Pennell BHS 2014 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
Inflammation One who has inflammation Characterized by inflammation -IT, IS
METER
measure METER
HAEM, HEM
Blood HAEM, HEM
DERM
Skin DERM
PATH
Feeling Disease PATH
ATHL
Prize ATHL
TOX
Poison TOX
ORNITH
Bird ORNITH
ETYM
True meaning Root meaning of a word ETYM
GAM
Marriage GAM
OPTHALM
Eye OPTHALM
NEUR
Nerve NEUR
THERM
Heat THERM
MORPH
Form MORPH
OD
Way Path OD
SKEPTICAL (ADJECTIVE) Inclined to doubt or have faith in something Showing 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 unconscious id ea, 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)