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Word Clues 2
Word Clues Lesson 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arch, archi | rule; govern |
| dem | people |
| gen, gon | kind; race; origin |
| gon | angle |
| gyn, gyne, gynaec, gynec | women |
| log | ides; word; speech; study |
| archae-, archa- | ancient |
| hetero- | various; unlike |
| homo- | same |
| olig- | few |
| pan-, panto- | all |
| poly | many |
| anarchy (n) | a state of society without government or law |
| gynarchy (n) | government by women |
| oligarchy (n) | power invested in a dominant class |
| demography (n) | the science of social statistics |
| epidemic (adj) | extremely prevalent; wide spread |
| pandemic (adj) | epidemic over a large area |
| endemic (adj) | native |
| heterogeneous (adj) | different in kind; unlike |
| homogeneous (adj) | of the same kind; alike |
| genealogy (n) | study of ancestry |
| polygon (n) | a figure having three or more straight sides |
| diagonal (adj) | having an oblique direction |
| misogynist (n) | hatred of women by a certain person |
| archaeology (n) | the study of ancient history |