Vocab Unit 3

Archaic

1. Characteristic of a much earlier or primitive period.

2. Antiquated; out of date.

Archetype

An original model or type from which similar forms are copied.

Archipelago

1. A group of many islands or the sea containing them.

2. A group of separate entities contained within a defined area.

Archive

The collected records of an organization, institution, or public person.

Anarchy

1. Absence of any form of government or political authority; lawlessness.

2. Disorder and confusion.

Oligarchy

Government by the few, especially a faction of persons or families.

Demagogue

A leader or agitator who appeals to people’s passions and prejudices rather than to their reason.

Demographer

One who studies the characteristics of populations and analyzes data such as numbers, births, deaths, diseases, and other vital statistics.

Endemic

Commonly found in a particular region or among a particular people.

Pandemic

Spread throughout a wide geographic area; worldwide.

Gregarious

1. Liking companionship; sociable.

2. Tending to live or move in groups of one’s own kind.

Aggregation

A large group or collection of people, animals, or things.

Egregious

Extraordinarily bad; flagrant.

Icon

1. An image, representation, or symbol.

2. A representation or picture of a sacred personage or event, traditionally painted on wooden panels in the manner of Eastern Orthodox churches.

3. A person greatly admired for a particular talent, quality, or service.

Iconoclastic

1. Breaking or destroying images (referring especially to a movement to destroy images in Eastern Orthodox churches during the ninth and tenth centuries and a later Protestant movement).

2. Attacking or overthrowing tradition or popular ideas, institutions, or conventions.

Demiurge

A subordinate deity responsible for shaping the material universe.

Epidemiology

The study of how diseases spread and can be controlled within a population.

Archean

Of, relating to, or being the earliest eon of geologic history or the corresponding system of rocks.

Eparch

A bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Iconography

The traditional or conventional images or symbols associated with a subject and especially a religious or legendary subject.

Iconoscope

The first practical, all-electronic video camera tube used in early television.