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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mono | one |
| monarchy | noun—a government with one hereditary ruler. |
| monopoly | noun—exclusive control by one group of a commodity or service. |
| monotheism | noun—the belief that there is only one God. |
| monotone | noun—having one tone; lack of variety in tone. |
| monotonous | adjective—literally one tone; having no variation. |
| morph | from |
| amorphous | adjective—without definite form or shape. |
| metamorphosis | noun—change of form or shape. |
| morphine | noun—a drug used to bring sleep or ease pain (named after Morpheus). |
| morphology | noun—the branch of biology that studies the form and structure of organisms; in language, the study of the structure and form of words. |
| pan | all |
| panorama | noun—a view in all directions. |
| panacea | noun—a remedy or cure all for all ills or difficulties. |
| pandemonium | noun—literally the home of all demons in Milton’s Paradise Lost; a wild uproar. |
| pantheism | noun—the doctrine that God is all the laws and forces of nature and the universe. |
| pantomime | noun—a theatrical performance in which the actors play all the parts with gestures and without speaking. |
| path | feeling; suffering |
| sympathy | noun—literally a feeling together with someone or something; a feeling for another person. |
| apathetic | adjective—without feeling; indi#erent. |
| empathy | noun—an understanding so intimate that one participates in or identifies with another’s feelings. |
| pathetic | adjective—arousing feelings of pity |
| pathology | noun—the scientific study of the nature of a disease, especially the structural and functional changes caused by the disease, both physical and/or psychological. |