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Pennell BHS 2014 WORD CLUES REVIEW OF SPRING FINAL EXAM
PennellBHS2014
WORD CLUES REVIEW OF SPRING
FINAL EXAM
ANTHROP
Man; Mankind
ANTHROP
CRIT; CRIS
Separate, discern, judge
CRIT; CRIS
COSM
Order; world
COSM
ETHN
Nation
ETHN
ICON
Image; idol
ICON
BIBLIO
Book
BIBLIO
LOG
Study
LOG
POLY (WITHOUT THE DASH)
Many
POLY (WITHOUT THE DASH)
HELIO
Sun
HELIO
BIO
Life
BIO
-IT, IS
InflammationOne who has inflammationCharacterized by inflammation
-IT, IS
METER
measure
METER
HAEM, HEM
Blood
HAEM, HEM
DERM
Skin
DERM
PATH
FeelingDisease
PATH
ATHL
Prize
ATHL
TOX
Poison
TOX
ORNITH
Bird
ORNITH
ETYM
True meaningRoot meaning of a word
ETYM
GAM
Marriage
GAM
OPTHALM
Eye
OPTHALM
NEUR
Nerve
NEUR
THERM
Heat
THERM
MORPH
Form
MORPH
OD
WayPath
OD
SKEPTICAL(ADJECTIVE)
Inclined to doubt or have faith in somethingShowing a doubt
The study of handwriting.
GRAPHOLOGY(NOUN)
Preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffi ng and mounting them in lifelike form.
TAXIDERMY(NOUN)
The study of rules for the formation of grammatical patterns in language.
The study of grammatical structures in language.
SYNTAX(NOUN)
Mercy killing.
EUTHANASIA(NOUN)
The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based.
Model; fi rst form.Prototype(in Jungian psychology) a collectively inherited uncon
scious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches.
ARCHETYPE(NOUN)
not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, especially in theology; unorthodox.
HETERODOX(ADJECTIVE)
A sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group.
DYNASTY(NOUN)
a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
A brief poem or other writing in praise of the dead.
EPITAPH(NOUN)
Any mass slaughtering or senseless destruction of life by fi re.
HOLOCAUST(NOUN)
A person obsessed with setting things on fi re.
PYROMANIAC(NOUN)
A person who behaves oddly.Someone who is peculiar, odd, erratic.
ECCENTRIC(ADJECTIVE)
A cure or treatment involving exposure to direct sunlight.
Using the sun as a cure.
HELIOTHERAPY(NOUN)
To forecast or predict from present indications or signs; prophesize.
PROGNOSTICATE(VERB)
A person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.
DEMAGOGUE(NOUN)
A wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from de-fective nutrition or nerve damage.
ATROPHY(NOUN)
The branch of botany dealing with trees or shrubs.
DENDROLOGY(NOUN)
A person who speaks multiple languages.
POLYGLOT(NOUN)
Designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
HIEROGLYPHICS(NOUN)
The science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
ECONOMICS(NOUN)
A book or other collection of selected writings by various au-thors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject.
ANTHOLOGY(NOUN)
Exclusive control of a commodity or a service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices.
There are vertical monopolies and horizontal monopolies in markets.
A vertical monopoly is when a company or person controls the mining, acquiring, production, refi ning, distribution, and selling of a single product or commodity. An example of a vertical monopoly is Carnegie Steel.
A horizontal monopoly is when a company or person controls an entire layer of the mining, acquiring, production, refi ning, distribution, or selling of a single product or commodity. An example of this is Vanderbilt Oil Refi neries in the United States. If you had to refi ne oil, you had to go through Vanderbilt.
MONOPOLY(NOUN)
A standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
CRITERION(NOUN)
A hatred or dislike for what is new or represents change.
MISONEISM(NOUN)
