| Term | Definition |
|---|
| archy | rule |
| anarchy | total absence of rule or government; confusion; disorder |
| hierarchy | a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority |
| matriarchy | a form of social organization in which the mother rules the family or tribe; descent being traced through the mother |
| oligarchy | a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution |
| patriarchy | a form of social organization in which the father rules the family or tribe; descent being traced through the father |
| geo | earth, ground |
| geocentric | having or representing the earth as the center, as in former astronomical system |
| geology | science dealing with the earth's history as recorded in rocks |
| geopolitics | study of government and its politics as affected by physical geography |
| georgic | agricultural; a poem or book dealing with agriculture or rural topics |
| geotropism | response to the earth's gravity, as the growing of roots downward in the ground |
| path, patho, pathy | feeling, suffering; disease |
| antipathy | aversion; dislike |
| apathy | lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or excitement; indifference |
| empathy | the complete understanding of another's feelings, motive, etc. |
| pathetic | arousing pity |
| pathos | quality of drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness |
| sympathy | feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune |
| homeopathy | the treatment of disease by minute doses of natural substances that in a healthy person would produce symptoms of disease |
| osteopath | a branch of medical practice that emphasizes the treatment of medical disorders through the manipulation and massage of the bones, joints, and muscles |
| pathogenic | causing disease |
| pathological | due to disease |
| psychopath | a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior |
| Monarchy | a state ruled by a single person, as a king or queen |
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