Classical Roots 8

Question 1

acerbic

Answer 1

Sour or bitter in taste; Harsh or sharp in speech, manner, or temper.

Question 2

acrid

Answer 2

Bitterly pungent or harsh in taste or smell; sharply stinging.

Question 3

exacerbate

Answer 3

To increase the severity of something; to intensify irritation or violence.

Question 4

acrimony

Answer 4

Bitter, sharp animosity, especially in behavior or speech.

Question 5

acumen

Answer 5

Keenness of insight and discernment; sagacity.

Question 6

acute

Answer 6

Very discerning; quickly alert to impressions.

Severe; intense.

Question 7

peremptory

Answer 7

Urgently commanding; officious or arrogantly dictatorial.

Not allowing contradiction or further disagreement.

Question 8

preempt

Answer 8

To take precedence over someone or something already arranged or in place; to seize priority.

Question 9

redemption

Answer 9

Deliverance from sin; atonement for guilt.

Retrieval; reclamation; reformation.

Question 10

technocracy

Answer 10

Government or social systems that put technological theories into practice.

Question 11

plutocrat

Answer 11

A member of a governing wealthy class or a person whose wealth grants political influence.

Question 12

pecuniary

Answer 12

Relating to money or necessary payment of it.

Question 13

impecunious

Answer 13

Lacking money; penniless.

Question 14

comportment

Answer 14

Behavior; demeanor; mode of bearing or movement.

Question 15

purport

Answer 15

To claim; to profess (without giving proof); to appear to be.