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38 Cards in this Set
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cosmopolitan
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common to or representative of all or many parts of teh world
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ecocide
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heedless or deliberate destruction of teh natural environment, as by pollutants or acts of war
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entomophagous
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feeding on insects: insectivorous
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zoophagous
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feeding on animal matter
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hypercritical
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too critical
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metropolis
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the city or an urban area regarded as the center of a specific activity
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agnostic
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one who believes it impossible to know if God exists
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acropolis
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the fortified hill in Athens on which Parthenon was built
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ichthyophagous
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feeding on fish
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ecology
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teh branch of biology that deals with the relations between living organisms and their environment
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gno, gnos
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to know
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zymurgy
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the branch of chemistry that deals with fermentation processes
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bibl, biblio
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book
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diagnosis
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the act of deciding the nature of a disease
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arch
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rule; govern
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erg, urg
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work
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topography
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the science of representing surface features of a region on maps and charts
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criteria
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a standard, rule, or test by which something can be tested
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phag
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eating; destroying
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crit, cris
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discern; judge; seperate
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pantophagous
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eating all kinds of food
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ectopia
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an abnormal location or position of a body part, occuring congenitally or as the result of injury
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bibliolatry
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extreme devotion or concern with books
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polis, polit
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city; state; citizen
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ec, eco
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house; enviroment
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top
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place
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synergistic
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used especially of drugs or muscles that their combined action is greater in total effect than the sum of the two
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bibliomania
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preoccupation with the ownership of books
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patriarchy
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a social system in which the father is the head of the family and men have the authority over women and children
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bibliophile
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a lover and collector of books
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gynarchy
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government by women
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ergograph
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a device for measuring teh device capacity of a muscle or group of muscles during contraction
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diarchy
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government by two joint rulers
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archives
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a place for keeping public records
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matriarchy
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a social system in which teh mother is the head of the family
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necropolis
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a cemetary, especially a large and elaborate one belonging to an ancient city
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megalopolis
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a vast, continuously urban area, including any number of cities
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ergometer
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an instrument for measuring the amount of work done by a muscle or group of muscles
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