Read the words in column 'A' and match their meanings in column 'B' Check your answers with the key.

Column A	  		 Column B 
1.autopsy			 (a) control over one’s own affairs
2.biopsy			 (b) examination of liquids or tissues                                             		
     				taken from the body 
                           		  of a living person
3.biography			 (c) scientific study of the Earth
4.autobiography			 (d) scientific study of the 
                             		 Earth’s surface
5.zodiac			 (e) science of the mind
6.astronaut			 (f) the story of a person’s life written             	               
 				  by somebody else
7.cosmonaut			(g) having the weaknesses of old age
8.disaster			(h) astronaut from the former 
                       		      Soviet Union
9.autonomy			(i) person who claims to exercise 
                           		 powers outside natural laws
10.astronomy			(j) instrument for measuring 
                          		  air pressure
11.geology			(k) imaginary area of the sky 
                             		containing the planets
12.geography			(l) branch of medicine dealing 
                          		  with diseases of old people
13.biology			(m)treatment of diseases by 
                           		  manipulating bones and muscles
14.psychology 		         (n) an examination of a dead body 
15.psychic	       		 (o) scientific study of life
16.geriatrics		        (p) young person developing 
                                   		   into an adult	    
17.osteopathy         		   (q) the scientific study 
                                 		     of planets
18.senile	      		   (r) serious accident
19.adolescent	       		  (s) a person trained to 
                                  		    travel in a spacecraft 
20.barometer	    	         (t) the story of a person’s life 
                                    	  written by that person		

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(Key: 1.n, 2.b, 3.f, 4.t, 5.k, 6.s, 7.h, 8.r, 9.a, 10.q, 11.c, 12.d, 13.0, 14.e, 15.i, 16.l, 17.m, 18.g, 19.p, 20.j)

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