| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Acrophobia | fear of being at a great height |
| Agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| Anarchy | total absence of rule or government; confusion; disorder |
| Anatomy | structure of a plant or animal/ dissection for study of structure |
| Anonymous | nameless; of unknown or unnamed origin |
| Autobiography | story of a person's life written by that person |
| Cardiology | science dealing with the action and diseases of the heart |
| Dichotomy | cutting or division in two; division |
| Dyslexia | impairment of the ability to read |
| Endogamy | marriage within the tribe, caste, or social group |
| Endogenous | due to internal causes |
| Eupepsia | good digestion |
| Euphemism | substitution of a "good" expression for an unpleasant one |
| Euphonious | pleasing in sound |
| Exogenous | due to external causes |
| Genealogy | account of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor |
| Geocentric | measured from the earth's center; having the earth as a center |
| Heteronym | word spelled like another but differing in sound and meaning |
| Hierarchy | body of rulers group 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 | an educated guess assumed without proof |
| Macron | horizontal mark indicating that the vowel which it is over is long |
| Metamorphosis | change of form |
| Microcosm | little world |
| Misanthrope | hater of humanity |
| Misogamy | hatred of marriage |
| Mythology | account or study of myths |
| Monologue | long speech by one person in a group |
| Monotonous | continuing in an unchanging tone |
| Pathology | the study of disease |
| Patriarchy | form of social organization where father rules |
| Periphery | outside boundary |
| Periscope | instrument used so those in a submarine could look around the water surface |
| Philharmonic | pertaining to a musical organization such as a symphony orchestra |
| Philogyny | love of women |
| Podiatrist | doctor pertaining to feet |
| Podium | raised platform/low wall serving as a foundation |
| Polytheism | belief that there are plenty of gods |
| Psychopathic | crazy |
| Symbiosis | the living together in two mutually helpful association of two dissimilar organisms |
| Telepathy | the transference of thoughts from one person to another by no apparent means of communication |
| Xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
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