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what are the root words of circumference and beneficent?

anwer asap.. 1st correct answer will be 10 points! XD

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Answer:Circumference is from ferre "to carry" thus with prefix circum – to carry around – from Latin

Beneficient (or the Latin word Beneficus) is – ficus, from stem of -ficere, facere "to do, to make" – Thus with prefix bene to make well or good.

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Answer:Circum — circle, Latin

Bene — Good, Latin

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Answer:Circumference

Root word is circum- around

eg circumlocution circumference, circumvent

In Latin, the word circum, meaning around, is both a prefix and a preposition. Romans used the word as a prefix for verbs and in prepositional phrases.

Circumnavigate: to sail around. Magellan circumnavigated the world. Well, actually he died first, but his ship made it all the way around.

Circumvent: to find a way around, to bypass. The mayor tried to circumvent the law in seeking a third term in office.

Circumspect: looking around, i.e. careful, vigilant. The defendant was circumspect in answering the prosecutor's questions.

Circumstances: how things stand in the surrounding area. Considering the current economic circumstances, if you can pay your mortgage you are doing alright.

Circumlocute: to speak around. My mom grew tired of my circumlocutions, and she demanded a straight answer.

Circumference: to bring around. She built a fence on the circumference of her property.

Circumcise: to cut around.

Circumfix: to add both a prefix and a suffix to a root word. For example, circumnavigating, indebtedness.

Circumflect: to bend around. The plumber circumflected the gas pipes around the stove pipe.

Circumfluent: flowing around; encompassing. The rock star stood sigining autgraphs admidst the circumfluent crowd of fans.

Circumjacent: lying around, surrounding. She kept an immaculate home in contrast to the circumjacent squalor of the neighborhood.

Circumscribe: to draw a line around. The teen driver was circumscribed by a few simple rules: Don't drive after dark and never more than one friend in the car.

Beneficent

Root word bene-good

benediction benevolent benefactor

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