Ch. 31 Derivatives

Question 1

military

Answer 1

of or relating to soldiers

Question 2

militate

Answer 2

to have substantial effect; weigh heavily

Question 3

vale (s.) valete (pl.)

Answer 3

goodbye, farewell (in Latin)

Question 4

valedictorian

Answer 4

the highest academically ranked student in a school’s graduating class; the student who bids their class farewell during graduation

Question 5

valiant

Answer 5

boldly courageous

Question 6

valid

Answer 6

sound; just; well-founded

Question 7

valetudinarian

Answer 7

a person in poor health

Question 8

valor

Answer 8

heroic courage

Question 9

dissertation

Answer 9

any formal discourse in speech or writing

Question 10

expel

Answer 10

to drive or force out

Question 11

expulsion

Answer 11

the process of forcing someone or something out

Question 12

oppress

Answer 12

to burden with cruel or unjust impositions

Question 13

oppressive

Answer 13

burdensome, unjustly harsh, tyrannical

Question 14

oppression

Answer 14

the exercise of authority in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner

Question 15

ex officio

Answer 15

by virtue of office or official position

Question 16

office

Answer 16

employment or position as an official

Question 17

officer

Answer 17

a person who holds a position of authority in the army, navy, air force, etc.

Question 18

official

Answer 18

of or relating to a position of duty, trust, or authority

Question 19

officialdom

Answer 19

officials as a whole

Question 20

officious

Answer 20

marked by or proceeding from such forwardness; meddlesome, intrusive

Question 21

equestrian

Answer 21

relating to horseback riding

Question 22

equestrienne

Answer 22

a woman who rides a horse

Question 23

equitation

Answer 23

the art and practice of horsemanship and horseriding

Question 24

define

Answer 24

to describe the meaning of

Question 25

definite

Answer 25

having fixed limits

Question 26

refine

Answer 26

bring to a fine or pure state

Question 27

final

Answer 27

conclusive or decisive

Question 28

fine

Answer 28

of superior or best quality

Question 29

finish

Answer 29

to bring to an end

Question 30

liberty

Answer 30

the power or scope to act as one pleases

Question 31

liberal

Answer 31

favorable to progress or reform

Question 32

liberate

Answer 32

to set free from imprisonment

Question 33

libertarian

Answer 33

a person who maintains the doctrine of free will

Question 34

libertine

Answer 34

a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a man

Question 35

ibidem

Answer 35

in the same book, chapter, page, etc.

Question 36

idem (id.)

Answer 36

the same as previously mentioned

Question 37

identify

Answer 37

to recognize as being a particular thing

Question 38

identical

Answer 38

similar or alike in every way

Question 39

identity

Answer 39

the condition of being oneself or itself, and not another

Question 40

null

Answer 40

without value, effect, consequence, or significance

Question 41

nullify

Answer 41

to render legally void

Question 42

hilarious

Answer 42

extremely funny

Question 43

hilarity

Answer 43

cheerfulness; merriment

Question 44

immortality

Answer 44

unending life

Question 45

mortal

Answer 45

subject to death

Question 46

mortgage

Answer 46

convey property to a creditor as security on a loan

Question 47

mortify

Answer 47

to humiliate or shame

Question 48

mortuary

Answer 48

a funeral home

Question 49

seniority

Answer 49

the state of being older or having a higher position

Question 50

senescent

Answer 50

growing old; aging

Question 51

senile

Answer 51

exhibiting mental or physical deterioration due to old age

Question 52

senility

Answer 52

the state of weakness or deterioration of physical and mental functioning due to old age

Question 53

vehemence

Answer 53

the display of strong feelings; passion

Question 54

vehement

Answer 54

showing strong feeling