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reading lab tuesday
Question | Answer |
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egotist | inflated sense of one's self |
bigamy | marrying one even though he is already married |
anthropologist | scientific study of culture or origin |
misanthrope | hates people |
ambidextrous | use both hands with equal skill |
misogamist | hates marriage |
introvert | turns thoughts inward |
gauche | ackward |
altruist | interested in welfare of others |
extrovert | turns thoughts outward |
monogamy | system of one marriage |
ambivert | turns thoughts both inward and outward |
misogynist | hates women |
philanthropist | one who engages in charitable work |
gynecologist | women's doctor |
polygyny | male with a number of wives |
ascetic | does pursue pleasures of flesh |
polyandry | female with a number of husbands |
adroit | proficient under pressing conditions |
dexterity | skill in both hands or body |
sinister | evil, threatening |
egocentric | interested only in one's own affairs |
altercation | argument or dispute |
alternate | to pass back and forth |
egomaniac | obsessed or preoccupation with self |
mania | madness |
ego | one's concept of self |
gauche | left hand |
andros | male |
gyne | women |
ambi | both |
dexter | right hand |
alter | to change |
monos | one |
intro | inside |
bi | both or two |
verto | turn |
extro | outside |
centrum | center |
mesein | hate |
anthropos | mankind |
gamos | marriage |
asketes | monk |
polys | many |
sinister | left hand |
y | practice, custom |
ous | adjective |
ity | quality condition |
ist | person, who |