PennellBHS2014

WORD CLUES REVIEW OF SPRING

FINAL EXAM

ANTHROP

Man; Mankind

ANTHROP

CRIT; CRIS

Separate, discern, judge

CRIT; CRIS

COSM

Order; world

COSM

ETHN

Nation

ETHN

ICON

Image; idol

ICON

BIBLIO

Book

BIBLIO

LOG

Study

LOG

POLY (WITHOUT THE DASH)

Many

POLY (WITHOUT THE DASH)

HELIO

Sun

HELIO

BIO

Life

BIO

-IT, IS

InflammationOne who has inflammationCharacterized by inflammation

-IT, IS

METER

measure

METER

HAEM, HEM

Blood

HAEM, HEM

DERM

Skin

DERM

PATH

FeelingDisease

PATH

ATHL

Prize

ATHL

TOX

Poison

TOX

ORNITH

Bird

ORNITH

ETYM

True meaningRoot meaning of a word

ETYM

GAM

Marriage

GAM

OPTHALM

Eye

OPTHALM

NEUR

Nerve

NEUR

THERM

Heat

THERM

MORPH

Form

MORPH

OD

WayPath

OD

SKEPTICAL(ADJECTIVE)

Inclined to doubt or have faith in somethingShowing a doubt

The study of handwriting.

GRAPHOLOGY(NOUN)

 Preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.

TAXIDERMY(NOUN)

The study of rules for the formation of grammatical patterns in language.

The study of grammatical structures in language.

SYNTAX(NOUN)

Mercy killing.

EUTHANASIA(NOUN)

The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based.

Model; first form.Prototype(in Jungian psychology) a collectively inherited uncon

scious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches.

ARCHETYPE(NOUN)

not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, especially in theology; unorthodox.

HETERODOX(ADJECTIVE)

A sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group.

DYNASTY(NOUN)

a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.

A brief poem or other writing in praise of the dead.

EPITAPH(NOUN)

Any mass slaughtering or senseless destruction of life by fire.

HOLOCAUST(NOUN)

A person obsessed with setting things on fire.

PYROMANIAC(NOUN)

A person who behaves oddly.Someone who is peculiar, odd, erratic.

ECCENTRIC(ADJECTIVE)

A cure or treatment involving exposure to direct sunlight.

Using the sun as a cure.

HELIOTHERAPY(NOUN)

To forecast or predict from present indications or signs; prophesize.

PROGNOSTICATE(VERB)

A person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains  power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.

DEMAGOGUE(NOUN)

A wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from de-fective nutrition or nerve damage.

ATROPHY(NOUN)

The branch of botany dealing with trees or shrubs.

DENDROLOGY(NOUN)

A person who speaks multiple languages.

POLYGLOT(NOUN)

Designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.

HIEROGLYPHICS(NOUN)

The science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.

ECONOMICS(NOUN)

A book or other collection of selected writings by various au-thors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject.

ANTHOLOGY(NOUN)

Exclusive control of a commodity or a service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. 

There are vertical monopolies and horizontal monopolies in markets.

A vertical monopoly is when a company or person controls the mining, acquiring, production, refining, distribution, and selling of a single product or commodity. An example of a vertical monopoly is Carnegie Steel.

A horizontal monopoly is when a company or person controls an entire layer of the mining, acquiring, production, refining, distribution, or selling of a single product or commodity. An example of this is Vanderbilt Oil Refineries in the United States. If you had to refine oil, you had to go through Vanderbilt.

MONOPOLY(NOUN)

A standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.

CRITERION(NOUN)

A hatred or dislike for what is new or represents change.

MISONEISM(NOUN)