Lesson 13 Modern Meanings

Question 1

hierarchy

Answer 1

a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority

Question 2

patronymic

Answer 2

a name derived from the name of a father or ancestor, typically by the addition of a prefix or suffix

Question 3

patristic

Answer 3

of or relating to the early Christian theologians or to patristics

Question 4

theosophy

Answer 4

any of a number of philosophies maintaining that a knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual ecstasy, direct intuition, or special individual relations, especially the movement founded in 1875 as the Theosophical Society by Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott

Question 5

xenophobia

Answer 5

intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries

Question 6

necrology

Answer 6

1 an obituary notice.

2 a list of deaths

Question 7

patriarchal

Answer 7

of, relating to, or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men

Question 8

acromegaly

Answer 8

abnormal growth of the hands, feet, and face, caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the pituitary gland