| A | B |
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| Anglophile (ANGLO English + PHILE love) | One who admires England, its people, and its culture. |
| arbitrary (ARBITER judge) | Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle: |
| arbitration (ARBITER judge) | The process by which the parties to a dispute submit their differences to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent or statutory provision. |
| barometer (BARO pressure + METER measure) | An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in weather forecasting. |
| bathyscope (BATHY deep + SCOPE look) | an instrument used to peer into the ocean's depths |
| bathymetry (BATHY deep + METER measure) | The measurement of the depth of bodies of water. |
| exculpate (EX out + CULP blame + -ATE cause) | To clear of guilt or blame |
| culpable (CULP blame + ABLE) | Deserving of blame or censure as being wrong, evil, improper, or injurious |
| dichotomy (DICHO in two parts + TOMY cut) | two-part division |
| diplomacy (DIPLO double) | Tact and skill in dealing with people; The art or practice of conducting international relations, as in negotiating alliances, treaties, and agreements |
| heterodox (HETERO different + DOX opinion or belief) | Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma |
| ethnocentrism (ETHNO race or culture + CENTRI center) | belief in the intrinsic superiority of the nation, culture, or group to which one belongs, often accompanied by feelings of dislike for other groups |
| ethnography (ETHNO race or culture + GRAPH write) | The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human cultures |
| confederacy (CON together or with + FED league) | A union of persons, parties, or states; a league. |
| confluence (CON together + FLU flow) | a flowing together (of minds, rivers, ideas, etc.) |
| gyrate (GYRO turn or spin + -ATE cause) | To move in spiral or spirallike course |
| heliotrope (HELIO sun) | Any of various plants that turn toward the sun |
| heliocentric (HELIO sun + CENTRI center) | Having the sun as the center |
| aphelion (APO up or away + HELIO sun) | The point on the orbit of a celestial body that is farthest from the sun. |
| perihelion (PERI near or around + HELIO sun) | The point nearest the sun in the orbit of a planet or other celestial body |
| hypnotherapy (HYPNO sleep) | a form of treatment in which the mind is placed into a sleep-like trance |
| igneous (IGN fire) | Of, relating to, or characteristic of fire; rocks of this name were formed from cooling magma or lava |
| lachrymose (LACHRY tear) | Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful. |
| narcolepsy (NARCO sleep + LEPSY attack) | A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable, though often brief, attacks of deep sleep, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations. |
| warmonger (MONGER seller) | one who encourages others to go to war |
