| A | B |
| bell | war |
| antebellum | existing before a war, especially before the American Civil War. |
| bellicose | Warlike, aggressive, combativeness |
| rebellion | open defiance and opposition, sometimes armed to person or thing in authority |
| pac/peas | agree |
| pacify | to sooth anger or agitation; to subdue by armed action |
| pacifist | a person opposed to war or violence, especially someone who refuses to bear arms or to fight, moral or religious grounds |
| 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 |
| appease | to make peacful adn quiet; to calm; satisfy |
| hosp/host | host or guest |
| hostage | a person given or held to ensure that agreement, demand ir treaty is fulfilled |
| hospice | A place or program to help care for the terminally ill |
| hostel | An inexpensive, supervised place for young travelers to stay overnight |
| inhospitable | not welcoming or generous; unfriendly |
| am/im | to love |
| amicable | friendly; peaceful |
| enamored | charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love |
| inimical | hostile, unfriendly, harmful |
| paramour | a lover,often secret, not allowed by law or custom |
| crim | fault or crime |
| criminology | the study of crime, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment |
| decriminalize | to remove or reduce the criminal status of |
| incriminate | to show evidence of involvement in a crime or fault |
| recrimination | An accusation in retaliation for an accusation made against oneself; the making of such an accusation |
| prob/prov | prove, proof, honest, integrity |
| approbation | a formal or official act of approving; praise, usually give with pleasure or enthusiasm |
| disprove | to show that something is not what it has been claimed to be; to refute |
| probity | absolute honesty and uprightness |
| reprobate | a person of thoroughly bad character |
| grav | heavy, weight, serious |
| gravid | pregnant, enlarged with something |
| gravitas | great or very dignified seriousness |
| gravitate | to move or be drawn toward something, especially by natural tendency or as if by an invisible force |
| gravity | weighty importance, seriousness, dignity |
| lev | light |
| alleviate | to lighten; lessen; or relieve especially physical or mental suffering |
| elevate | to lift up or raise; to raise in rank or status |
| leavening | something that lightens and raises; something that modifies, eases, or animates |
| levity | lack of an appropriate seriousness |
| cicerone | a guide, especially one who take tourists to museums, monuments, or architechtural sites and explains what is being seen |
| hector | to bully; to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure |
| hedonism | an attitude or way of life based on the idea that pleasure or happiness should be the chief goal |
| nestor | a senior figure or leader in one's field |
| spartan | marked by simplicity and often strict self-discipline or self-denial |
| stenorian | extremely loud, often with especially deep richness of sound |
| stoic | seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain |
| sybartic | marked by a luxurious or sensual way of life |