| Term | Definition |
|---|
| anomaly | a deviation from the common rule |
| anthropology | science dealing with the origin, races, customs, and beliefs of humankind |
| antipathy | an aversion ("feeling against"); dislike |
| apathy | lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or excitement; indifference |
| atheism | godlessness; denial of the existence of a Supreme Being |
| autobiography | story of a person's life written by that person |
| biography | story of a person's life written by another person |
| dichotomy | cutting or division into two; division |
| empathy | The complete understanding of another's feelings, motives, etc. |
| endogenous | produced from within, due to internal causes |
| esoteric | inner, private, difficult to understand |
| eulogize | write or speak in praise of someone |
| eulogy NOT SURE!!! | a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing |
| exogenous | produced from without, due to external causes |
| exoteric | external; exterior; readily understandable |
| exotic | introduced from a foreign country OR excitingly strange |
| georgic | poem on husbandry (farming) |
| heterodox | contrary to some acknowledged standard |
| heteronym | word spelled like another, but differing in sound and meaning |
| hierarchy | a body of rulers or officials grouped in ranks, each being subordinate to the rank above it |
| homonym | word that sounds like another but differs in meaning and spelling |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration of statement |
| hypothesis | a theory or supposition assumed as a basis for reasoning (something "placed under") |
| hypothetical | assumed without proof for the purpose of reasoning; conjectural |
| metamorphosis | change of form |
| microcosm | little world |
| misogyny | hatred of women |
| misanthrope | hater of humanity |
| misanthropy | hatred of humanity |
| monogamy | marriage with one mate at a time |
| monologue | a long speech by one person in a group |
| monotheism | belief that there is one God |
| monotonous | continuing in an unchanging tone; wearying |
| orthodox | conforming to an acknowledged standard |
| patriarchy | a form of social organization in which the father rules the family or tribe, descent being traced through the father |
| periphrastic | expressed in a roundabout way |
| philanthropist | lover of humanity; person active in promoting human welfare |
| philanthropy | love of humanity, especially as shown in donations to charitaable and socially useful causes |
| polytheism | belief that there is a plurality of gods |
| psychology | science of the mind |
| sociology | study of the evolution, development, and functioning of human society |
| symbiosis | the living together in mutually helpful association of two dissimilar organisms |
| sympathy | a sharing of ("feeling with") another's trouble; compassion |
| xenophobe | one who has an aversion to foreigners |
| xenophobia | aversion to foreigners |
| -phobia | "fear, dislike, aversion" |
| -phil | "loving, fond of" |
| -mis | "hate" |
| -dys | "ill, difficult" |
| -eu | "good, well, advantageous" |
| -macro | "large, long" |
| -micro | "small" |
| - a (an) | "not, without" |
| -mono (mon) | "one, single, alone" |
| -poly | "many" |
| -logy | "science, study, account" |
| -bio | "life" |
| -tomy (tom) | "cutting, operation of incision" |
| -pod | "foot" |
| -homo | "one of the same, like" |
| -hetero | "different" |
| -hyper | "over, above, beyond the ordinary" |
| -hypo | "under, beneath, less than the ordinary" |
| -endo | "within" |
| -exo | "out of, outside" |
| -archy | "rule" |
| -geo | "earth, ground" |
| -path (patho, pathy) | 1. "feeling, suffering" 2. "disease" |
| -morph | "form" |
| -peri | "around, about, near, enclosing" |
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