| Term | Definition |
|---|
| -agog; agogue | leader |
| -cide | kill(ing) |
| -ectomy | cutting |
| -ia; -y | act; state |
| -ic; -tic, -ical; -ac | having to do with |
| -ics | things having to do with |
| -isk; -iscus | small |
| -ism | the belief in |
| -ist | one who believes in |
| -ite | one connected with |
| demagogue | a person, esp. an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people |
| herbicide | a substance or preparation for killing plants, esp. weeds |
| splenectomy | excision or removal of the spleen. |
| anarchy | political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control |
| anthropomorphic | ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human |
| optics | the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision. |
| asterisk | a small starlike symbol (*), used in writing and printing as a reference mark or to indicate omission, doubtful matter, etc. |
| socialism | theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy. |
| communist | a person who is regarded as supporting politically leftist or subversive causes |
| cosmopolite | a person who is cosmopolitan in his or her ideas, life, etc.; citizen of the world |
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