| A | B |
| authentic | genuine; real; reliable; trustworthy |
| autobiography | story of a person's life written by the person himself or herself |
| autocrat | ruler exercising self-derived, absolute power; despot; dictator |
| autography | person's signature written by himself or herself |
| automatic | acting by itself, self-regulating |
| automation | technique of macking a process self-operating by means of built-in electronic controls |
| automaton | purely mechanical person following a routine; robot |
| autonomous | self-governing; independent; sovereign |
| autonomy | right of self-goverment; independence; sovereighnty |
| autopsy | medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death |
| aristocracy | government or countr governed by a small privilged upper class |
| autocracy | governed by one individual with self-derived, unlimited power |
| bureaucracy | government by bureaus or groups of offical; administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine |
| democracy | govermant or country governed by the people; ruled by the majority |
| plutocracy | government or country governed by the rich |
| technocracy | government or vountry governed by technical experts |
| aristocrat | advocate of aristocracy |
| democrat | member of the democratic party |
| demagogue | political leader who stirs up the people for personal advantage; rabble-rouster |
| democratic | based on the principles of democracy or government by the people |
| democratized | make democratic |
| epidemic | affecting many people in an area at the same time; widespread |
| panacea | remedy of all ills; cure-all; universal remedy; elixir |
| Pan-Americian | of or pertaining to all the countries of Nort, South, and Central America |
| pandemonium | wild uproar; very noisy din; wild disorder; tumult; racket |
| panoply | complete suit of armot; complete covering or equipment; magnificent |
| panorama | complete, unobstructed view |
| pantomime | dramatic performance that is all signs and gestures without words |
| anachronism | error in chromology or time order |
| chronicle | historical account of events in the order of time; history; annals |
| chronological | arranged in order of time |
| chonology | arrangement of data or events in order of time of occurrence |
| synchronize | cause to agree in time; macke simultaneous |
| kleptomania | insane impulse to steal |
| mania | madness; insanity, excessive fondness, craze |
| maniac | raving lunatic; mad insane person; crackpot |
| maniacal | characterized by madness; insane raving |
| pyromania | insane impulse to set fires |
| encyclopedia | work of-fering alphabetically arranged information on various brances of knowledge |
| orthopedic | having to do with orthopedices, the science dealing with the correction and prevention of deformitites |
| pedagogue | teacher of children |
| padagogy | art of teaching |
| pediatrician | physician specializing in the treament of babies and children |
| pediarics | branch of medicine dealing with the care, development, and diseases of babies and children |
| orthodontist | dentist specializing in orthodontics, a branch of dentistry dealing with straightening and agjusting of teeth |
| orthodox | generally accepted, especially in religion; conventional; approved; conservative |
| orthography | correct spelling |
| orthopedist | physician specializing in the correction and prevention of deformities, esecially in children |
| unorthodox | not orthodox; not in accord with accepted, standard, or approved belief or practice, unconventional; heretical |
| genealogy | history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; lineage; pedigree |
| genesis | birth or coming into being of something; origin |
| heterogeneous | differing in kind; sinilar; uniform |
| homogenzie | make homogeneous |
| barometer | instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure as an aid in determining probable weather changes |
| chronometer | instrument for measuring time very accurately |
| diameter | straight line passing through the center of a body or figure from on sid to the other |
| meter | device for measuring |
| odometer | instrument attached to a vehicle for measuting the sidtance traversed |
| photometer | instrument for measuring intensity of light |
| symmetry | correspondence in measurement, shape ect., on opposite sides of a dividing line; well-balanced arrangement of parts; harmony; balance |
| aut, auto | self |
| cracy | government |
| dem, demo | people |
| pan, panto | all, complete |
| chron, chrono | time |
| mania | madness, insane impluse, craze |
| ped | child |
| ortho | straight, correct |
| gen, geno, genea | race, kind, birth |
| meter, metr | measure |
| maniac | person affected by an insane impulse |
| crat | advocate of a type of government |