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Lit Final
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Literature
9th Grade
01/07/2010
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root:humanus
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human being
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humane
 Definition
worthy qualities of man beings
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humanism
 Definition
a philosophy in which human interests and values are of primary importance
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humanities
 Definition
branches of knowledge concerned with human beinfds and their culture, not the sciences
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root:anthropos
 Definition
man
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anthropology
 Definition
the scientific study of the origins, cultural developent and customs of human beings
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misanthrope
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a person who hates all people
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root:homi
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human being
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homicide
 Definition
a killing of one person by another
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root:vir
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man
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root:gyne
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woman
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virile
 Definition
having traits associated with masculinity
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gynecology
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the branch of medicine dealing with disorders and treatment of the reporductive system of women
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feminism
 Definition
a belief that women should possess the same political and economic rights as men
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root:femina
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woman
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femisist
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a supporter of feminism
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root:autos
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self
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autocrat
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a ruler who has absolute power
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automaton
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a person who behaves like a robot
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autonomy
 Definition
self governing, independant
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autopsy
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post-humous examination
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root:ego
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i
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egoism
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concieted people
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root:genos
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race
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geneaology
 Definition
record of family descendants
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genocide
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the planned anhilation of a race
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genre
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a type or class of something
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genteel
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wellmannered, polite
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gentile
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non-jew
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gentry
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aristocratic people
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heterogenous
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having unrelated or different parts
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homogeneous
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of the same kind/sort
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root:gigno
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to bear
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congenital
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existing at birth
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engender
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to give rise to, bring into existence
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geniesis
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a beginning or orgin
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indigenous
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occuring in an area
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ingenious
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clever and resocreful
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progenitor
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direct ancestor
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progeny
 Definition
children or descendants
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