| A | B |
|---|
| sympathy | sharing anothers feelings |
| pathos | the quality in an experience or work of art that provokes feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow |
| telepathy | extrasensory perception; communication between minds |
| empathy | identifying with anothers feelings |
| apathy | lack of passion or emotion |
| idiopathy | spontaneous disease with no known origin or cause |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| atheist | not believing in a god |
| achromatic | colorless |
| astronomy | study of the heavenly bodies |
| economy | arrangement of resources |
| taxonomy | science of classification |
| infidel | not a practitioner of a specified religion, i.e. unfaithful |
| confidence | full trust; assurance |
| diffident | lacking confidence; timid, shy |
| bona fide | sincere, genuine; in good faith |
| perfidy | faithlessness; deliberate breach of trust |
| cacophony | bad (i.e. discordant) sounds |
| cacography | bad handwriting or spelling |
| cacoethes | irresistible urge; mania |
| heterodox | Not in agreement with accepted beliefs |
| heteromorphic | (biology:) different in shape. (entomology:) having different forms throughout the life cycle |
| heterogeneous | unlike; not the same throughout |
| science | knowledge = study of the world |
| conscience | knowledge of right & wrong |
| prescience | foreknowledge |
| omniscience | all-knowledge |
| bibliography | list of books used (or useful!) in research |
| photograph | image created by light on film |
| autograph | writing your own name |
| polygraph | lie detector (records/graphs many vital signs at once) |
| stenography | writing in shorthand |
| bilateral | two sided |
| unilateral | one sided (e.g. a decision made by one person alone) |
| lateral | of the side |
| multilateral | many sided |
| collateral | parallel; supporting; a security pledged against the performance of an obligation |
| latitude | extent from side to side; width |
| megalith | large stone used in ancient building |
| monolith | Something, such as a column or monument, made from one large block of stone |
| detract | to draw away or divert; distract |
| attractive | able to pull, as a magnet pulls metal or as one person pulls another's interest |
| inscribe | to write on |
| incorrigible | not able to be corrected; persisting in ones faults |
| insomnia | sleeplessness |
| coordinate | To place in the same order, class, or rank; To form a pleasing combination; match |
| coterminous | sharing a border |
| colloquy | conversation speaking together |
| philosopher | lover of wisdom |
| bibliophile | lover of books |
| philologist | lover of words = one who studies literature or classics |
| philanthropy | altruism = love of mankind |
| porcine | piglike |
| saturnine | like Saturn = born under influence of Saturn = gloomy, sullen |
| canine | related to dogs |
| ursine | related to bears |
| vulpine | related to foxes |
| bovine | related to cattle |
| lunar | relating to the moon |
| solar | relating to the sun |
| hexagon | 6-sided 2-dimensional figure |
| hexameter | poetry with 6 feet per line |
| hexahedron | 6-sided 3-d figure |
| hexarchy | government by 6; or, a group of six allied states or kingdoms each under its own ruler |
| fracture | a breakage |
| infraction | a breaking, as in breach or violation, e.g. of the rules |
| fractious | refractory or unruly; irritable, quarrelsome |
| plateau | elevated, flat area of land |
| platypus | mammal with a broad flat tail, webbed feet, and a snout resembling a duck's bill |
| platitude | a flat, dull, or trite remark, esp. one uttered as if it were fresh or profound |
| theology | study of God or religion |
| pantheism | any religious belief or philosophical doctrine that identifies God with the universe |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| apotheosis | deification; becoming a god |
| infinite | without end or limit |
| finial | An ornamental terminating part, as on a post or piece of furniture |
| infinitive | uninflected (i.e. no subject specified) form of a verb |
| fin de siecle | end of the [19th] century, esp. its fashions, art, literature |
| polyhedron | many sided object |
| tetrahedron | 4-sided object |
| heptahedron | 7-sided object |
| octahedron | 8-sided object |
| icosahedron | 20-sided object |
| somnambulism | sleepwalking |
| funambulist | tightrope walker |
| ambulance | mobile medical service |
| perambulate | to walk around, wander |
| luminous | full of light |
| loquacious | full of talking; always talking |
| vivacious | full of life; lively and outgoing |
| zealous | full of zeal and enthusiasm |
| topographical | mapping the features of a landscape |
| topic | subject; theme |
| topiary | A garden decorated with shrubs which have been trimmed in artistic shapes |
| toponym | a place name; or a name derived from the name of a place |
