Greek X - Review
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- diglot
- bilingual book or edition
- biblioclasm
- a person who mutilates or destroys books
- thalassic
- of or pertaining to seas and oceans
- psychology
- the study or science of human and animal behavior
- ethnic
- belonging to a group of people from the same cultural, racial, or religious background such as a nation of people
- acephalous
- headless; lacking a distinct head
- chiropodist
- a specialist in care for the feet
- hippodrome
- an oval track for horse races and chariot races.
- biometry
- the calculation or measure of the probable length of human life
- dendrolatry
- the worship of trees or shrubs
- anthropoid
- resembling humans
- autobiography
- a written account of your own life
- isocracy
- a government in which all individuals have equal political power
- naumachy
- a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans
- iconolatrous
- the worship or adoration of icons
- cephalalgia
- a headache
- iconomachy
- a war against images
- cosmogony
- a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe, the solar system, or the earth-moon system
- politics
- the science of governing a political entity, such as a city, state, or nation
- analysis
- separation or loosening of a whole into its component parts
- caconym
- an undesirable or erroneous name
- monopoly
- a marketing
- homoglottic
- one comprehensive or same language
- autotheism
- Deification of one's self; self-worship
- plastic
- any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened
- chiromachy
- hand to hand fighting
- dermatology
- the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases
- ethnarch
- the ruler of a people, tribe, or nation
- dactylology
- the technique of communicating by signs made with the fingers, esp. in the manual alphabets used byt he deaf
- dendrology
- the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs
- psychiatric
- the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders
- tonometer
- an instrument for measuring the frequencies of tones
- autonomy
- self-government, or the right of self-government; independence
- polyglot
- able to speak or write several languages; multilingual
- astronomy
- the scientific study of outer space, especially the celestial bodies and stars
- tautochrome
- the repetition of the same color
- ideogram
- a written symbol that represents an idea
- anthropophagous
- the eating of human flesh; cannibalism
- icon
- a picture, image, or other representation
- monotonous
- a sound continuing on one note
- neocracy
- Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials
- aphyllous
- naturally leafless
- iconoclast
- a breaker or destroyer of images
- autocracy
- a plitical system governed by a single individual
- monoglot
- knowing only one language
- biology
- the science of life or living matter
- osteoplastic
- Surgery. pertaining to bone formation
- bioclasm
- the breakage or destruction of life
- chirography
- handwriting; penmanship
- polyanthus
- a hybrid primrose, having small white or yellow flowers
- hippophagi
- eaters of horseflesh
- microcosm
- a little world; a world in miniature
- ichthyology
- The branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes
- bibliopole
- a dealer in rare or used books
- hierarch
- a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest
- psychoanalysis
- a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders
- misoneism
- hatred or dislike of what is new or represents change
- hypodermic
- introduced under the skin
- ornithology
- the branch of zoology that studies birds
- ecology
- the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment
- psychosomatic
- pertaining to or involving both the mind and the body
- anonymous
- of unknown name; whose name is withheld
- ethnologist
- a branch or anthropology that studies cultures and nations in regard to their historical similarities and dissimilarities between them
- ichthyic
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of fishes
- topography
- the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality
- petrology
- the scientific study of rocks
- asteroid
- any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- pachyderm
- any of the thick-skinned, non ruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus and rhinoceros
- analgesic
- a remedy that relieves or allays pain
- encephalitis
- inflammation of the substance of the brain
- neolithic
- pertaining to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age
- psychopathic
- Relating to or affected with an antisocial personality disorder that is usually characterized by aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior.
- hypercritical
- excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical
- somatic
- of the body
- hieroglyphics
- carved sacred characters used by ancient Egyptians Priest as a system of writing
- zoology
- the study of or science dealing with animals
- philodendron
- climbing tropical American plants many of which are houseplants
- ethnocentric
- the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture
- paleolithic
- relating to the period of the Stone Age beginning about 750,000 years ago, until the beginning of the Mesolithic Period
- etymology
- an account of the history of a particular word
- democracy
- government by the people
- tautonym
- same name; in which the genus and species names are the same
- zoophagous
- Feeding on animal matter
- economics
- the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
- entomology
- The scientific study of insects
- thalassomania
- a passion for the sea
- epizootic
- of diseases spreading quickly among animals
- autoclastic
- Broken in place
- macrocosm
- the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole
- dermatitis
- inflammation of the skin
- antibiotic
- widely used in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases
- neophobiac
- someone who has a fear of new things or the unknown
- epidermis
- the outer layer of the skin
- orthoepy
- the study of correct pronunciation
- criticize
- to judge or find fault with
- chiromancy
- telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand