Unit Fourteen Flashcards
Virile
Adj. Masculine; manly.
Root: Vir
Syn: masculinity
Ant: feminine
Virtue
N. Right action; moral goodness.
Root: Vir
Syn: talent
Ant: wrongdoing
Virtuoso
N. Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art.
Root: Vir
Syn: talented
Ant: amateur
Demagogue
N. A leader who appeals to people’s emotions to gain power.
Root: Dem
Syn: hypocrite
Ant: tyrant
Demographic
Adj. Having certain characteristics in common, such as age, race, or gender.
Root: Dem
Syn: similar
Ant: different
Pandemic
Adj. Having an effect on a large area or region.
Root: Dem
Syn: rampant
Ant: confined
Cosmopolitan
Adj. Worldly or sophisticated.
Root: Polit
Syn: cultured
Ant: unpolished
Politicize
V. To give a political character to something.
Root: Polit
Syn: enlarge
Ant: minimize
Apolitical
Adj. Having no interest in politics,not political.
Root: Polit
Syn: communal
Ant: political
Civility
N. Politeness; courteousness.
Root: Civis
Syn: decorum
Ant: rudeness
Civic
Adj. Having to do with a business of a town or community.
Root: Civis
Syn: communal
Ant: international
Civilize
v. To make more cultured or refined.
Root: Civis
Syn: polish
Ant: deform
Civis
Latin: citizen
Polit
Greek: city
Dem
Greek: people.