Comp - Week 6 Vocab

Aut, Auto

self

Cracy

government

-crat

(at the end of a word) advocate of a type of government, member of a class, member of a political party (if capitalized)

Dem, Demo

people

Pan, Panto

all, complete

Chron, Chrono

time

Mania

insane impuse, craze, madness

Ped

child

Ortho

straight, correct

Gen, Geno, Genea

race, kind, birth

Meter, Metr

measure

Authentic

(adj) (literally, "from the master himself") genuine; real; reliable; trustworthy

Autobiography

(n) Story of a person's life written by the person himself or herself

Autocrat

(n) Ruler exercising self-derived, absolute power; despot

Autograph

(n) Person's signature written by himself or herself

Automatic

(adj) Acting by itself; self-regulating

Automation

(n) Technique of making a process self-operating by means of built- in electronic controls

Automaton

(n) (literally, "self-acting thing") purely mechanical person following a routine; robot

Autonomous

(adj) Self-governing; independent

Autonomy

(n) Right of self-government

Autopsy

(n) (literally, "a seeing for one's self") medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death; postmortem examination

Aristocracy

(n) 1. Literally, "government by the best") government, or country governed, by a small privileged upper class 2. Ruling class of nobles; nobility; privileged class

Autocracy

(n) Government or country governed by one individual with self-derived, unlimited power

Bureaucracy

(n) Government by bureaus or groups of officials

Democracy

(n) Government or country governed by the people; rule by the majority

Plutocracy

(n) Government, or country governed, by the rich

Technocracy

(n) Government, or country governed, by technical experts

Aristocrat

(n) 1. Advocate of aristocracy 2. Member of the aristocracy; person of noble birth; patrician

Democrat

(n) Member of the Democratic party

Demagogue

(n) Political leader who stirs up the people for personal advantage; rabble-rouser

Democratic

(adj) Based on the principles of democracy, or government by the people (antonym: undemocratic)

Democratize

(v) Make democratic

Epidemic

(adj) (literally, "among the people") affecting many people in an area at the same time; widespread

Epidemic

(n) Outbreak of a disease affecting many people at the same time

Panacea

(n) Remedy for all ills; cure-all; universal remedy

Pan-American

(adj) Of or pertaining to all the countries of North, South, and Central America

Pandemonium

(n) (literally, "abode of all the demons," i.e., hell) wild uproar; very noisy din; wild disorder

Panoply

(n) Complete suit of armor; complete covering or equipment; magnificent array

Panorama

(n) Complete, unobstructed view

Pantomime

(n) Dramatic performance that is all signs and gestures without words

Anachronism

(n) Error in chronology or time order

Chronicle

(n) Historical account of events in the order of time; history; annals

Chronological

(adj) Arranged in order of time

Chronology

(n) Arrangement of data or events in order of time of occurrence

Synchronize

(v) Cause to agree in time; make simultaneous

Kleptomania

(n) Insane impulse to steal

Mania

(n) 1. Madness; insanity 2. Excessive fondness; craze

Maniac

(n) Raving lunatic; mad or insane person

Maniacal

(adj) Characterized by madness; insane; raving

Pyromania

(n) Insane impulse to set fires

Encyclopedia

(n) (literally, "well-rounded rearing of a child") work offering alphabetically arranged information on various branches of knowledge

Orthopedic

(adj) (literally, "of the straight child")having to do with orthopedics, the science dealing with the correction and prevention of deformities, especially in children

Pedagogue

(n) (literally, "leader of a child") teacher of children; schoolmaster

Pedagogy

(n) Art of teaching

Pediatrician

(n) Physician specializing in the treatment of babies and children

Pediatrics

(n) Branch of medicine dealing with the care, development, and diseases of babies and children

Orthodontist

(n) Dentist specializing in orthodontics, a branch of dentistry dealing with straightening and adjusting of teeth

Orthodox

(adj) (literally, "correct opinion") generally accepted, especially in religion; conventional; approved; conservative (antonym: unorthodox)

Orthography

(n) (literally, "correct writing") correct spelling

Orthopedist

(n) Physician specializing in the correction and prevention of deformities, especially in children

Unorthodox

(adj) Not orthodox; not in accord with accepted, standard, or approved belief or practice

Genealogy

(n) (literally, "account of a race or family") history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; lineage; pedigree

Genesis

(n) Birth or coming into being of something; origin

Heterogeneous

(adj) Differing in kind; dissimilar; not uniform; varied

Homogeneous

(adj) Of the same kind; similar; uniform

Homogenize

(v) Make homogeneous

Barometer

(n) Instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure as an aid in determining probable weather changes

Chronometer

(n) Instrument for measuring time very accurately

Diameter

(n) (literally, "measure across") straight line passing through the center of a body or figure from one side to the other; length of such a line; thickness; width

Meter

(n) 1. Device for measuring 2. Unit of measure in the metric system; 39.37 inches

Odometer

(n) Instrument attached to a vehicle for measuring the distance traversed

Photometer

(n) Instrument for measuring intensity of light

Speedometer

(n) Instrument for measuring speed; tachometer

Symmetry

(n) Correspondence in measurements, shape, etc., on opposite sides of a dividing line; well-balanced arrangement of parts