Much to Do about "Self"
This word means "the examination of a corpse to determine the cause of death."
What is autopsy?
This word means "having the worthy qualities of human beings, such as kindness or compassion."
What is humane?
This word means "a record of descent from one's ancestors; the study of family records."
What is genealogy?
This word means "a beginning or origin/ the first book of the Old Testament."
What is Genesis?
This word's nomenclature is based on the Latin word for "man."
What is virile?
This word means "a person who behaves in a mechanical, routine manner; a robot."
What is automaton?
This word means "branches of knowledge concerned with human beings and their culture: philosophy, literature, and the fine arts, as distinguished from the sciences."
What is humanities?
This word means "the planned annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group."
What is genocide?
This word means "to give rise to; to bring into existence."
What is engender?
Double Jeopardy: These two words are based on the Latin word for "woman."
What are feminism and feminist?
This word means "a ruler who has absolute or unlimited power; a despot."
What is autocrat?
This word means "a person who hates all people."
What is misanthrope?
This word means "a type, class, or category, especially of fine art or literature."
What is genre?
This word means "existing at birth but not hereditary."
What is congenital?
This word contains the Greek root for "other."
What is heterogeneous?
This word means "the condition of being self-governing; independence."
What is autonomy?
This word means "a philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are of primary importance."
What is humanism?
This word means "aristocratic or well-bred people/the class under the aristocracy."
What is gentry?
This word means "cleverly inventive and resourceful."
What is ingenious?
Double Jeopardy: these words contain the Latin roots for "beget" and "for."
What are progeny and progenitor?
This word means "conceit; valuing everything according to one's personal interest; excessive confidence in the rightness of one's own opinion."
This word means "the scientific study of the origins, cultural development, and customs of human beings."
What is anthropology?
This word means "well-mannered; refined; polite."
What is genteel?
This word means "occurring in or characterizing an area; native/inborn."
What is indigenous?
Double Jeopardy: These roots look similar, but one means "human being" in Latin and the other means "same" in Greek.
What are homi/homin and homos?