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Matching Exercise - Part IX
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Match the study term or technique with the definition. You may use some terms more than once, or not at all.
1


an instrument that measures the distance walked or run by recording the number of steps taken.

2


the quality in life or art of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.

3


relating to a father.

4


comes from the Greek word part paidos, meaning "child," and agogos, meaning "leader." Today the word refers to teaching or the science of teaching.

5


murdering one's father.

6


an institution or organization in which power is held by males and passed on through males, quite often from father to son.

7


a doctor who takes care of babies and children

8


originally the ninth month.

9


Your __________ state or country is where you were born. __________ plants, animals, and people are the ones that originally came from an area.

10


an athletic contest with five different track and field events.

11


a man who makes love to a woman he can't or won't marry. ander means "male."

12


causing or evoking pity either sympathetically or contemptibly.

13


characterized by an unhealthy compulsion; habitual; concerned with diseases.

14


paleo means "old," so __________ is the science of the forms of life existing in past geologic periods.

15


a form of government in which power is vested in a few persons.

16


an adult who has a sexual desire for a child.

17


showing off learning in a boring way, or one who pays too much attention to the boring details of a subject. The term originally referred to a schoolmaster.

18


the state of being a father.

19


an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as in a car.

20


a person who shows love for others by donating money or services to help them.

21


originally the eighth month.

22


a group or stanza of eight lines; a company of eight singers or musicians.

23


the essential character of something, what has always been there from birth.

24


A __________ scene is a birth scene, such as you might see at Christmas when the birth of Jesus is celebrated.

25


the collection and study of postage stamps and postmarks.

26


peri means "near," so the __________ is the point in the orbit of the moon at which it is nearest to the earth; the lowest point

A)philanthropist
B)October
C)perigee
D)pathos
E)paternal
F)native
G)pathetic
H)pathological
I)paleontology
J)nature
K)nativity
L)patriarchy
M)patricide
N)odometer
O)pedometer
P)pedagogy
Q)pediatrician
R)philanderer
S)pedantic
T)oligarchy
U)pentathlon
V)pedophile
W)philately
X)November
Y)paternity
Z)octet







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