vocab from classical roots lesson 8

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 or something, to intensify irritation or violence

acrimony

bitter, sharp animosity, especially in behavior and speech

acumen

keenness of insight and discernment, sagacity

acute

• very discerning, quickly alert to impressions

• severe, intense

peremptory

• urgently commanding, officious or arrogantly dictatorial

• not allowing contradiction or further disagreement

preempt

to take precedence over someone or something already arranged in place, to seize priority

redemption

• deliverance from sin, atonement for guilt

• 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