Engelska prov orden v.50

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  • democracy goverment by the people
  • demography statistics about people eg birth, deaths and migration
  • epidemic a disease that is spreding fast
  • endemic a disease that always is present in the people eg comman cold
  • populus people in latin
  • popular liked by many people
  • popularity contest a competionen when the people dicide who thay like the most
  • poplar a tree
  • populace refers to the commun people
  • population everyone
  • anthropology study of man
  • anthropologists the study of evolution of humans, human behavior and societies
  • anthropocentricslly that the man is the most important
  • philantropist love of human kind
  • misanthrope a person who hates human kind and avoid human societys
  • Homo sapiens the name of the modern man
  • homicide the killing of a human being by another
  • synonyms words which have nearly the same mening
  • anatonym the oppisate of a word
  • pseudonym a fictitious name
  • anonymous is an unknown name
  • homonym each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins.
  • pronoun a simpler name instead of a noun
  • nominate to officially suggest someone for an election, job, position, or honour
  • nominee someone who has been nominated for something
  • nominal in name or thought but not in fact or not as things really are
  • reown the state of being famous
  • nomenclature a system for naming things
  • atomatic things that work seemingnaly by themself
  • automation, automobile the use of machines which move by themself
  • autobiography ones life story
  • autograph your name written by yourself
  • autocrat someone who demands that people completely obey them
  • autism a mental condition charaterized by complete selfabsortion
  • egocentric a person who is self-centerd
  • egomania the stae of considering youre self to be very important
  • maternal the mother side of the family
  • matron a women who is taking care of the house and children
  • maternity ward the part of a hospital in which women give birth
  • matrimony the state of being married
  • Alma mater a university, shool or collage one atends or attended
  • Patrearch a man thats heading the family
  • patricide the killing of ones father
  • patriot one whon is devoted to their country
  • compatriot a fellow-countryman
  • patron a person giving financial support to a person
  • patronize to speak to or behave towards someone as if they are stupid or not important
  • fraternities a group of people who have the same job or interesta group of people who have the same job or interest
  • fraternal like a brother with one
  • fraternizes is frendly or trying to make friends
  • fratricide the killing of ones brother
  • affiliate to cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another
  • monogamous when you are only marrid to one person
  • bigamy the crime of marring when you are already married to another person
  • polygamy being married to more than one person at the same time
  • cap something we wear on our heads
  • captain the head or leader of a ship
  • capital a city that is the centre of government of a country
  • capitalism an economic, political, and social system in which property, business, and industry are privately owned, directed towards making the greatest possible profits for successful organizations and people
  • capitalize take the chanse to gain adventage from
  • decapitated to cut off the head of a person
  • capitalate give upp youre main couse
  • recapitulate to repeat the main points of an explanation or description
  • manuscript something written by hand
  • manual a book that gives us a helping hand
  • manager a job to run, or handle things
  • manipulate to control something or someone to your advantage
  • manufactum hand made
  • manicure pay to have our hand and fingernails cleand
  • manacle chaind by hand or ankles
  • emancipate to give people social or political freedom and rights
  • oracles places where advice could be - sought or one could talk to a prophet and hear predications from god
  • orator a person who gives publical speeches
  • digits any one of the ten numbers 0 to 9
  • digitize to convert pictures or sound into digital form
  • octopus a animal with 8 "feet"
  • pseudopod having false feet
  • podiatrist foot doctor
  • tripod a threeged stand for supporting a camera
  • pedal a place we place our feet
  • moped motor feet
  • biped a animal who stands on two feet
  • quadruped a animal standing on 4 feets
  • pedestal supports a statue, or a tall structure
  • impediment something which is in our way
  • impede to make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something
  • dermatology the syudy of the skin disesases
  • epidermis the outer cellular layer of the skin
  • hypodermic used to inject drugs under a person´s skin
  • ophtamology the scienfic syufy of the eye
  • optic nerve the connection between the eye and the brain
  • optometrist someone whose job is examining people's eyes and selling glasses or contact lenses to correct sight problems
  • optician a person who makes lenses for eyeglasses or sells eyeglasses
  • myopia a condition in which someone cannot clearly see things that are far away
  • hyperopia a condition in which someone can see things clearly that are far away but not things that are near
  • optical illustion when the eye is deceived
  • cyclops in ancient Greek stories, a giant with one eye
