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Week 13 and 14 Words
pioneer etc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mania | craving, insanity |
| klept(o) | to steal |
| crac | government |
| co/com | with, together |
| eer/or/er/yer/ist | person who, that which |
| metre/meter | to measure |
| maniacal | of or pertaining to mania or a maniac. |
| maniac | a raving or violently insane person; lunatic |
| kleptomaniac | a person who craves to steal |
| aristocracy | a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges |
| cohabit | to live together as husband and wife |
| combine | to bring into or join in a close union or whole; unite |
| pioneer | a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region |
| lawyer | a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law |
| abolitionist | A person who tries to change a law by working against it |
| thermometer | an instrument for measuring temperature |
| chronometer | a timepiece |
| chromometer | an apparatus for comparing the color of a substance |
| Semester | half year term in high school in college |
| semiconscious | partially aware |
| circumference | the area of a circle |
| perimeter | the continuous line surrounding a geometric shape |
| foreboding | warning of something bad |
| premature | earlier than expected |
| fracture | broken bone or something |
| fragile | easy to break |
| monogamy | Staying with one partner for life |
| polygamy | One person having more than one spouse at the same time |
| gamete | sex cell, either a sperm or egg |
| dermatologist | skin doctor |