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Unit 5B
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(people)
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democracy (n.):
government by the
people
democratic (adj.):
equal participation by
all
demography (n.):
study of human
population; vital
statistics like
birth/death records
democratize (v.): give
rights/make democratic
ism
(doctrine)
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capitalism (n.): free
market based on
private ownership
Cubism (n.): modern
art (Picasso)
Marxism (n.): belief
in classless society
nihilism (n.):
rejection of laws;
belief in nothing
sur
(over)
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surplus (n./adj.):
excess, extra
surcharge (n.):
additional charge; tax
surmount (v.):
overcome
surfeit (n.): excess,
overindulgence
astr
(star)
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astrology (n.): study
of heavenly bodies
asteroid (n.): rock
orbiting sun usually in
asteroid belt between
Mars and Jupiter
astronomy (n.):
science of the
universe
asterisk (n.): *
chron
(time)
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chronological
(adj.): put in
sequence from
beginning to end
synchronize (v.): go
or move at the same
time
chronic (adj.):
constant; unending
anachronism (n.):
from a different time
luna
(moon)
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lunar (adj.): of
the moon
lunatic (n.):
insane
lunular (adj.):
crescent shaped
lunate (n./adj.):
artifact shaped
like a crescent
gyro
(turn)
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gyroscope (n.):
wheel to help
stabilize; turns
same way
gyration (n.):
circular motion
gyrate (v.): whirl
around
spirogyra (n.):
algea
geo
(earth)
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geology (n.): study of
earth and rocks
geometry (n.) math
of points, lines and
angles
geography (n.):
study of earth’s
surface
geothermal (adj.):
internal heat of earth
thermo
(heat)
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thermos (n.): insulating
bottle
thermocouple (n.):
temperature measuring
device (copper and iron)
thermostat (n.)
measures and maintains
temperature
thermonuclear (adj.):
related to fusion, atomic
power
meter
(measure)
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thermometer (n.):
glass tube with
mercury to measure
temperature
millimeter (n.): one
thousandth of a meter
odometer (n.):
measures distance
traveled
hydrometer (n.):
measures gravity of
liquid
World’s largest
thermometer: Baker,
CA (near entrance to
Death Vally)
son
(sound)
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sonar (adj./n.):
underwater sound
waves
sonnet (n.): poem
with 14 lines
unison (n.): doing
together
sonorous (adj.):
rich, full sound
stell
(star)
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interstellar (adj.):
between stars
(gasses)
stellar (adj.): like a
star in shape,
brilliance
stellify (v.): turn into
a star
constellation (n.):
groups of stars