| A | B |
|---|
| aristocrat | person from a superior class |
| crasis | mixing of 2 vowels into one sound |
| crass | rude, crude, vulgar |
| cosmogony | creation or origin of world |
| cosmic | pertaining to the universe |
| necropolis | cemetery |
| politico | politician |
| polity | system of government |
| politic | correct |
| criterion | standard of judgment |
| crisis | turning point |
| critique | judgmental review |
| toponym | place name |
| topiary | shaped cutting of plants |
| thalassophobia | fear of the sea |
| aeronaut | pilot for hot air balloon |
| nauseate | to make sick (from ship's rocking) |
| nautical | pertaining to ships |
| plush | rich, deep, wealthy-looking |
| dendrochronology | study of annual rings on trees |
| aphyllous | without leaves |
| phyllotaxy | arrangement of leaves on a stem |
| neophyte | new convert |
| phytogenesis | development of plants |
| phytopathology | science of plant diseases |
| phytolite | plant fossil |
| anthophilous | feeding on plants |
| anthesis | peiod of blooming in flowers |
| zoophyte | animal that looks like plant |
| zoogenic | caused by animals |
| hippic | relating to horses |
| hippogriff | mythological animal with front of eagle and hindlegs of a horse |
| hippophagous | horse-flesh eating |
| velodrome | course for bike racing |
| ornithopter | airplane with flapping wings |
| ichthyologist | person who studies fish |
| ichthyophagous | fish eating |
| entomoclast | destroyer of insects |
| entomic | relating to insects |
| etymologicon | dictionary of word origins |
| epitaph | inscription on tombstone |
| epitomy | summary of written work |
| epitome | highest point; example |
| epistle | letter |
| dysphagia | difficulty in swallowing |
| anthropophagite | cannibal |
| epic | long poem about a hero |
| dendrolatry | worship of trees |
| autoclastic | self-destructive |
| neocracy | new government |
| ethnarch | leader/ruler of a race |
| isocracy | equal rule |
| ideology | body of ideas |
| bibliotaph | archives |
| tome | large book |
| idiom | language or dialect of a group of people |
| paralysis | loss of sensation |
| antinomy | opposition to a law |
| physiography | geography dealing with the physical features of the earth |
| naumachy | sea battle |
