| ARCHEOLOGY | the study of ancient cultured based on artifacts and other remains |
| ANTHROPOLOGY | study of physical,social, and cultural development and behaviour of human beings |
| ASTROLOGY | a pseudoscience claiming to foretell the future by studying stars |
| ECOLOGY | study of relationship between organisms and their environment |
| EMBRYOLOGY | study of formation and development of embryos |
| ETNOMOLOGY | the study of insects |
| ETYMOLOGY | the study of origin and development of words |
| METEOROLOGY | the study of atmosphere, especially weather and weather conditions |
| ORNITOLOGY | the branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| PSYCHOLOGY | the study of mental processes and behavior |
| GEOLOGY | a study of history of earth |
| MALDAROIT | not adroit, not skillful, awkward, clumsy |
| MALADY | a bad condition, a disease |
| MALAISE | a vague feeling of illness or depression |
| MALAPROPISM | not appropriate |
| MALARIA | a disease once thought to be caused by bad air from the swamps |
| MALCONTENT | one who is badly contented |
| MALEDICTION | a curse |
| MALEVOLENT | wishing evil towards others |
| MALFEASANCE | wrongdoing, especially by a public official |
| MALICE | active bad feeling or ill will |
| MALICIOUS | intentionallly bad or harmful |
| MALIGN | to speak evil of |
| MALIGNAT | bad or harmful |
| MALINER | to pretend or to be in bad health to go out of work |
| ANALOGOUS | similar in some ways but not in others |
| ANALOGY | resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike |
| APOLOGY | speaking away, a speech expressing regret for fault or offence |
| DIALOGUE | speech between two or more people |
| DOXOLOGY | a hymn or expression of praise to God |
| EPILOGUE | a speech directed to the audience at the conclusion of the play |
| MONOLOGUE | a speech by one person |
| PROLOGUE | a speech before a play |
| TRAVELOGUE | a speech or a film about a travel |
| COLLOQUIAL | like the language used when poeple speak together informally |
| COLLOQIUIUM | a speaking together, an academic seminar on some field of study |
| ELOQUENT | speaking out, fluent, persuasive |
| GRANDILOQUENT | marked by a lofty, extravagant style |
| LOQUACIOUS | talkative |
| SOLILOQUY | a speaking alone to one self, monologue |
| VENTRILOQUIST | one who speaks from the stomach |
