| Term | Definition |
|---|
| monotonous | lacking in variety; tediously unvarying |
| polychromatic | having or exhibiting a variety of colors |
| polygamy | the practice or condition of having more than one spouse |
| polysyllabic | having many syllables |
| polytheism | many religions |
| anthropology | the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind |
| ethnology | a branch of anthropology that analyzes cultures, especially in regard to their historical development and the similarities and dissimilarities between them |
| necrology | a list of people who have died within a certain time |
| paleontology | the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils |
| biogenesis | the production of living organisms from other living organisms |
| biopsy | the removal of a piece of tissue from a living body |
| dichotomy | division into 2 parts, kinds, etc. |
| lobotomy | the operation of cutting into a lobe, as of the brain or the lung |
| mastectomy | the operation of removing all or part of the breast or mamma |
| tracheotomy | the operation of cutting into the trachea |
| antipodes | places diametrically opposite each other on the globe |
| arthropod | any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings, including the insects, spiders, and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods |
| pseudopod | a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm, as of certain protozoans, usually serving as an organ of locomotion or prehension |
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