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Greek Words Lesson 8

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crater   a large vessel or bowl used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for mixing wine with water  
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cosmos   order/harmony (opposite of chaos)  
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cosmopolitan   belonging to all parts of the world; not limited to one part of the social, political, commercial, or intellectual world  
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hypercritical   excessively critical  
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topography   detailed description of the features of a small area  
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thalassic   of or pertaining to the seas or oceans  
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astronaut   a traveler outside the atmosphere of the earth  
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plutocrat   a member of a ruling wealthy class  
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ideogram   an original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea  
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autocracy   uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others, invested in a single person (absolute monarch)  
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monopoly   exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market (makes possible manipulation of prices)  
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politics   the science or art of political government  
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critical   inclined to find fault or to judge with severity  
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idiosyncracy   any tendency, characteristic, mode of expression peculiar to an individual  
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hypocrite   a pretender  
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