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Eng.10- CR L. 1+2
This set is for Vocab from Classical Roots with only Lessons 1 and 2.
| Answers | Questions/statements |
|---|---|
| feminism | The belief that women should posses the same political and economic rights as men. |
| heterogeneous | Having parts that are unrelated or completely different. |
| genre | A type, class, or category, especially of fine art or literature. |
| engender | To give rise to; to bring into existence. |
| humane | Having the worthy qualities of human beings, such as kindness or compassion. |
| genesis | The beginning or origin. > (capitalized) the first book of the Old Testament. |
| feminist | A supporter of women's claims to the same rights and treatments of men. |
| gynecology | The branch of medicine dealing with disorders and treatment of the reproductive system in women. |
| egoism | Conceit; valuing everything according to one's personal interest; an excessive confidence in the rightness of one's own opinion. |
| misanthrope | A person who hates all people. |
| autopsy | The examination of a corpse to determine the cause of death. |
| autocrat | A ruler who has absolute or unlimited power; a despot. > Any arrogant, dominating person. |
| homicide | The killing of one person by another; a person who kills another. |
| automation | A person who behaves in a mechanical, routine manner; a robot. |
| genocide | The planned annihilation of a racial or cultural group. |
| genealogy | A record of descent from one's ancestors; the study of family records. |
| progenitor | A direct ancestor; an originator of a line of descents. |
| humanities | Branches of knowledge concerned with human beings and their culture; philosophy, literature, and the fine arts as distinguished from the sciences. |
| humanism | A philosophy in which interests and values of human beings of primary importance. |
| homogeneous | Of the same kind or sort. >Composed of parts that are alike. |
| autonomy | The condition of being self-governing; independence. |
| anthropology | The scientific study of the origins, cultural development, and the customs of human beings. |
| gentry | Aristocratic or well-bred people. > In Britain, the class of having the aristocracy. |
| progeny | Children of descendants; offspring. (sometimes *word* also refers to the results of artistic creativity. |
| virile | Having certain characteristics traditionally associated with masculinity, especially physical strength, vitality, and assertiveness. |
| gentile | Anyone not of the Jewish faith. |
| indigenous | Occurring in or characterizing an area; native. > inborn. |
| ingenious | Clearly inventive and resourceful. |
| genteel | Well-mannered; refined; polite. (sometimes used to mean "falsely polite" or "having affected good manners.") |
| congenital | Existing at birth, but not hereditary. |
| human being, man | What does "Anthrops" mean in Greek? |
| human being | What does "Homi-Homi-" mean in Latin? |
| race, family | What does Genos and Geneos mean in Greek? |
| race, clan, kind, tribe, birth | What does Genus and Genenis mean in Latin? |
| to beget, to bear, to bring forth | What does Gigno, Gignere, Genui, Gentitum mean in Latin? |
| woman | What does "femina" mean in Latin? |
| race, clan, family | What does Gens and Gentis mean in Latin? |
| i | What does "ego" mean in Latin? |
| human being | What does "Humanus" mean in Latin? |
| self | What does "autos" mean in Greek? |
| man | What does "Vir" mean in Latin? |
| woman | What does "Gyne" mean in Greek? |
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