Root: cur/cure/curist

Meaning: care, cure

1. curator : in charge of a museum
2. curative : remedy
3. accurate : precise, correct
4. sinecure : a paid job with no duties attached
5. procure: to get by effort

Root: dem/o- demic

Meaning: people, population

1. demotic : colloquial or vulgar
2. pandemic : occur everywhere
3. demagogue : politician who evokes emotions and gains popularity
4. endemic : indigenous
5. epidemic : rapid spread of the disease

Context :

1. The curator of the museum is responsible for the safety of its contents.
2. Water is said to be a universal curative
3. Seismographic readings are not accurate enough to pinpoint the location of an earthquake
4. An honorary job is contrary to sinecure
5. Vocabulary can be procured only by consistency
6. The epic in its demotic rhetoric excited the commoners
7. In the aftermath of the earthquake plague was pandemic
8. An endemic of yellow fever broke out in Africa
9. In ancient societies a demagogue was a leader of the people
10. The plague epidemic was quickly controlled by the people

 

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