Unit 14

Question 1

VIR

Answer 1

Latin VIR “man”

Question 2

VIRILE

Answer 2

adj. Masculine; manly

Question 3

VIRTUE

Answer 3

n. Right action; moral goodness

Question 4

VIRTUOSO

Answer 4

n. Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art

Question 5

DEM

Answer 5

Greek DEMOS “people”

Question 6

DEMAGOGUE

Answer 6

n. A leader who appeals to people’s emotions to gain power

Question 7

DEMOGRAPHIC

Answer 7

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

Question 8

PANDEMIC

Answer 8

adj. Having an effect on a large area or region
syn: rampant
ant: confined

Question 9

POLIT

Answer 9

Greek POLIS “city”

Question 10

COSMOPOLITAN

Answer 10

adj. Worldly or sophisticated
syn: cultured
ant: unpolished

Question 11

POLITICIZE

Answer 11

v. To give a political character to something.

Question 12

APOLITICAL

Answer 12

adj. Having no interest in politics; not political

Question 13

CIVIS

Answer 13

Latin CIVIS “citizen”

Question 14

CIVILITY

Answer 14

n. Politeness; courteousness
syn: decorum
ant: rudeness

Question 15

CIVIC

Answer 15

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

Question 16

CIVILIZE

Answer 16

v. To make more cultured or refined

syn: polish