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Vocabulary (Week #9)
Vocabulary from Week 9
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English
9th Grade
12/12/2013

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Term
geocentric
Definition
measured from the earth's center (adj.)
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geodetic
Definition
pertaining to geodesy (mathematics dealing with the earth's shape and dimensions) (adj.)
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geography
Definition
study of the earth's surface, climates, continents, people, products, etc. (n.)
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geometry
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mathematics dealing with lines, angles, surfaces, and solids (literally "measurement of land") (n.)
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geomorphic
Definition
pertaining to the shape of the earth or the form of its surface (adj.)
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geophysics
Definition
science treating of the forces modifying earth (n.)
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geopolitics
Definition
study of government and its policies as affected by physical geography (n.)
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geoponics
Definition
art or science of agriculture (literally "working of the earth") (n.)
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georgic
Definition
1. agricultural (adj.)
2. poem on husbandry (farming) (n.)
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geotropism
Definition
response to earth's gravity, as the growing of roots downward in the ground (n.)
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apogee
Definition
farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a satellite (n.)
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perigee
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nearest point to the earth in the orbit of a satellite (n.)
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antipathy
Definition
aversion ("feeling against"); dislike (n.)
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apathy
Definition
lack of feeling, emotion, interest or excitement; indifference (n.)
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empathy
Definition
the complete understanding of another's feelings, motives, etc. (n.)
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pathetic
Definition
arousing pity (adj.)
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pathos
Definition
quality in speech, writing, music, events, etc., that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness (n.)
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sympathy
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a sharing of ("feeling with") another's trouble; compassion (n.)
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telepathy
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transference of the thoughts and feelings of one person to another by no apparent means of communication (n.)
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homeopathy
Definition
system of medical practice that treats disease by administrating minute doses of a remedy which, if given to healthy persons, would produce symptoms of the disease treated (n.)
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osteopath
Definition
practitioner of osteopathy (treatment of diseases by manipulation of bones, muscles, nerves, etc.) (n.)
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pathogenic
Definition
causing disease (adj.)
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pathological
Definition
due to disease (adj.)
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psychopathic
Definition
1. pertaining to mental illness (adj.)
2. insane (adj.)
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