Group 7 Vocabulary Words

Mis

to hate

gyn

woman

misogyny

n. hatred of women by men

periphery

the outermost part or boundary; a marginal or secondary position in, or part of aspect of, a group, a subject, or sphere of activity

Hypothesis

A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

A proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth.

necrology

(n.) a list of people who have died during a specified time period; (n.) an obituary

Necr

dead, corpse

-logy

study of

macrocosm

(n.) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something

macro

large, long

cosm

universe, world

Hypo

under, below, less than the ordinary

thes, thet

place, put

peri-

around, about, near, enclosing