Greek XIII

Question 1

A group of church officials of different ranks; an organization arranged into higher and lower ranks

Answer 1

Hierarchy

Question 2

A name derived from that of a father or paternal ancestor, usually w the addition of an affix

Answer 2

Patronymic

Question 3

The citadel of Athens on which the Parthenon was built

Answer 3

Acropolis

Question 4

An extremely conceited person

Answer 4

Egomaniac

Question 5

Pertaining to the writings of the fathers of the Christian church

Answer 5

Patristic

Question 6

A person w an irresistible desire to start fires

Answer 6

Pyromaniac

Question 7

Apparent communication of one mind w another otherwise than thru speech, sight, or any of the other senses

Answer 7

Telepathy

Question 8

An abnormal fear of being in a high place

Answer 8

Acrophobia

Question 9

Lack of a system of govt; disorder, confusion, lawlessness

Answer 9

Anarchy

Question 10

any system of philosophy or religion that claims to have mystical insight into the divine nature

Answer 10

theosophy

Question 11

a hatred or fear of foreigners

Answer 11

xenophobia

Question 12

the branch of science that deals w the forces exerted by water and other liquids in motion

Answer 12

hydrodynamics

Question 13

self centered, selfish, having little regard for interests, beliefs, or attitudes other than one’s own

Answer 13

egocentric

Question 14

corresponding in position or structure

Answer 14

homologous

Question 15

a form of gov’t in which the ruling power is vested in a few persons

Answer 15

oligarchy

Question 16

a list of the recently dead; an obituary

Answer 16

necrology

Question 17

appropriate to the male head of the family or clan; suitable to a venerable old man

Answer 17

patriarchal

Question 18

a mental disorder marked by delusions of great personal importance

Answer 18

megalomania

Question 19

a chronic malfunction of the pituitary gland marked by abnormal, progressive enlargement of hands, feet, and face

Answer 19

acromegaly

Question 20

pertaining to the geological era whose insect, reptile, and fish fossils represent early forms of life

Answer 20

paleozoic

Question 21

hatred of marriage

Answer 21

misogamy

Question 22

rule by women

Answer 22

gynarchy

Question 23

madness for books

Answer 23

bibliomania

Question 24

having a love for animals

Answer 24

zoophilic

Question 25

palmistry; the art of divination by means of the hand

Answer 25

chiromancy

Question 26

a scientist who studies water

Answer 26

hydrologist

Question 27

condition of hating new things

Answer 27

misoneism

Question 28

having many forms

Answer 28

polymorphic

Question 29

study of the teeth

Answer 29

odontology

Question 30

abnormal fear of pain

Answer 30

algophobia