Unit 14 Flashcards
VIR
Man
VIRILE
Masculine; manly
VIRTUE
“Right action; moral goodness”
VIRTUOSO
“Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art”
DEM
people
DEMAGOGUE
“A leader who appeals to people’s emotions to gain power”
DEMOGRAPHIC
“Having certain characteristics in common, such as age, race, or gender”
PANDEMIC
“Having an effect on a large area or region”
“syn: rampant ant: confined”
POLIT
Greek POLIS “city”
COSMOPOLITAN
Worldly or sophisticated
“syn: cultured ant: unpolished”
POLITICIZE
“To give a political character to something”
APOLITICAL
“Having no interest in politics; not political”
CIVIS
citizen
CIVILITY
Politeness; courteousness
“syn: decorum ant: rudeness”
CIVIC
“Having to do with the business of a town or community”