Vocabulary List #7 - Academy School District 20

Vocabulary List #7

archy-government; ard-always;
cide-kill; ician-specialist

* monarchy – noun

government in which a country is ruled by a king or
queen

hierarchy – noun

system of organization in which people or things are
divided into levels of importance

patriarch – noun

a man who is respected as the head of a family or tribe

dullard – noun

a stupid, insensitive person

coward – noun

a person who is always afraid

* sluggard – noun

a person who is habitually inactive or lazy

herbicide – noun

a substance for killing plants, especially weeds

* homicide – noun

the killing of one human being by another

* genocide – noun

the deliberate murder of a whole group
or race of people

technician – noun

a person whose job is to check equipment or machines
& make sure they’re working properly

* physician – noun

a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine;
doctor

* statistician – noun

an expert in or compiler of numbers & data