Chapter 2 Examples Flashcards by Terry NAM

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gynoarchy

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archy: rule by

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monarch

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arch: ruler

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democracy

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cracy: rule by, ruling body of

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aristocracy

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cracy: rule by, ruling body of

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democrat

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crat: supporter of rule by, member of ruling body

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aristocrat

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crat: supporter of rule by, member of ruling body

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calligraphy

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graphy: art or method of writing

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geography

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graphy: descriptive science

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bibliography

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graphy: descriptive science

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photograph

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graph: something written

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seismograph

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graph: instrument that writes

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polygraph

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graph: instrument that writes

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theology

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logy: subject of study

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eulogy

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logy: discourse

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kleptomania

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mania: madness

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megalomania

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mania: madness

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bibliomania

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mania: excessive enthusiasm

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geometry

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metry: art or process of the science of measuring

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antinomy

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nomy: law of, arrangement of, science of

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telepathy

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pathy: feeling

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pedophilia

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philia: love of

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bibliophile

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phile: lover of

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xenophobe

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phobe: one who fears

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colonscopy

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scopy: observation or examination of or by

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telescope

scope: instrument for observing or examining

acropolis

acr: high, topmost

acronym

acr: high, topmost

allergy

all: other

aristocracy

arist: best

autonomy

aut: self, one's own

automobile

aut: of or by oneself or itself

cacoophony

cac: bad

heterosexual

heter: other

hieroglyphics

hier: holy

holocaust

hol: whole

homosexual

hom: same

homeopath

home: similar, same

idiom

idi: own, personal

idiosyncrasy

idi: own, personal

macrocosm

macr: long, large

macroeconomics

large-scale

megaphone

mega: great, large, powerful

megalomania

megal: great, large, powerful

megabyte

mega: one million (in the metric system)

Mesopotamia

mes: middle

microscope

micr: small

microgram

(denoting a factor of) one millionth

monotonous

mon: single, one, alone

neolithic

new: new

oligarchy

olig: few

orthodontist

orth: straight

paleography

pale: old

pantheist

pan: all

pantomime

pant: all

polychrome

poly: many

pseudonym

pseud: false

sclerosis

scler: hard

thermostat

therm: hot

eulogy

eu: well, favorable

euphemism

eu: well, favorable

euphony

eu: well, favorable

eugenic

eu: well, favorable