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VH7
vocabulary 7
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English
11th Grade
03/14/2014

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anarchy

 

 

 

 

total absence of rule or government, confusion, disorder

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matriarchy

 

 

 

 

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

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monarchy

 

 

 

 

 

 

state ruled by a single person such as a king or queen

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geomorphic

 

 

 

 

 

pertaining to the shape of the earth or the form of its surface

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geophysics

 

 

 

 

 

 

science treating the forces that modify or change the earth

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antipathy

 

 

 

 

 

 

aversion, feeling against, dislike

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empathy

 

 

 

 

 

 

complete understanding of another's feelings or motives

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sympathy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sharing of another's trouble; compassion

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perimeter

 

 

 

 

 

 

whole outer boundary or measurement of a surface or figure

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periphrastic

 

 

 

 

 

 

expressed in a roundabout way; the use of too many words to express an idea

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