Vocabulary

Vocab

** __Root Words:__ **** __Meaning__ **   leg- law  greg- group, flock or herd

**__Vocabulary Words:__** privi leg e (n) leg itimate (adj) leg islature (n) se greg ate (v) ag greg ate (adj) con greg ation (n) capt ain (n) capit al (n) de capit ate (v) per capit a (adv)

privi leg e- a special advantage, immunity, permission, right
 * __ Definitions __**

leg itimate- being in compliance with the law

leg islature- an officially elected or otherwise selected body of people vested with the responsibility and power to make laws for a political unit, such as a state or nation se greg ate- to separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group ag greg ate- amounting to a whole con greg ation- a body of assembled people or things; a gathering capt ain- the officer in command of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft capit al- a town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity de capit ate- to cut off the head of; behead

per capit a- per unit of population; per person, in that year