Etymology set 5 list 11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 exoskeleton | hard protective structure developed outside the body, as the shell of a lobster |
| endosmosis | osmosis inward |
| exosmosis | osmosis outward |
| endocarditis | inflammation of the lining of the heart |
| endoderm | membranelike tissue lining the digestive tract |
| endoparasite | parasite living on the inside of its host |
| endophyte | plant growing within another plant |
| exoteric | known externally (outside a select group; publicly); readily understandable |
| exotic | 1.) introduced from another country; foreign 2.) strikingly unusual; strange |
| anarchy | total absence of rule or government; confusion; disorder |
| autarchy | rule by an absolute sovereign |
| hierarchy | body of rulers or official grouped in ranks, each being subordinate to the rank above it; pecking order |
| matriarchy | form of social organization in which the mother rules the family or tribe, descent being traced through the mother |
| monarchy | state ruled over by a single person, as a king or queen |
| oligarchy | form of government in which a few people have the power |
| patriarchy | form of social organization in which the father rules the family or tribe, descent being traced through the father |
| geocentric | measured from the earth's center; having the earth as a center |
| geodetic | pertaining to mathematics dealing with the earth's shape and dimensions |
| geography | study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, people, products, etc. |
| geology | science dealing with the earth's history as recorded in rocks |
| geometry | mathematics dealing with lines, angles, surfaces, and solids (literally, "measurement of land") |
| geomorphic | pertaining to the shape of the earth or the form of its surface |
| geophysics | science treating of the forces that modify the earth |
| geopolitics | study of government and its policies as affected by physical geography |
| geoponics | art or science of agriculture (literally, "working of the earth") |
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