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Question 0

Genealogy

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Account of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor

Question 1

Anthropology

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Science dealing with the origin, races, customs, and beliefs of humankind

Question 2

Pathology

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1. Science dealing with the nature and causes of disease

2. Something abnormal

Question 3

Biocidal

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Destructive to life or living things

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Biopsy

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Diagnostic examination of a piece of tissue from the living body

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Symbiosis

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Living together in mutually helpful association if two dissimilar organisms

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Dichotomy

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Cutting or division into two; division

Question 7

Tome

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One volume, or “cut,” of a work of several volumes; scholarly book

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Homogeneous

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Of the same kind; similar; uniform

Question 9

Heterogeneous

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Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied

Question 10

Homonym

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Word that sounds like another but differs in meaning and spelling

Question 11

Heteroclite (adj.)

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Deviating from the common rule; abnormal; atypical

Question 12

Heteroclite (n.)

Answer 12

Person or thing deviating from the common rule

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Heterodox

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Opposed to accepted beliefs or established doctrines; especially in religion; unorthodox

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Hyperbole

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Extravagant exaggeration of statement

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Hyperopia

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Farsightedness

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Myopia

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Close sighted ness

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Hypertrophy

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Excessive growth or development, as of a body part

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Hypothetical

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Assumed without proof for the purpose of reasoning; conjectural

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Endogenous

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Produced from within; due to internal causes

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Exogenous

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Produced from without; due to external causes

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Exoteric

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Known externally; readily understandable

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Autarchy

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Rule by an absolute sovereign

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Hierarchy

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Body of rulers or officials grouped in ranks, each being subordinate to the rank above it; pecking order

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Matriarchy

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Form of social organization in which the mother rules the family or tribe, descent being traced through the mother

Question 25

Oligarchy

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Form of government in which a few people have the power

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Patriarchy

Answer 26

Form of social organization in which the father rules the family or tribe, descent being traced through the father