unit 13 and 14 roots Flashcards
Deviating from a pattern or rule
Aberrant
(Root) To wander
Err
Wrong or inaccurate
Erroneous
Wandering or straying
Errant
(Root) To go forth, to proceed
Grad/Gress
To lower in dignity or esteem;insult
degrade
A coming together
Congress
Act of going out; exit
Egress
(Root) To come
Ven/vent
To call together, to assemble
Convene
A mutual or legal agreement
Covenant
To avoid by going around; bypass
Circumvent
(Root) To run
Cur/Curs
Hasty and superficial
Cursory
That which comes before; forerunner
Precursor
Help for a problem; solution
Recourse
An attack on another’s territory; a riad
Incursion
(Root) Man
Vir
Masculine; manly
Virile
Right action; moral goodness
Virtue
Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art
Virtuoso
(Root) People
Dem
A leader who appeals to people’s emotions to gain power
Demagogue
Having certain characteristics in common, such as age, race, or gender
demographic
Having an effect on a large area or region
Pandemic
(Root) City
Polit
Worldly or sophisticated
Cosmopolitan
To give a political character to something
Politicize
Having no interest in politics; not political
Apolitical
(Root) Citizen
Civis
Politeness;; courteousness
civility
Having to do with the business of a town or community
Civic
To make more cultured or refined
civilize
