vocab from classical roots lesson 7

acquisitive

eagerly seeking to obtain things, wealth, or information

inquisition

• a prolonged inquiry or questioning, especially a harsh investigation on religious or political issues

• (capitalized) the special court of the roman catholic church in the middle ages to combat, suppress, and punish heresy

querulous

complaining, irritable, peevish

dynamo

• an electric generator

• an extremely forceful, energetic, or hardworking person

dynasty

• a succession of the rulers from the same family group or line

• a succession of influential people linked by familiar, 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

• a proposition offered as a basis for 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 achieve 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