Vocabulary Flash Card 33
Root: suave, suade, suas
Meaning: pleasant, counsel
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- suave: courteous
- persuasive : power to convince
- assuage : less severe pain
- dissuade : deter
- assuasive : soothing
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Root: zo/o/zoon/zoa/zoic
Meaning: life, to live, living
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- zoanthropy : man as animal
- zoetic : vital
- zoolatory : worship of animals
- zoophobia : abnormal fear of animals
- zodiac : the 12 signs
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Context:
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- The gentleman is suave and euphemistic
- The persuasive counseling paid off
- To assuage is to comfort
- The mother dissuaded her child from eating ice-cream
- The assuaging song lulled the baby
- Zoanthropy is a delusion
- Oxygen is a zoetic component
- Certain African tribes practice zoolatory
- John suffers from zoophobia
- The zodiac is divided into 12 equal parts
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