Classic Vocabulary Lesson 20
Terms
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- canon
- a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy
- pediatrician
- a specialist in the care of babies
- empathize
- be understanding of
- hydraulic
- Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion.
- android
- an automaton that resembles a human being
- canonize
- add in the canon or calendar of the saints
- onym
- name; word
- psychiatrist
- doctor who treats mental diseases
- hier
- sacred
- misogynist
- one who hates women/females
- misoneism
- hatred of change or innovation
- canon
- a rule
- gloss, glot
- language; tongue
- heiroglyphics
- a system of writing using symbols and signs
- anonymous
- Of unknown authorship.
- hierarchy
- a group organized by rank
- podiatrist
- a specialist in care for the feet
- polyandry
- having more than one husband at a time, having more than one husband at a time
- path
- to feel; to suffer
- gyn, gynec
- woman; female
- hydr
- water
- hydrant
- street pipe for water
- anthrop
- human being; mankind
- canonical
- conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
- antonym
- a word opposite in meaning to another
- androgynous
- having both male and female characteristics
- misanthrope
- someone who dislikes people in general
- gynarchy
- government by women
- petrous
- hard, stone-like, rocky
- anthropomorphism
- the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits, the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
- philanthropy
- voluntary promotion of human welfare
- and(r)
- man; male
- gynecology
- the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women
- antipathy
- a feeling of intense dislike
- mis
- hatred
- synonym
- A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.
- polyglot
- a person who speaks more than one language
- homonym
- words having the same sound but different meanings
- misogamy
- hatred of marriage
- petrified
- so frightened as to be unable to move
- latr
- physician; medicine
- petroleum
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- glossary
- brief explanation of words used in the text
- sympathy
- an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
- petr
- rock
- psychiatrist
- doctor who treats mental diseases
- hydrofoil
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- anthropology
- the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings