Comp - Week 6 Vocab

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Aut, Auto

self

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Cracy

government

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-crat

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

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Dem, Demo

people

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Pan, Panto

all, complete

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Chron, Chrono

time

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Mania

insane impuse, craze, madness

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Ped

child

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Ortho

straight, correct

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Gen, Geno, Genea

race, kind, birth

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Meter, Metr

measure

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Authentic

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

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Autobiography

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

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Autocrat

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

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Autograph

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

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Automatic

(adj) Acting by itself; self-regulating

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Automation

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

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Automaton

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

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Autonomous

(adj) Self-governing; independent

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Autonomy

(n) Right of self-government

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Autopsy

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

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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

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Autocracy

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

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Bureaucracy

(n) Government by bureaus or groups of officials

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Democracy

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

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Plutocracy

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

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Technocracy

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

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Aristocrat

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

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Democrat

(n) Member of the Democratic party

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Demagogue

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

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Democratic

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

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Democratize

(v) Make democratic

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Epidemic

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

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Epidemic

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

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Panacea

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

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Pan-American

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

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Pandemonium

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

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Panoply

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

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Panorama

(n) Complete, unobstructed view

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Pantomime

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

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Anachronism

(n) Error in chronology or time order

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Chronicle

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

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Chronological

(adj) Arranged in order of time

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Chronology

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

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Synchronize

(v) Cause to agree in time; make simultaneous

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Kleptomania

(n) Insane impulse to steal

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Mania

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

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Maniac

(n) Raving lunatic; mad or insane person

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Maniacal

(adj) Characterized by madness; insane; raving

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Pyromania

(n) Insane impulse to set fires

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Encyclopedia

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

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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

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Pedagogue

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

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Pedagogy

(n) Art of teaching

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Pediatrician

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

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Pediatrics

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

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Orthodontist

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

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Orthodox

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

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Orthography

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

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Orthopedist

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

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Unorthodox

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

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Genealogy

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

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Genesis

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

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Heterogeneous

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

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Homogeneous

(adj) Of the same kind; similar; uniform

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Homogenize

(v) Make homogeneous

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Barometer

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

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Chronometer

(n) Instrument for measuring time very accurately

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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

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Meter

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

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Odometer

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

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Photometer

(n) Instrument for measuring intensity of light

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Speedometer

(n) Instrument for measuring speed; tachometer

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Symmetry

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