s decision is irrevocable.

bene ---good;mal---evil

before beginning his difficult jouney,the young man visited his parents to receive their benediction.

with her dying breath,queen dido pronounced a malediction on aeneas and all his descendants.

the museum could not have been built without the gift of a million dollars by a wealthy benefactor.

shortly after the crime,the malefactor was apprehanded and turned over to the police.

the sick and the needy will be the beneficiaries of your gift to the community fund.

i suspect ronnie tripped me so that i wouldn’t be able to play tomorrow.he did it not as a joke but out of malice.

the lack of milk and fresh vegetables in the child’s diet was responsible for his malnutrition.

two news photographers were attacked by the mob,and their camers were smashed.it is disgraceful that they were so maltreated.

rest is usually beneficial to a person suffering from a bad cold.

a benevolent employer has a sincere interest in the welfare of his employees.

i have heard some malevolent misrepresentation of her.

carlo was maladjusted in the early grades,not because of poor inteloligence but because he couldn’t speak english.

de---down,opposite of

a wrecking crew is demolishing the old builiding.

for eing absent without leave,the corporal was demoted to private.

the building superintendent feels depreciated if you refer to him as the “janitou”

students who tell lies are despised by their classmates.

mr.parker always notifies the parents when a student neglects his homework,and he will not deviate from this rule in your case.

the children must have been strved when they came in for dinner because they devoured their food.

the decadent downtown section was once a flourishing business district.

maple,elm,birch,and other deciduous trees lose their leaves in the fall.

whoever did this must have been demented;no sane person would have acted in such a way.

children are dependent on their parents until they are able to earn their own living.

dis---opposite of

jack should hae had $8 in his wallet,but he had only $6. he could not account for the discrepancy.

the bicycle i lent tom had been good condition,but he returned it in disrepair.

the parents discredited the child’s story,since he was in the habit of telling falsehoods.

the explosion disintegrated an entire wing of the factory.

when the matter ws put to a vote,29 agreed and 4 dissented.

passengers should do nothing to distract the drver’s attention from the road.

dan was discontent with his spanish mark;he had expected at least 10 point more.

for a dispssionate account of how the fight started,ask a neutral observer not a participant.

the compromise was welcomed by all the strikers except a small dissident group who felt that the raises were too small.

se---apart

south carolina’s secession was imitated by ten other states and led to the formation of the confederacy.

the signers of the declaration of independence, if captured by the enemy,would probably have been tried for sedition.

when abraham lincoln was elected president in 1860,south carolina seceded from the union.

ann was so upset by her failure in math that she secluded herself and refused to see anyone.

in most high schools,boys and girls attend the same classes,except in health education,where they are segregated.

are you worried about passing the midterm exam,or do you feel secure?

land in a growing city is a secure investment.

circum---round

the circumference of a circle equals πtimes the diameter.

the circumbocution”the game ended with a score that was not in our favor” should be replaced by “we lost the gme.”

ferdinand magellan’s expedition was the first to circumnavigte the globe.

the principal has requested all teachers to circumscribe failures in red on the report cards.

the patient was placed on a very circumscribed diet;he was forbidden to have coffee,spices,or raw fruits or vegetables.

to circumvent local sales taxes,shoppers often buy in neighboring communities that do not have such taxes.

don’t jump to a conclusion before considering all the facts.be circumspect.

con,co,col,cor-together

it was not known whether the price increases resulted from higher costs or from collusion among the producers.

neighbors cannot live in concord if their children keep fighting with one another.

during the revolutionary war,the thirteen colonies coalesced into one nation.

tom is collaborating on the work with his friend.

the house and the senate will convene at noon to hear an address by the president.

jack’s account of how the fight started did not correspond with the other boy’s version.

in coherent writing,every sentence is connected in thought to the previous sente