Unit 14 Vocabulary

Question 0

Virile

Answer 0

P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: masculine; manly
ROOT: vir

Question 1

ROOT: vir

Answer 1

LATIN; vir
MEANING: man
WORDS: virile, virtue, virtuoso

Question 2

Virtue

Answer 2

P.O.S: noun
MEANING: right action; moral goodness
ROOT: vir

Question 3

Virtuoso

Answer 3

P.O.S: noun
MEANING: someone extraordinarily skilled at a particular art
ROOT: vir

Question 4

ROOT: dem

Answer 4

GREEK; demos
MEANING: people
WORDS: demagogue, demographic, pandemic

Question 5

Demagogue

Answer 5

P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a leader who appeals to people’s emotions to gain power
ROOT: dem

Question 6

Demographic

Answer 6

P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: having certain characteristics in common, such as age, race, or gender
ROOT: dem

Question 7

Pandemic

Answer 7

P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: having an affect on a large area or region
SYN: rampant
ANT: confined

Question 8

ROOT: Polit

Answer 8

GREEK; polis
MEANING: city
WORDS: cosmopolitan, politicize, apolitical

Question 9

Cosmopolitan

Answer 9

P.O.S: adjective 
MEANING: worldly or sophisticated 
SYN: cultured
ANT: unpolished
ROOT: polit

Question 10

Politicize

Answer 10

P.O.S: verb
MEANING: to give a political character to something
ROOT: polit

Question 11

Apolitical

Answer 11

P.O.S adjective
MEANING: having no interest in politics; not political
ROOT: polit

Question 12

ROOT: civis

Answer 12

LATIN; civis
MEANING: citizen
WORDS: civility, civic, civilize

Question 13

Civility

Answer 13

P.O.S: noun
MEANING: politeness, courteousness 
SYN: decorum
ANT: rudeness
ROOT: civis

Question 14

Civic

Answer 14

P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: having to do with the business of a town or community
ROOT: civs

Question 15

Civilize

Answer 15

P.O.S: verb
MEANING: to make more cultured or refined
SYN: polish
ROOT: civis