Unit 15/16 Flashcards
Topical
Adj
Top
Designed for local application to or treatment of bodily parts; referring to the topics of the day
Top
Place
Ectopic
Adj
Top
Occurring or originating in abnormal place
Utopian
Adj
Top
Relating to an imaginary place in which the government laws and social conditions are perfect
Topography
Noun
Top
The art of showing the natural and man made features of a region on a map chart; the features of a surface including both natural and man made features
Centr/ center
Sharp point or center point of circle
Eccentric
Adj
Sharp point
Not following an established or usual style or conduct straying from a circular path, off center
Epicenter
Noun
Sharp point
The location on the earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake the center or focus of activity
Egocentric
Adj
Sharp point
Overly concerned with oneself; self centered
Ethnocentric
Adj
Sharp point
Marked by or based on the attitude that ones own group is superior to others
Dom
House; master
Dominion
Noun
Master
An area over which one rules; domain supreme authority
Predominant
Adj
Master
Greater in importance strength influence or authority
Domineering
Verb
Master
Tending to control the behavior of others in a bossy manners
Domination
Noun
Master
Supremacy or power over another the exercise of governing or controlling influence
Omni
All
Omnivore
Noun
All
An animal that eats both plants and other animals
Omnipotent
Adj
All
Having complete or unlimited power; all powerful
Omnibus
Adj
All
Of or including many things
Omniscient
Adj
All
Knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge
Hol/holo
Whole
Holistic
Adj
Whole
Relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of treatment of or dissection into parts
Hologram
Noun
All
A three dimensional image reproduced from a pattern of interference produced by a beam of radiation such as a laser
Holocene
Noun
All
Of relating to, or being the present geological epoch
Holocaust
Noun
All
The mass slaughter of European citizens and especially Jews by the nazis; a thorough destruction involving
Retro
Back backward behind
Retroactive
Adj
Back
Intended to apply or take effect at a date in the past
Retrofit
Verb
Back
To furnish something new or modified parts or equipment that was optional or unavailable at the time of manufacturer
Retrogress
Verb
Back
To return to an earlier and usually worse or more primitive state
Retrospective
Adj
Back
A generally comprehensive exhibition or performance usually covering an artists output date
Tempor
Time
Temporal
Adj
Time
Having to do with time as distinguished from space
Contemporary
Noun
Time
Occurring or existing during the same period of time; having to do with the present period; modern or current
Extemporaneous
Adj
Time
Composed performed spoken or done in the spur of the moment
Temporize
Verb
Time
To act in a way that fits the time or occasion to give way to current opinion to
Chron
Time
Chronic
Adj
Time
Lasting a long time or recurring frequently always present constantly annoying
Chronology
Noun
Time
A sequence of events in the order the occurred a table list or account that presents events in order
Anachronism
Noun
Time
The retro of placing a person or thing in the wrong time period
Synchronous
Adj
Time
Happening or existing at exactly the same time
Tri
Three
Trident
Pitchfork
Trinity
Father son Holy Spirit
Term/termin
To limit bound set limits to
Terminal
Adj
To limit
Forming or relating to an end or limit
Ending
Indeterminate
Adj
To limit
Not precisely determined; vague
Indefinite
Interminable
Adj
To limit
Seeming to have no end
Nonstop
Terminus
Noun
To limit
The end of a travel route; an extreme point
Geo
Earth
Geocentric
Adj
Earth
Having or relating to the earth as the center
Theory
Geophysics
Noun
Earth
“Earth science”
Geography
Geothermal
Adj
Earth
Of relating to or using the natural heat produced inside the earth
Core
Spher
Ball
Spherical
Adj
Ball
Relating to a sphere; shaped like a sphere or one of its segments
Round
Stratosphere
Noun
Ball
The part of earths atmosphere that extends from about seven to about thirty miles above the surface
Sky
Biosphere
Noun
Ball
Living things and their environment
Biology
Hemisphere
Noun
Ball
Half a sphere especially half the global sphere as divided by the equator or meridian
Vert
To turn
Divert
Verb
To turn
To turn from one purpose or course to another
Change
Converter
Noun
To turn
A device that changes something from one form to another
Frequencies
Avert
Verb
To turn
To turn away or aside
Look away
Revert
Verb
To turn
To go back or return
Payback
Morph
Shape
Amorphous
Adj
Shape
Without a definite shape or form
Shapeless
