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137 Cards in this Set
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archon
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rule; power
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hierarchy
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rule in order of rank
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autocracy
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rule by one person who has absolute power
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aristocracy
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any group or class considered to be superior
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monarcy
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rule by one; kingship
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patriarchy
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rule by male elder
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theocracy
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rule by ministers of God
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anarchy
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absence of rule
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democracy
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rule by people
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gynarchy
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rule by women
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plutocracy
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rule by wealthy
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oligarchy
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rule by the select few
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psyche
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mind; soul
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psychedelic
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whatever generates hallucinations, perceptual distortions, or psychotic states
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psychiatry
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the medical pratice that deals with disorders of the mind
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psychic
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those who claim to have the ability to engage in telepathy or who claim to be able to see events to whic they were not a part of
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psychokinesis
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production of motionby means of psychic power
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psychodrama
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a clinical technique that assigns roles to participants who must react spontaneously to a dramatic context that has been devised by a therapist
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psychosomatic
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characterizes a person who experiences bodily symptoms which are primarily caused by the workings of the mind
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psychogenic
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characterizes a person who experiences bodily symptoms which are primarily caused by the workings of the mind
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psychosis
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a severe mental disorder that may or may not be organic in nature
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psychopath
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menatlly deranged to the extent that they are aggressively antisocial
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pan
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all
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panegyric
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a laudatory or a praiseworthy commendation, either spoken or written
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panegyric
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cure-all; cure for social ills
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panchromatic
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sensitive to the light of all colors
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pandemic
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universal; worldwide
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panorama
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all that lies in a person's field of vision
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pantheism
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the belief that God is the sum of all natural forces; any religious beleif that God and the universe are one
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pantology
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the study of all knowledge
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panophobia
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the drea, irrational fear of all things
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panopoly
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a complete array of something
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pantheon
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temple dedicated to all gods
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philos
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love
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audiophile
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a person with a keen interest in high-fidelity sound reproduction
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philohynist
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likes women; is attracted to the opposite sex
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hemophilliac
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suffers from a disease that causes uncontrolled
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thermophile
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a bacterium that requires an environment that provides high temperatures
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bibliophile
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a collector of books
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philately
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has a keen interest in stamps and other related items, such as postmarks
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philodendron
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a climbing plant cultivated as a houseplant
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phliander
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to engage in love affairs frivously or casually
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loqui
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to speak
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loquacious
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overly talkative, verbose, garrulous
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circumlocution
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evasive speech
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somniloquent
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talks in his or her sleep
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ventriliquist
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able to project his or her voice so that it appears to be coming from someone other than the ventriliquist
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soliloquy
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a speech made by one person, or as though one were alone
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colloquy
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conversation, esp a formal one
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elocution
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the study and practice of public speaking
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eloquence
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having the power of fluency, charcterized by forceful and appropriate expression
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grandiloquent
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pompous and osententaious language
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eu
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good; well
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euthenics
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the science which deals with the development of human well-being by improvement of living conditions
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euphemism
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a substitute expression for one that is thought to be overly harsh, blunt, or offensive
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eulogy
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it is a praiseworthy speech, a speech commendation
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eurythmic
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harmonious bodily movements to music
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eutrophic
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designates a body of water in which the increase of mineral and organic nutrients has dissolvesd oxygen, producing an enviroment that is conducive to plant but not animal life
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autos
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self
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autograft
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a surgical procedure that involves grafting tissue from one part of the body to another
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autogamy
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fertilizationn of flowers by their own pollen; married to the self
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automat
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an establishment where food can be purchased by inserting coins into slots after which customers may lift a plastic door adn ehlp themselves to the food behind it
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autonomic
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collection of organs, nerves, and ganglia that regulate involuntary action
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autonomous
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self-contained or independent from external rule
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automaton
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robotic
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a; an
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no; not; without
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anodyne
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anything that will relieve pain
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achromatic
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colors having zero saturation; family of neutral colors
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agnostic
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someone who suspends belief in a supreme being
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atrophy
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to waste away
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anomaly
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that which deviates from a norm or rule
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patheia
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feeling; disease
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pathology
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the study of science relating to the origin, nature, and course of diseases
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osteopath
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a therapeutic system based on the notion that restoration and maintanence of good health can best be achieved by manipulating skeletal bones and muscles
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hydropathy
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the treatment of disease by the use of water (externally or internally)
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pathos
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having the quality or the power to evoke feelings of pity or compassion
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antipathy
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to really dislike; aversion
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genos
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kidn; race; family; birth; origin
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autogenous
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self-produced; self-generated
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genocide
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the killing of an entire race or ethnicity
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congenital
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occurring with birth
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eugenics
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practice that improves a breed
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heterogenuous
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involves elements that are dissimilar
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pathogen
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that which produces disease
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primogeniture
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the state of being firstborn child
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indigenuous
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being inborn
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psychogenic
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originates in the mind
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genealogy
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a record of the descent of a family, group, or person by tracing ancestral heritage
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anthropos
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human being
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andros
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male; man
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android
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possesses some human features but is itself not human
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misanthropist
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one who is in abiding hatred of humankind
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philanthropist
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one having and endearing affection for humankind
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anthroppomorphic
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to attribute human form to that which is not human
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philander
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a man who engages in love affairs casually
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polyandry
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a martial state wherein a woman has more than one husband at a single time
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anthropoid
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resembling human beings
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anthropology
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a science that deals with the origin of humanity's physical, social, and cultural development
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archon
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rule; power
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kratos
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power
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aristocracy
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a gov ruled by an elite class
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psyche
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mind; soul
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psychedelic
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whatever generates hallucinations
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psychodrama
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spontaneous reaction to a dramatic context
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psychosomatic
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a person who experiences bodily symptoms which are primarily caused by the mind
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psychosis
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a severe mental disorder taht may or may not be organic in nature
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phone
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sound
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aphonic
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voiceless
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hyrdophone
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an instrument that detects sound underwater
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cacophony
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a harsh gutteral sound
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phonics
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a method of teaching reading based on sound
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polyphony
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refer to vocal harmony; music with two or more independent melodies sounded together
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graphein
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to write; to draw
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orthography
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correct spelling according to established usage
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cacography
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poor penmanship; poor spelling
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calligraphy
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the art of fine handwriting
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topography
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the technique of graphically representing the exact physical features of a place or region
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cartography
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teh art of making maps and charts
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lexicographer
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a dictionary writer
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epigraphy
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the study of inscriptions
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logos
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study or science of; word or speech
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petrology
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the study of rocks
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tautology
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a needless repition
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ornithology
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study of birds
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cosomolgy
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study of the universe
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necrology
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list of people who recently died (obituary)
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icthyology
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study of fishes
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ethnology
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study of cultural with reference to historical development
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etymology
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the true meaninsg of words
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specere
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to look or to see
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perspicacious
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charcterize a person of keen mental discrement
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perspicuous
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someTHING that is clear, unobscure, unamibiguous
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specious
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deceptively good-looking (chacretrizing ABSTRACT things)
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auspicous
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of good omen
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introspection
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self-examination
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prospectus
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looks forward or looks to the future
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specter
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ghost; source of dread or terror
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