Classical Roots E Ch.7-8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acquisitive | eagerly seeking to obtain things, wealth, or information |
| inquisition | 1. a prolonged inquiry or questioning, especially a harsh investigation on religious or political issues 2. the special court of the Roman Catholic church in the Middle Ages to combat, suppress, and punish heresy (any belief varying from orthodox doctrine) |
| querulous | complaining; irritable; peevish |
| dynamo | 1. an electric generator 2. an extremely forceful, energetic, or hardworking person |
| dynasty | 1. a succession of rulers from the same family group or line 2. a succession of influential people linked by familial, political, social, or cultural association |
| demise | death, or the end of existence or operation of something |
| emissary | a person sent on a special mission |
| premise | 1. a proposition offered as a basis for argument 2. in logic, each of the first two propositions in a syllogism |
| meretricious | 1. attention-getting in a vulgar way; tawdry or tacky 2. insincere, based on pretense or deception |
| meritorious | praiseworthy; deserving reward or esteem |
| importune | to make repeated and insistent demands or requests |
| opportunist | a person taking advantage of any chance to achieve an end in a forceful or self-serving way |
| presumption | 1. arrogance; excessive self-assurance; unbecoming boldness 2. 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 |
| acerbic | 1. sour or bitter in taste 2. 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 irritation or violence |
| acrimony | bitter, sharp animosity, especially in behavior or speech |
| acumen | keenness of insight and discernment; sagacity |
| acute | 1. very discerning; quickly alert to impressions 2. severe; intense |
| peremptory | 1. urgently commanding; officious or arrogantly dictatorial 2. not allowing contradiction or further disagreement |
| preempt | to take precedence over someone or something already arranged or in place; to sieze priority |
| redemption | 1. deliverance from sin; atonement for guilt 2. retrieval; reclamation; reformation |
| 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 |
| pecuniary | relating to money or necessary payment of it |
| impecunious | lacking money; penniless |
| comportment | behavior; demeanor; mode of bearing or movement |
| purport | to claim; to profess (without giving proof); to appear to be |
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