Vocabulary Unit 14 Flashcards

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Virile

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Root: Vir
Adjective
Masculinity, manly

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Vir

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Man

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Virtue

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Root: Vir
Noun
Right action, moral goodness

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Virtuoso

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Root: Vir
Noun
Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art.

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Dem

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People

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Demagogue

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Root: Dem
Noun
A leader who appeals to one’s emotions to gain power.

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Demographic

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Root: Dem
Adjective
Having certain characteristics in common, such as age, gender, or race.

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Pandemic

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Root: Dem 
Adjective 
Having an effect on a larger area or region 
Synonym: rampant 
Antonym: confined
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Polit

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City

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Cosmopolitan

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Root: polit
Adjective 
Worldly or sophisticated 
Synonym: cultured 
Antonym: unpolished
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Politicize

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Root: Polit
Verb
To give a political character to something

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Apolitical

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Root: polit
Adjective
Having no interest in politics, not political

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Civis

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Citizen

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Civility

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Root: Civis
Noun 
Politeness, courteousness
Synonym: decorum 
Antonym: rudeness
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Civic

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Root: Civis
Adjective
Having to do with the business of a town or community

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Civilize

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Root: Civis
Verb
To make more cultured or refined
Synonym: polish