  • binocular using both eyes to see things
  • monocle A SINGLE EYEGLAS FOR ONE EYE
  • mirror we look at ourselfs in it
  • miracle something we see and wonder at
  • mirage an image, produced by very hot air, of something that not really exist
  • admire to look up to one
  • admiral the navel rank
  • vision the ability to see
  • visit to go see someone
  • visionary with the ability to imagine how a country, society, industry, etc. will develop in the future
  • visible that which we can see
  • visa an official document or mark made in a passport that allows you to enter or leave a particular country
  • revise look over it
  • supervise to overwach something or someone
  • inspect we look into it
  • expect looking out for something
  • respect to look up to someone or something
  • spectator one who watches something
  • spectacle a visually striking perfomance or display or eyeglasses
  • prospect look before
  • suspect to think or believe something to be true or probable
  • aspect many parts of a problem, differnt ways to look at it
  • perspektive looking at it from a different viewpoint
  • introspect considering youre own ideas, thoghts and feelings
  • retrospectively with condideration of past events or situations
  • spectrum the entire range of colurs when light waves are broken up
  • speculate to guess posible answers to a question when you dont have enough information
  • spectre a ghost
  • species a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other
  • specimen something shown or examined as an person
  • circumspect careful not to take risks
  • conspicuous very noticeable or attracting attention, often in a way that is not wanted
  • scope can look through to aim better
  • telescope used to see things far away
  • periscope a long, vertical tube containing a set of mirrors that gives you a view of what is above you when you look through the bottom of the tube
  • microscope to observe small objects
  • stethoscope a piece of medical equipment that doctors use to listen to your heart and lungs
  • illuminate to light something and make it brighter
  • luminous producing or reflecting bright light
  • luminary a person who is famous
  • luster the brightness that a shiny surface has
  • illustrate to draw pictures for a book, magazine, etc.
  • illustrious famous, well respected, and admired
  • Lucifer another name for Satan
  • translucent allowing some light through it in an attractive way
  • photography light writing
  • photogenic looking godd in pictures
  • photojournalist a person who takes photos for a newspapper
  • photocopy, photostat a photographic copy of a document made on a photocopier
  • photon a light particle
  • photoelectric of or using an electrical current or voltage that is produced because of light
  • photosynthesis the process by which a plant uses the energy from the light of the sun to produce its own food
  • phosphorescence a kind of weak light that is created in the dark
  • carnivore a person who eats meat
  • herbivore a person who eats vegeis
  • omnivore a person who eats meat and plants
  • voracious extremely hungry
  • dictated to speak something aloud for a person or machine to record what is said, so that it can be written down
  • contradict say something just the opposite of what another say
  • abdicate makes a formal statement that he or she no longer wants to be king or queen
  • predict to say that an event or action will happen in the future
  • addiction an inability to stop doing or using something
  • melediction curse-word
  • benediction a prayer aking God for help and protection
  • phonographs record sound
  • gramophones speak something written
  • phonetics the study of vocal sound and their classification
  • symphony a long piece of music for an orchestra
  • phonome the smallest unit of sound in speech
  • hydrophone water sound
  • audio connected with sound and the recording and broadcasting of sound
  • AV channel adio vidio channel
  • auditory senstors the senory system for the senses of hering
  • audible can be heard
  • auditorimus something we can sit in to listen to peolpe speaking
  • audition a short performance that an actor, musician, dancer, etc. gives in order to show they are suitable for a particular play, film, show, etc.
  • audit to make an official examination of the accoants of a business
  • Audi a car company
  • tactile has a surface that is pleasant or attractive to touch
  • contact getting in touch with
  • intact not damaged
  • tangent a line or plane which touches a given curve or solid at a single point
  • tact the ability to say or do the right thing without making anyone unhappy or angry
  • intangible impossible to touch
  • attain reach a goal
  • contagious A contagious disease can be caught by touching someone who has the disease
  • tentative not certain or fixed or done without confidence
  • anesthesia the condition of not feeling pain
  • aesthetics the appreciation of beauty
  • thermometer measures heat
  • geothermal energy the heat that comes from the sub-surface of the earth
  • thermostat to adjust the temperature, or heating, inside the house or buildings
  • thermal a large column of hot air rising from the ground
  • thermos a container designed to keep liquids warm
  • thermonuclear relating to nuclear reactions that happen only at very high temperatures
  • frigid extremely cold

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