Details Title: Greek Review Quiz 2-B Description: Writing for the College Bound, Vocab, Sentences Total Flash Cards: 21 Created: 09/10/2009 19:06:12		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Writing Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term glossary Definition list of technical, foreign, or difficult terms usually appearing at the ending of a text or work; the language of the work Term antipodes Definition any two places on the opposite side of the earth; two opposite or contrary things Term encephalitis Definition an inflammation of the brain Term plutocracy Definition government by the wealthy Term hemophilia Definition hereditary condition in which one of the normal blood-clotting factors is absent; prolonged bleeding; literally blood-loving Term autonomy Definition the fact or condition of self-government Term apathy Definition a lack of feeling; indifference Term necropolis Definition a cemetery, esp. one belonging to an ancient city; a "city of the dead" Term cardiograph Definition tracing the changes in electric potential produced by the contractions of the heart Term misogyny Definition hatred for women, esp. by a man Term relative pronouns Definition which, as, as if, whereas, when, that, who, whom, where, why Term therapeutics Definition the branch of medicine dealing with the treatment and cure of diseases Term isobar Definition line on a map connecting points of equal barometric pressure Term psychosomatic Definition designating a disorder of the body originating or aggravated by the mind Term chiromancy Definition the pretended art of telling a person's character or fortune by the lines and marks of his hand; literally "hand prophecying" Term amnesty Definition a general pardon, esp. for political offenses against a government; "having no memory" of the event Term aesthetics Definition study or theory of beauty and the psychological responses to it Term eccentric Definition deviating from the norm, as in conduct; unconventional; off center Term antipathy Definition a strong or deep-rooted dislike or feeling against something or somebody Term physiognomy Definition the practice of trying to judge character and mental qualities by observation of the bodily features, esp. the face Term periodontia Definition a branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the bone and supporting tissues of the teeth