Dimension 2 Part one
Terms
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- archon
- rule; power
- hierarchy
- rule in order of rank
- autocracy
- rule by one person who has absolute power
- aristocracy
- a gov ruled by an elite class
- monarcy
- rule by one; kingship
- patriarchy
- rule by male elder
- theocracy
- rule by ministers of God
- anarchy
- absence of rule
- democracy
- rule by people
- gynarchy
- rule by women
- plutocracy
- rule by wealthy
- oligarchy
- rule by the select few
- psyche
- mind; soul
- psychedelic
- whatever generates hallucinations
- psychiatry
- the medical pratice that deals with disorders of the mind
- psychic
- those who claim to have the ability to engage in telepathy or who claim to be able to see events to whic they were not a part of
- psychokinesis
- production of motionby means of psychic power
- psychodrama
- spontaneous reaction to a dramatic context
- psychosomatic
- a person who experiences bodily symptoms which are primarily caused by the mind
- psychogenic
- originates in the mind
- psychosis
- a severe mental disorder taht may or may not be organic in nature
- psychopath
- menatlly deranged to the extent that they are aggressively antisocial
- pan
- all
- panegyric
- cure-all; cure for social ills
- panchromatic
- sensitive to the light of all colors
- pandemic
- universal; worldwide
- panorama
- all that lies in a person's field of vision
- pantheism
- the belief that God is the sum of all natural forces; any religious beleif that God and the universe are one
- pantology
- the study of all knowledge
- panophobia
- the drea, irrational fear of all things
- panopoly
- a complete array of something
- pantheon
- temple dedicated to all gods
- philos
- love
- audiophile
- a person with a keen interest in high-fidelity sound reproduction
- philohynist
- likes women; is attracted to the opposite sex
- hemophilliac
- suffers from a disease that causes uncontrolled
- thermophile
- a bacterium that requires an environment that provides high temperatures
- bibliophile
- a collector of books
- philately
- has a keen interest in stamps and other related items, such as postmarks
- philodendron
- a climbing plant cultivated as a houseplant
- phliander
- to engage in love affairs frivously or casually
- loqui
- to speak
- loquacious
- overly talkative, verbose, garrulous
- circumlocution
- evasive speech
- somniloquent
- talks in his or her sleep
- ventriliquist
- able to project his or her voice so that it appears to be coming from someone other than the ventriliquist
- soliloquy
- a speech made by one person, or as though one were alone
- colloquy
- conversation, esp a formal one
- elocution
- the study and practice of public speaking
- eloquence
- having the power of fluency, charcterized by forceful and appropriate expression
- grandiloquent
- pompous and osententaious language
- eu
- good; well
- euthenics
- the science which deals with the development of human well-being by improvement of living conditions
- euphemism
- a substitute expression for one that is thought to be overly harsh, blunt, or offensive
- eulogy
- it is a praiseworthy speech, a speech commendation
- eurythmic
- harmonious bodily movements to music
- eutrophic
- designates a body of water in which the increase of mineral and organic nutrients has dissolvesd oxygen, producing an enviroment that is conducive to plant but not animal life
- autos
- self
- autograft
- a surgical procedure that involves grafting tissue from one part of the body to another
- autogamy
- fertilizationn of flowers by their own pollen; married to the self
- automat
- an establishment where food can be purchased by inserting coins into slots after which customers may lift a plastic door adn ehlp themselves to the food behind it
- autonomic
- collection of organs, nerves, and ganglia that regulate involuntary action
- autonomous
- self-contained or independent from external rule
- automaton
- robotic
- a; an
- no; not; without
- anodyne
- anything that will relieve pain
- achromatic
- colors having zero saturation; family of neutral colors
- agnostic
- someone who suspends belief in a supreme being
- atrophy
- to waste away
- anomaly
- that which deviates from a norm or rule
- patheia
- feeling; disease
- pathology
- the study of science relating to the origin, nature, and course of diseases
- osteopath
- a therapeutic system based on the notion that restoration and maintanence of good health can best be achieved by manipulating skeletal bones and muscles
- hydropathy
- the treatment of disease by the use of water (externally or internally)
- pathos
- having the quality or the power to evoke feelings of pity or compassion
- antipathy
- to really dislike; aversion
- genos
- kidn; race; family; birth; origin
- autogenous
- self-produced; self-generated
- genocide
- the killing of an entire race or ethnicity
- congenital
- occurring with birth
- eugenics
- practice that improves a breed
- heterogenuous
- involves elements that are dissimilar
- pathogen
- that which produces disease
- primogeniture
- the state of being firstborn child
- indigenuous
- being inborn
- genealogy
- a record of the descent of a family, group, or person by tracing ancestral heritage
- anthropos
- human being
- andros
- male; man
- android
- possesses some human features but is itself not human
- misanthropist
- one who is in abiding hatred of humankind
- philanthropist
- one having and endearing affection for humankind
- anthroppomorphic
- to attribute human form to that which is not human
- philander
- a man who engages in love affairs casually
- polyandry
- a martial state wherein a woman has more than one husband at a single time
- anthropoid
- resembling human beings
- anthropology
- a science that deals with the origin of humanity's physical, social, and cultural development
- kratos
- power
- phone
- sound
- aphonic
- voiceless
- hyrdophone
- an instrument that detects sound underwater
- cacophony
- a harsh gutteral sound
- phonics
- a method of teaching reading based on sound
- polyphony
- refer to vocal harmony; music with two or more independent melodies sounded together
- graphein
- to write; to draw
- orthography
- correct spelling according to established usage
- cacography
- poor penmanship; poor spelling
- calligraphy
- the art of fine handwriting
- topography
- the technique of graphically representing the exact physical features of a place or region
- cartography
- teh art of making maps and charts
- lexicographer
- a dictionary writer
- epigraphy
- the study of inscriptions
- logos
- study or science of; word or speech
- petrology
- the study of rocks
- tautology
- a needless repition
- ornithology
- study of birds
- cosomolgy
- study of the universe
- necrology
- list of people who recently died (obituary)
- icthyology
- study of fishes
- ethnology
- study of cultural with reference to historical development
- etymology
- the true meaninsg of words
- specere
- to look or to see
- perspicacious
- charcterize a person of keen mental discrement
- perspicuous
- someTHING that is clear, unobscure, unamibiguous
- specious
- deceptively good-looking (chacretrizing ABSTRACT things)
- auspicous
- of good omen
- introspection
- self-examination
- prospectus
- looks forward or looks to the future
- specter
- ghost; source of dread or terror