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| capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership, private decisions, and open competition in a free market |
| capitulate | To surrender or stop resisting; give up |
| decapitate | to cut of the head or behead; to destroy or make useless |
| recapitulate | to repeat or summarize the most important points or stages |
| anthropoid | any of several large tailless apes |
| anthropology | the science and study of human beings |
| misanthropic | Hating or distrusting humans |
| lycanthropy | delusionthat one has become a wolf; transformationinto a wolf through witchcraft or magic |
| kinesiology | the scientific study of human movment |
| hyperkinetic | relating to or affected with hyperactivity; characterized by fast-paced or frantic activity |
| kinescope | a motion picture made form an image on a picture tube |
| telekinesis | the movement of objects without contact or other physical means, as by the exercise of an occult power |
| dynamic | relating to a physical force or energy; continuously and productively active and changing; energetic or forceful |
| dynamo | a power generator; a forceful, energetic person |
| aerodynamics | a science that tudies the movement of gases such as air and the way that objects move through such gases; the qualities of an object that affect how easily it is able to move through air |
| hydrodynamic | having to do with the science that studies fluids in motion and the forces that act on bodies surrounded by the fluids |
| degrade | to lower in status or level; to bring into disrepute or corrupt morally or intellectually |
| gradation | a series made up of successive stages; a step in an ordered scale |
| gradient | slope or grade; a continuous change in measure, activity, or substance |
| retrograde | moving or performed in a direction that is backward or opposite to the usual direction; moving toward a worse or earlier state |
| regimen | a regular course of treatment, usually involving food, exercise, or medicine |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes; a period during which the normal functions of goveernment or control are suspended |
| regalia | the emblems and symbols of royalty; special or official dress |
| regency | a government or period of time in which a regent rules in place of a king or queen |
| criterion | a standard by which a judgment or decision is made |
| hypercritical | overly critical |
| critique | a judgment or evaluation, especially a rating or discussion or merits and faults; to review or criticize |
| hematocrit | an instrument for measuring the relative amounts of plasma and corpuscles in blood; the ratio of red blood cells to whole blood cells as determined by a hematocrit |
| adjure | to give up or reject by oath; to abstain or hold back from |
| perjury | the voluntary breaking of an oath to tell the truth; false swearing |
| jurisprudence | a system of law or the functioning fo tht system;the philosophy behind a body of law |
| de jure | based on or according to the law |
| pentathlon | an athletic contest in which each athlete competes in five different events |
| Pentateuch | the first 5 books of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been written by Moses |
| pentameter | aline of poetry consisting of 5 metrical feet |
| Pentecostal | of or relating to any of various fundamentalist sects that stress personal experience of God and vocal expression in worship |
| quincentennial | a 500th anniversary or the celebration of such an event |
| quintessential | representing the essence or the perfect or typical example of something |
| quintet | a musical piece for five instruments or voices; a group of five, such as the performers of a quintet or a basketball team |
| quintile | one or another of the values that divide a tested population into five evenly distributed classes; one of thoe classes |
