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Word Clues #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arch, archi | rule; govern |
| dem | people |
| gen, gon | kind; race; origin |
| gon | angle |
| gyn, gyne, gynaec, gynec | woman |
| log | idea; word; speech; discussion; reason; study |
| archae-, archa | ancient |
| hetero- | various; unlike |
| homo- | same |
| olig- | few |
| pan-, panto- | all |
| poly | many |
| anarchy | the absence of any form of order |
| archaeology | the study of material remains of past human life and activities |
| demography | the study of changes that occur over a period of time in human populations |
| heterogeneous | made up of parts that are different |
| homogeneous | made up of the same kind of people or things |
| polygon | a closed plane figure bounded by straight lines |
| gynarchy | government by women |
| oligarchy | government by few, normally the wealthy |
| epidemic | extremely widespread out break of disease |
| pandemic | affecting many persons at one time |
| endemic | restricted or peculiar to a particular people |
| misogynist | one who hates women |
| genealogy | a record or table of the decent of a person, family, or group; a family tree |
| diagonal | joining two opposite corners of a shape especially by crossing the center point of the shape |
| eulogy | a speech that praises someone who has died |