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Terms
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copy deck
- authentic
- genuine; real; reliable; trustworthy
- autobiography
- story of a person's life written by the person him/herself
- autocrat
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ruler exercising self-derived, absolute power
despot; dictator - autograph
- person's signature written by him/herself
- automatic
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acting by itself
self-regulating - automation
- technique of making a process self-operating by means of built-in electronic controls
- automaton
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purely mechanical person following a routine
robot - autonomous
- self-governing; independent; sovereign
- autonomy
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right of self-government
independence; sovereignty - autopsy
- medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death; postmortem examination
- aristocracy
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1. government or country governed by a small privileged upper class
2. ruling class of nobles; privileged class
nobility; gentry - autocracy
- government or country governed by one individual with self-derived, unlimited power
- bureaucracy
- government by bureaus or groups of officials; administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine
- democracy
- government or country governed by the people; rule by majority
- plutocracy
- government or country governed by the rich
- technocracy
- government or country governed by technical experts
- aristocrat
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1. advocate of aristocracy
2. member of the aristocracy
noble; patrician - Democrat
- member of the Democratic Party
- demagogue
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political leader who stirs up the people for person advantage
rabble-rouser - democratic
- based on the principles of democracy, or government by the people
- democratize
- make democratic
- epidemic
- affecting many people in an area at the same time; widespread
- epidemic (n.)
-
outbreak of a rapidly spreading, contagious disease affecting many people at the same time;
plague; rash - panacea
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remedy for all ills; universal remedy
cure-all; elixir - Pan-American
- of or pertaining to all the countries of North, South, and Central America
- pandemonium
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wild uproar; very noisy din; wild disorder
tumult; racket - panoply
- complete suit of armor; complete covering or equipment; magnificent array
- panorama
- complete, unobstructed view
- pantomime
- dramatic performance that is all signs and gestures without words
- anachronism
- error in chronology or time order
- chronicle
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historical account of events in the order of time
history; annuals - chronological
- arranged in order of time
- chronology
- arrangement of data or events in order of time of occurrence
- synchronize
- cause to agree in time; make simultaneous
- kleptomania
- insane impulse to steal
- mania
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1. madness; insanity
2. excessive fondness; craze - maniac
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raving lunatic; mad or insane person
crackpot - maniacal
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characterized by madness
insane; raving - pyromania
- insane impulse to set fires
- encyclopedia
- work offering alphabetically arranged information on various branches of knowledge
- orthopedic
- having to do with the correction and prevention of deformities, esp. in children
- pedagogue
- teacher of children
- pedagogy
- art of teaching
- pediatrician
- physician specializing in the treatment of babies and children
- pediatrics
- branch of medicine dealing with the care, development, and the diseases of babies and children
- orthodontist
- dentist specializing with straightening and adjusting of teeth
- orthodox
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generally accepted, esp. in religion
conventional; approved; conservative - orthography
- correct spelling
- orthopedist
- physician specializing in the correction and prevention of deformities, esp. in children
- unorthodox
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not orthodox; not in accord with accepted, standard, or approved belief or practice
unconventional; heretical - genealogy
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history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor
lineage; pedigree - genesis
-
birth or coming into being of something
origin - heterogeneous
-
differing in kind; not uniform
dissimilar; varied - homogeneous
- of the same kind; similar; uniform
- homogenize
- make homogeneous
- barometer
- instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure as an aid in determining probable weather changes
- chronometer
- instrument for measuring time very accurately
- diameter
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straight line passing through the center of a body or figure from one side to the other
thickness; width - meter
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1. device for measuring
2. unit of measure in a metric system - odometer
- instrument attached to a vehicle for measuring the distance traversed
- photometer
- instrument for measuring intensity of light
- speedometer
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instrument for measuring speed
tachometer - symmetry
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correspondence in measurement, shape, etc., on opposite sides of a dividing line; well-balanced arrangement of parts
harmony; balance