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Vocab List #6: "Rulers and Leaders": Arch
The Greek root "arch," meaning "chief," "first," "rule" or "ruler," is the basis of a number of important and useful words.
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| archenemy | chief enemy |
| patriarch | male head of a family or tribe |
| anarchy | society without rule or government |
| hierarchy | any system of persons or things ranked one above another. |
| monarchy | rule or gov't by a king, queen, emporer or empress |
| oligarchy | rule or gov't by a few persons |
| archbishop | bishop of the higest rank |
| matriarch | female head of a family or tribe |
| archetype | the original pattern or model after which a thing is made |
| archaic | marked by the characteristics of an earlier period |
| arch | chief, first, rule, or ruler |
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