Unit 14

Question 1

VIN

Answer 1

Latin VIR “man”

Question 2

VIRILE

Answer 2

adj. Masculine; manly

ROOT: VIR

Question 3

VIRTUE

Answer 3

“n. Right action; moral goodness”

Root: VIR

Question 4

VIRTUOSO

Answer 4

“n. Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art”

Root: VIR

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”

Root: DEM

Question 7

DEMOGRAPHIC

Answer 7

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

Root: DEM

Question 8

PANDEMIC

Answer 8

“adj. Having an effect on a large area or region”

Root: DEM

Question 9

POLIT

Answer 9

Greek POLIS “city”

Question 10

COSMOPOLITAN

Answer 10

“adj. Worldly or sophisticated
Root: POLI
syn: cultured ant: unpolished”

Question 11

Politicize

Answer 11

“v. To give a political character to something.”

Root: POLI

Question 12

APOLITICAL

Answer 12

“adj. Having no interest in politics; not political”

Question 13

CIVIS

Answer 13

n. Politeness; courteousness

Root: CITI

Question 14

CIVIC

Answer 14

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

Root: CIVIL

Question 15

CIVILIZE

Answer 15

“v. To make more cultured or refined”