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Unit 14 Flashcards

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virile

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PartOfSpeech: adjective
Definition: masculine; manly

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VIR

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Latin Vir “man”

virile, virtue, virtuoso

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virtue

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PartOfSpeech: noun
Definition: right action; moral goodness

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virtuoso

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PartOfSpeech:
Definition: someone extra-ordinary skilled in a particular art

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DEM

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Greek “Demos” people

demagogue, demographic, pandemic

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Demagogue

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PartOfSpeech: noun
Definition: a leader who appeals to people’s emotions to gain power

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demographic

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PartOfSpeech: adjective
Definition: having certain characteristics in common, such as age, race, or gender

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pandemic

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PartOfSpeech: adjective
Definition: having an effect on a large are or region
Synonym: rampant
Antonym: confined

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POLIT

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Greek Polis “society”

cosmopolitan, politicize, apolitical

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cosmopolitan

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PartOfSpeech: adjective
Definition: worldly or sophisticated
Synonym: cultured
Antonym: unpolished

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politicize

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PartOfSpeech: verb
Definition: to give a political character to something

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apolitical

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PartOfSpeech: adjective
Definition: having no interest in politics; not political

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CIVIS

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civility, civic, civilize

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civility

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PartOfSpeech: noun
Definition: politeness; courteousness
Synonym: decorum
Antonym: rudeness

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civic

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PartOfSpeech: adjective
Definition: having to do with the business of a town or community

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civilize

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PartOfSpeech: verb
Definition: to make more cultured or refined
Synonym: polish

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