| A | B |
|---|
| agony | pain from struggle |
| protagonist | literature- person who has a struggle |
| antagonist | literature - what the protagonist struggles against |
| antagonize | to irritate or annoy on purpose |
| philanderer | one who cheats on a spouse |
| androgynous | unrecognizable as either male or female |
| android | robot shaped like a man |
| cauterize | to burn (medical term) |
| caustic | stinging or burning (acid or a comment) |
| holocaust | large disaster, usually involving fire or total destruction |
| democracy | government by the people |
| pandemic | event/disaster affecting all people |
| endemic | affecting only one group of people |
| demagogue | leader of the people who wants to gain power |
| genocide | destruction of an entire race |
| generation | one portion (age wise) of a group |
| genesis | creation, origination |
| hydrogen | "produced by water" |
| eugenics | making one group superior to another through breeding |
| geriatric | old person (noun or adjective) |
| gerontocracy | ruled by old people |
| geriatrics | medicine dealing with the elderly |
| prognosticate | to foretell the future |
| agnostic | one who isn't sure about existance of god |
| cognizant | aware |
| ignominy | public shame |
| gynephobia | fear of women |
| gynecologist | doctor who treats women |
| pediatrics | medicine dealing with kids |
| psychiatrics | medicine dealing with the brain |
| podiatrist | foot doctor |
| pathogen | causes disease |
| apathy | lack of feeling |
| empathy | feling the same as someone |
| sympathy | ability to understand what someone is feeling |
| antipathy | hatred, lack of concern |
| euphemism | nice way of saying something unpleasant |
| aphasia | inability to speak |
| aphorism | short saying with a moral |
| blaspheme | to speak against a religion or religious figure |
| politician | ruler of a city |
| apolitical | having no poitical concerns |
| police | protector of city |
| aristocrat | member of the ruling, privileged class |
| autocratic | government in which one person rules |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| bureaucrat | government or official with complex rules and long delays |
| demotic | popular or common |
