Vocab CR 8

Acerbic

Sour or bitter in taste, adj | acerbity (n)

Acrid

Harsh in taste or smell, adj

exacerbate

To increase the severity of something, v | exacerbation (n)

acrimony

Bitter, especially in behavior or speech, n | acrimonious (adj)

acumen

Keenness of insight, n

acute

Severe, intense, adj | acuity (n)

Peremptory

Urgently commanding, adj

preempt

To take precedence over someone or something, v

redemption

Retrieval; reclamation, n | redeem (v)

technocracy

Government or social systems that put technological theories into practice, n | technocratic (adj)

Plutocrat

A person who holds power because of their riches, n

pecuniary

Relating to money or necessary payment of it, adj | pecuniosity (n)

Impecunious

Lacking money; pennilessm adj | impecuniosity (n)

Comportment

conduct oneself, n | comport (v)

purport

To claim; to profess; to appear to be, v, n | purport (n)

nota bene - exacerbate

Exacerbate is useful because it can be a synonym to both aggravate and irritate, although its use to mean “irritate” is less common

nota bene - redemption

Redemption (as an adj or noun) meaning reclamation also applies to the return of goods for cash

nota bene - crat/kratos

Words ending in -crat are derived from kratos and indicate a partisan or member of a class type of government, as in aristocrat and democrat; the suffix -cracy identifies a type of government or authority, as in autocracy and bureaucracy

nota bene - comportment

“Comportment” and “deportment” can both mean behavior, though “comportment” often refers to physical bearing while “deportment” more commonly means conduct.

Acer

L. sharp

Acerbo, Acerbare, Acerbavi, Acerbatum

L. to make sour

Acerbus

L. bitter, sour, harsh

Acuo, Acuere, Acui, Acutum

L. to sharpen

Acus

L. needle

Emo, Emere, Emi, Emptum

L. to buy

Kratos

G. strength, power

Pecunia

L. money, wealth

Porto, Portare, Portavi, Portatum

L. to carry

ex

L. from, out of

per

L. through

pre

L. before

re

L. back, again

tekhne

G. craft, skill, art

cum

L. with

pur = pro

L. to forth