Ch.6 Vocab Test
Ch.6 Vocab Test Thursday Sections 1-13
Terms
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- autonomous
- independent
- dermatologist
- physician specializing in dermatology
- orthodox
- generally accepted, especially in religion
- unorthodox
- not in accord with accepted belief or practice
- diameter
- "measure across"; thickness; width
- orthodontist
- dentist specializing in orthodontics
- antipathy
- feeling against
- authentic
- genuine; real
- autobiography
- story of a person's life written by the person himself
- plutocracy
- government or country governed by the rich
- synonym
- word that has the same meaning as another word
- homogeneous
- of the same kind
- anachronism
- error in chronology/time order
- meter
- device for measuring OR unit of measure in the metric system
- panorama
- complete, unobstructed view
- pedagogue
- teacher of children
- pandemonium
- wild uproar; wild disorder
- antibiotic
- substance that works against harmful bacteria
- epidemic noun
- outbreak of a rapidly spreading, contagious disease affecting many people at the same time
- democratize
- make democratic
- demagogue
- political leader who stirs up the people for personal advantage
- pseudonym
- pen name
- photometer
- instrument for measuring the intensity of light
- heterogeneous
- differing in kind
- Pan-American
- all the countries of North, South, and Central America
- democrat
- member of the Democratic Party
- antibody
- substance that works against germs or poisons produced by germs
- genealogy
- history of the descent of a person from an ancestor
- taxidermist
- one who practices taxidermy (art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals in lifelike form)
- democracy
- government or country governed by the people
- homogenize
- make homogeneous
- maniac
- insane person
- panacea
- remedy for all ills
- orthopedist
- physician specializing in the correction and prevention of deformities, especially in children
- hypodermic
- beneath the skin
- antidote
- remedy that acts against the effects of poison OR countermeasure
- autocracy
- government controlled by one individual with unlimited power
- automation
- technique of making a process self-operating with the use of electronic controls
- pediatrics
- branch of medicine dealing with the care, development, and diseases of children
- chronometer
- instrument for measuring time
- pediatrician
- physician specializing in the treatment of babies and children
- chronological
- arranged in time order
- orthopedic
- having to do with orthopedics (the science of correcting and preventing deformities, especially in children)
- encyclopedia
- work offering alphabetically arranged information
- autocrat
- ruler exercising self-derived, absolute power; dictator
- synchronize
- make simultaneous
- democratic
- based on the principles of democracy
- autonomy
- independence
- maniacal
- characterized by madness
- kleptomania
- insane impulse to steal
- antihistamine
- drug used against certain allergies or cold symptoms
- antagonist
- opponent; foe
- odometer
- instrument attached to a vehicle to measure the distance traveled
- dermis
- inner layer of skin
- antitoxin
- substance formed in the body as the result of the introduction of a toxin
- autopsy
- medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death
- antiseptic
- germicide
- automatic
- acting by itself
- epidemic adj
- affecting many people in an area at the same time
- aristocracy
- government powered by a small upper class OR ruling class of nobles; "privileged class"
- epidermis
- outer layer of skin
- acronym
- name formed from the first letter(s) of other words
- mania
- insanity OR craze
- pedagogy
- art of teaching
- speedometer
- instrument for measuring speed
- antonym
- word meaning the opposite of another word
- onomatopoeia
- use of words whose sounds suggests their meaning
- pyromania
- insane impulse to set fires
- homonym
- word that sounds like another but has a different meaning
- chronicle
- historical account of events in time order
- autograph
- person's signature written by himself
- barometer
- instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
- panoply
- complete suit of armor
- orthography
- correct spelling
- chronology
- arrangement of data or events in the order or time of occurence
- pantomime
- dramatic performance that is all signs and gestures without words
- symmetry
- correspondence in measurements
- technocracy
- government or country governed by technical experts
- anonymous
- unidentified
- aristocrat
- member of the aristocracy
- bureaucracy
- government by bureaus or groups of officials
- genesis
- origin