Unit 13-14

Question 1

Err

Answer 1

To wander

Question 2

Aberrant

Answer 2

Adj. Deviating from a pattern or rule

Syn: abnormal Ant: typical

Question 3

Erroneous

Answer 3

Adj. Wrong or inaccurate

Syn: mistaken Ant: correct

Question 4

Errant

Answer 4

Adj. Wandering or staying

Syn: wayward Ant: on course

Question 5

Degrade

Answer 5

V. To lower in dignity or esteem; insult

Syn: belittle Ant: honor

Question 6

Congress

Answer 6

N. A coming together

Question 7

Egress

Answer 7

N. Act of going out; exit

Question 8

Ven/Vent

Answer 8

To come

Question 9

Convene

Answer 9

V. to call together, to assemble

Syn: gather Ant: adjourn

Question 10

Covenant

Answer 10

N. A mutual or legal agreement

Syn: Contact Ant: break off

Question 11

Circumvent

Answer 11

V. To avoid by going around; bypass

Syn: sidestep Ant: confront

Question 12

Cur/Curs

Answer 12

To run

Question 13

Cursory

Answer 13

Adj. Hasty and superficial

Syn: Casual Ant: Comprehensive

Question 14

Precursor

Answer 14

N. That which comes before; Forerunner

Syn: Harbinger

Question 15

Recourse

Answer 15

N. Help for a problem; solution

Syn: Resource

Question 16

Incursion

Answer 16

N. An attack on another’s territory; a raid

Syn: Invasion

Question 17

Grad/Gress

Answer 17

To go forth, to proceed

Question 18

Vir

Answer 18

Man

Question 19

Virile

Answer 19

Adj. Masculine; Manly

Question 20

Virtue

Answer 20

N. Right action; moral goodness

Question 21

Virtuoso

Answer 21

N. Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art

Question 22

Dem

Answer 22

People

Question 23

Demagogue

Answer 23

N. A leader who appeals to people’s emotion to gain power

Question 24

Demographic

Answer 24

Adj. Having certain characteristics in common, such as age, race, or gender

Question 25

Pandemic

Answer 25

Adj. Having and effect on a large area or region

Syn: Rampant Ant: Confined

Question 26

Polit

Answer 26

City

Question 27

Cosmopolitan

Answer 27

Adj. Worldly or sophisticated

Syn: Cultured Ant: Unpolished

Question 28

Politicize

Answer 28

V. To give a politic character to something

Question 29

Apolitical

Answer 29

Adj. Having no interest in politics; not political

Question 30

Civis

Answer 30

Citizen

Question 31

Civility

Answer 31

N. politeness; courteousness

Syn: Decorum Ant: Rudeness

Question 32

Civic

Answer 32

Adj. Having to do with the business of a town or community

Question 33

Civilize

Answer 33

V. To make more cultured or refined

Syn: polish