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What is the Latin root word for "I"?
What is ego
The vocabulary term describes a ruler who has absolute or unlimited power; also described as a despot.
What is an autocrat
This vocabulary term means the scientific study of the origins, cultural development, and customs of human beings.
What is anthropology
This vocabulary term means branches of knowledge concerned with human beings and their culture: literature, philosophy, and the fine arts.
What is humanities
This vocabulary term describes a comparison made to show a similarity between two different things.
What is analogy
What is the Greek root word for "woman"?
What is gyne
This vocabulary term describes the examination of a corpse to determine the cause of death.
What is an autopsy
This vocabulary term describes the killing of one person by another; a person who kills another.
What is homicide
This vocabulary term is a noun and means conceit, valuing everything according to one's personal interest
What is egoism
This ELA-related terms describes the emotional or cultural feeling suggested by a word, rather than its literal dictionary meaning.
What is connotation
What is the Latin root word for "woman"?
What is femina
This vocabulary terms describes a philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are of primary importance.
What is humanism
The vocabulary terms describes the condition of being self-governing; independence.
What is autonomy
This vocabulary term is a supporter of women's claims to the same rights and treatment as men.
What is feminist
This terms describes an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or humor.
What is hyperbole
What is the Greek root word for "self"?
What is autos
This vocabulary terms describes the belief that women should possess the same political and economic rights as men.
What is feminism
This vocabulary terms describes having the worthy qualities of human beings, such as compassion or kindness.
What is humane
A contrast or incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens.
What is irony
What is the Latin root word for "man"
What is vir
This vocabulary term describes having certain characteristics traditionally associated with masculinity, especially regarding physical strength, vitality, and assertiveness.
What is virile
This vocabulary terms describes a person who behaves in a mechanical, routine, manner, similar to a robot.
What is automaton
From the Greek root "to hate", this vocabulary term describes a person who hates all people.
What is misanthrope
This word means the precise, literal dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation