| A | B |
|---|
| criterion | standard by which judgments are made |
| hypercritical | overly critical |
| critique | to review or criticize |
| dynamic | energetic and forceful |
| dynamo | forceful, energetic person |
| dynasty | line of rulers from the same family |
| expatriate | one living in a foreign land |
| paternalistic | trying to regulate everything under one's control |
| patronym | father's name (last name) |
| patrician | person of high birth, an aristocrat |
| patrimony | stuff passed down from the father; heritage |
| hyperactive | overly active |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hyperventilate | breathe rapidly and deeply |
| automaton | person who acts mechanically |
| autodidact | a self-taught person |
| autonomy | power or right to contorl one's own actions |
| phantasm | an illusion or ghost |
| phantasmagoria | collection of weird or imaginary things |
| phenomenon | rare, unusual fact or event |
| diaphanous | see through |
| hypocrite | person who says one thing but does another |
| hypothetical | assumption made for the sake of argument |
| monogamy | marriage to only one person at a time |
| misogamist | one who hates marriage |
| polygamy | marriage to more than one person at a time |
| ambivalent | holding opposite feelings at the same time |
| ambiguous | doubtful or unclear (both could be right) |
| ambient | present on all sides |
| dichotomy | division into two distinct groups |
| duplicity | deception by pretending to be something you are not |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| monolithic | one huge rock - appearing to be a featureless whole |
| decalogue | basic set of rules enforced with authority |
| decimate | to reduce drastically |
| decathlon | athletic event with 10 sports |
| psychiatry | medicine dealing with disorders of the mind |
