Vocab 7,8

acquisitive

Eagerly seeking to obtain thing, wealth, or information

inquisition

A prolonged inquiry or questioning, especially a harsh investigation on religious or politcal issues // The special court of the Roman Catholic churhc in the Middle Ages to combat, suppress, and punish heresy

querulous

complaining; irritable; peevish

dynamo

An electric generator // an extrememly forceful, energetic, or hardworking person

dynasty

a succession of rulers from the same family group or line // a successsion of influential people linked by familial, political, social, or cultueral association

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 an argument // in logic, each of the first two propositions in a syllogism

meretricious

attention-getting in a vulgar way; tawdry or tacky // insincere'; based on pretense or deception

meritorious

praiseworthy; deserving reward or esteem

importune

to make repeated and insistent demands or requests

opportunist

a person or animal taking advantage of any chance to achive an end in a forceful or self-serving way

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

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 irration or violence

acrimony

bitter, sharp animosity, espcially in behavior or 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 or in place; to seize property

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