Vocab- Lesson 1
all vocab words and roots, lesson 1
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- HOMI, HOMIN
- human being
- humane
- having the worthy qualities of human beings, such as kindness or compassion
- egoism
- valuing everything according to one's personal interest, excessive confidence in the rightness of one's own belief in self-love
- humanities
- branches of knowledge concerned with human beings and their culture, philosophy, literature, etc.
- ANTHROPOS
- human being, man
- anthropology
- the scientific study of the origins of all people
- GYNE
- woman
- VIR
- man
- FEMINA
- woman
- misanthrope
- a person who hates all humans
- homicide
- the killing of one person by another, a person who kills another
- feminist
- a supporter of women's claims to the same rights and treatment as men
- AUTOS
- self
- automaton
- a person who behaves in a robotic or mechanical way; a robot
- autonomy
- the condition of being self governing, independence
- gynecology
- the study and medicine for the reproductive system of women
- autocrat
- a ruler who has absolute or unlimited power; any arrogant, dominating person
- autopsy
- the examination of a corpse to determine the cause of death
- humanism
- a philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are the main importance
- EGO
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