Flashcards on Tessera and Related Terms

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Tetrapod

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Having four feet, legs, or leglike appendage.

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Tetralogy

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In ancient Athens, a series of four dramas, three tragic and one satiric, performed at festivals dedicated to Dionysus.

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Tetrahedron

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A polyhedron with four faces.

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capitulate

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to surrender under specified conditions

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Capitalism

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An economic system characterized by open competition in a free market, with private or corporate ownership of production and distribution.

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Decapitate

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To cut the head off; behead

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Philanthropy

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The effort or inclination to increase the well-being of mankind, as by charitable aid or donation

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Misanthropy

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Characterized by a hatred or scorn for mankind

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Anthropoid

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Resembling humans; belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Anthropoidea

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anthropology

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the scientific study of the origin of and of the physical, social, and cultural development and behavior of man