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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 anarchy | total absence of rule or government; confusion; disorder |
| autarchy | rule by an absolute sovereign |
| hierarchy | body of rulers or officials grouped in ranks, each being subordinate to the rank above it; pecking order |
| matriarchy | a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line |
| 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 the center |
| geodetic | pertaining to geodesy (mathematics dealing with the earth's shape and dimensions) |
| geography | the study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, countries, peoples, industries, and products. |
| geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks |
| geometry | mathematics dealing with lines, angles, surfaces, and solids |
| geomorphic | pertaining to the shape of the earth of 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") |
| georgic | agricultural |
| geotropism | response to earth's gravity, as the growing of roots downward into the ground |
| apogee | Farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body; culmination |
| antipathy | n. aversion; dislike |
| apathy | a lack of concern or feeling, indifference |
| empathy | complete understanding of another's feelings, motives, etc. |
| pathetic | arousing pity |
| pathos | quality in drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness |
| sympathy | sharing of another's trouble; compassion |
| telepathy | transference of the thoughts and feelings of one person to another by no apparent means of communication |
| homeopathy | a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated |
| osteopath | practitioner of osteopathy (treatment of diseases by manipulation of bones, muscles, nerves, etc.) |
| pathogenic | causing disease |
| pathological | due to disease |
| psychopathic | 1. pertaining to mental disease 2. insane |
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