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reading lab tuesday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |