposition to authority To calm by satisfying
One who opposes war

15. appease
To calm by satisfying

16. Rebellion ? Aggressiveness Opposition to authority
To calm by satisfying
One who opposes war

17. rebellion
Opposition to authority

18. Pacify ?
Quarrelsome
Solemn agreement
To make peaceful
Before the war

19. pacify
To make peaceful

20. Pacifist ? Aggressiveness Opposition to authority
To calm by satisfying
One who opposes war

21. pacifist
One who opposes war

22. Belligerence ? Aggressiveness Opposition to authority
To calm by satisfying
One who opposes war

23. belligerence
aggressiveness

24. Pact ?
Quarrelsome
Solemn agreement
To make peaceful
Before the war

25. pact
Solemn agreement

26. Bellicose ? Quarrelsome Solemn agreement To make peaceful
Before the war

27. bellicose
quarrelsome

28. rebellion or bellicose ?
The native ________ began at midnight, when a gang of youths massacred the Newton family and set the house afire.

29. rebellion

30. antebellum or pacifist ?
The grand _____ mansion has hardly been altered since it was built in 1841.

31. antebellum

32. rebellion or bellicose ?
The Senate Republicans, outraged by their treatment, were in a _____ mood.

33. bellicose

34. pact or appease ?
To _____ the younger managers, the company will double their bonuses this year.

35. appease

36. pact or appease
The cease-fire _____ that had been reached with such effort was shattered by the news of the slaughter.

37. pact

38. pacify or belligerence ?
Their relations during the divorce proceedings had been mostly friendly, so his _____ in the judge’s chambers surprised her.

39. belligerence

40. antebellum or pacifist ?
The world watched in amazement as the gentle ______ Gandhi won India its independence with almost no bloodshed.

41. pacifist

42. pacify or belligerence ?
Her soft lullabies could always _____ the unhappy infant.