Lesson 6-9 Words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cephalalgia | head pain |
| dermatitis | skin inflammation |
| tautology | repetition of the same idea |
| logomachy | a word fight |
| dactylology | study of fingers |
| monotone | one tone |
| hypodermic | under the skin |
| plastic | molded |
| cephalopod | feet attached to the head |
| polyglot | able to speak many languages |
| osteotomy | cutting of the bone |
| chiromancy | a hand prophecy |
| atom | without a cutting |
| chirography | handwriting |
| pachyderm | a thick skinned mammal |
| economics | the arrangement of a house |
| hieroglyphics | sacred carvings |
| biography | a writing of someone's life |
| iconoclast | one who shatters images |
| analysis | a loosening up |
| misoneism | hatred of something new |
| psychosomatic | related to the mind and body |
| anonymous | without a name |
| anomaly | something that is not the same |
| physiology | the study of nature |
| paleolithic | related to ancient stone (age) |
| astronomy | the arrangement or law of the stars |
| petrology | the study of rocks |
| ethnologist | one who makes a study of nations |
| psychiatry | science of the healing of the mind |
| idiosyncrasy | a mixing together of an individual trait |
| politics | something relating to the citizens |
| critical | related to judging |
| topography | a description of a place |
| crater | a greek mixing bowl |
| cosmopolitan | a world citizen |
| hypocrite | one who discerns under the sruface |
| thalassic | related to the sea |
| cosmos | world |
| astronaut | a star sailor |
| autocracy | self rule of self government |
| hypercritical | excessively critical |
| plutocrat | one who rules wealth |
| monopoly | one seller |
| ideogram | a recorded idea |
| dendrology | study of trees |
| polyanthus | a many flowered plant |
| hippodrome | a course for horses |
| phytogeography | the geography of plants |
| etymology | the study of the true meaning of words |
| epizootic | related to epidemics among animals |
| entomology | the study of insects |
| cacoepy | bad utterance or pronunciation |
| orthoepy | correct utterance or pronunciation |
| ornithology | the study of birds |
| ichthyophagous | fish eating |
| paleozoic | the geological area of ancient animal fossils |
| anthology | a collection of flowers |
| sporadic | scattered |
| phyllophagous | leaf eating |
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