Unit 14

Question 1

Vir

Answer 1

Latin: man

Virile, virtue, virtuoso

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

Latin: people

Demagogue, demographic, pandemic

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
Syn: rampant
Ant: confined

Question 9

Polit

Answer 9

Latin: city

Cosmopolitan, politicize, apolitical

Question 10

Cosmopolitan

Answer 10

Adj: worldly or sophisticated
Root: polit
Syn: cultured
Ant: unpolished

Question 11

Politicize

Answer 11

V: to give a political character to something
Root: polit

Question 12

Apolitical

Answer 12

Adj: having no interest in politic; not political
Root: polit

Question 13

Civis

Answer 13

Latin: citizen

Civility, civic, civilize

Question 14

Civility

Answer 14

N: politeness; courteousness
Root: civis
Syn: decorum
Ant: rudeness

Question 15

Civic

Answer 15

Adj: having to do with the business of a town or community
Root: civis

Question 16

Civilize

Answer 16

V: to make more cultured or refined
Root: civis
Syn: polish