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meyer's words
1-3 study guide wp
Question | Answer |
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egotist | one who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
bigamy | an act of marrying one person while still legally married to another |
anthropologist | one who studies the science of human beings |
misanthrope | one who hates mankind |
ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease |
misogamist | one who hates marriage |
introvert | reserved or shy person |
gauche | lacking social experience or grace; not tactful |
altruist | one who is unselfish and interested in the welfare of others |
extrovert | a gregarious and unreserved person |
monogamy | married with but one person at a time |
ambivert | a person having the characteristics of both an introvert and an extrovert |
misogynist | a person who hates women |
philanthropist | a person concerned with human welfare and the reduction of suffering |
gynecologist | one who studies the branch of medicine dealing with the diseases and hygiene of women |
polygyny | practice of having more than one wife at a time |
ascetic | practising self-denial for spiritual reasons |
polyandry | system of having more than one husband at a time |
adroit | skillful, ingenious |
dexterity | skill in handling things |
sinister | suggestive of evil |
egocentric | self-centered |
altercation | a noisy dispute or quarrel |
alternate | substitute |
egomaniac | obsessive preoccupation with the self |
mania | madness |
ego | self, I |
gauche | left hand |
gyne | woman |
andros | male |
ambi | both |
dextre | right hand |
alter | other |
monos | one |
intro | inside |
bi | two |
verto | turn |
extro | outside |
centrum | center |
mesein (misein) | hate |
anthro | mankind |
gamos | marriage |
asketes | monk |
polys | many |
sinister | left hand |
-y | practice, custom etc... |
-ous | adjective, suffix |
-ity | quality |
-ist | person who |