| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Quaero, Quaerere, Quaesivi, Quaesitum | to seek, to search for |
| acquisitive | eagerly seeking to obtain things, wealth, or information |
| Quaero, Quaere, Quaesivi, Quaesitum | to seek, to search for |
| acquisitive | eagerly seeking to obtain things, wealth, or information |
| inquisition | a prolonged inquiry or question, especiall a harsh investigation on relgious or political issues OR (cap) special court of the Roman Catholic church in Middle AGess to combat, suppress, and punish heresy |
| querulous | complaining; irritable; peevish;edge |
| dunamis | power |
| dunasthai | to be able, to have strength |
| dynamo | an electric generator, an extremely forceful, energetic, or hardworking person |
| dynasty | a succession of rulers from the same family group or line; a succession of influential people linked by familial, political, social or cultural association |
| Mitto, Mittere, Misi, Missum | to send |
| demise | death, or the end of existence or operation of something |
| emissary | a person sent on a special mission |
| premise | a proposition offered as a basis for argument; in logic, each of the first two propositions in a syllogism |
| mereo, merere, merui, meritum | to earn, to deserve, to merit |
| meretricious | attention getting in a vulgar way; tawdry or tacky; insincere bassed on pretense or deception |
| meritorious | praiseworthy; deserving reward or esteem |
| portus | harbor gate |
| importune | to make repeated and insistent demands or requests |
| opportunist | a person taking advantage or any chance to achieve an end in a forceful or selfserving way |
| sumo, sumere, sumpsi, sumptum | to take, to obtain |
| presumption | arrogance; excessive self assurance; unbecoming boldness; grounds for belief; assumption or supposition |
| subsume | to place in a larger category or under a general heading or principle |
| sumptuary | pertaining to or regulating expenditure, often for religious or moral reasons, usually relating to clothing or food |
| acer | sharp |
| acerbo, acerbare, acerbavi, acerbatum | to make sour |
| acerbus | bitter sour harsh |
| acerbic | sour or bitter in taste; harsh or sharp in speech manner or temper |
| acrid | bitterly pungent or harsh in taste or smell; sharply stinging |
| exacerbate | to increase the severity of something; to intensify irritaion or violence |
| acrimony | bitter, sharp animosity, especially in behavior or speech |
| acuo, acuere, acui, acutum | to sharpen |
| acus | needle |
| acumen | keenness of insight and discernment; sagacity |
| acute | very discerningl quickly alert to impressions; severe intense |
| emo, emere, emi, emptum | to buy |
| peremptory | urgently commanding; officious or arrogantly dictatorial; not allowing contradiciton or further agreement |
| preempt | to take precedence over someone or something already arranged or in place; to seize priority |
| redemption | deliverance from sin; atonement for guilt; retriveal; reclamatrion; reformation |
| kratos | strength power |
| technocracy | government or social systems that put technological theories into practice |
| plutocrat | a member of a governing wealthy class or a person whose wealth grants political influence |
| pecunia | money wealth |
| pecuniary | relating to money or nesessary payment of it |
| impecunious | lacking money; penniless |
| porto, portare, portavi, portatum | to carry |
| comportment | bearing: dignified manner or conduct |
| purport | to claim; to profess ( without giving proom) to appear to be |
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