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Word Power 1-3
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Question | Answer |
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egotist | talks about accomplishments (the height of conceit) |
bigamy | illegal plurality of marriages |
anthropologist | student of the development mankind |
misanthrope | hates people |
ambidextrous | capable of using both hands with equal skill |
misogamist | hates marriage |
introvert | turns thoughts inward |
gauche | awkward |
altruist | is interested in the welfare of others |
extrovert | turns thoughts outward |
monogamy | system of only one marriage |
ambivert | turns thoughts both inward and outward |
misogynist | hates women |
philanthropist | one who engages in charitable works |
gynecologist | woman's doctor |
polygyny | man has many wifes |
ascetic | does not pursue pleasures of the flesh |
polyandry | a woman has two or more husbands |
adroit | means skillful, but especially in exercise of the mental facilities |
dexterity | is skill |
sinister | evil, threatening |
egocentric | one who is excessively fixated on his/hers own desires, needs, ect. |
altercation | argument |
alternate | other possible |
egomaniac | morbidly, obsessively wrapped up in oneself |
mania | madness |
ego | self, I |
gauche | left hand |
gyne | woman |
andros | male |
ambi | both |
dexter | right hand |
alter | other |
monos | one |
intro | inside |
bi | two |
verto | turn |
extro | outside |
centrum | center |
anthropos | mankind |
gamos | marriage |
asketes | monk |
polys | many |
sinister | left hand |
-y | practice, custom, ect. (noun suffix) |
-ous | adjective suffix |
-ity | quality, condition, ect. (noun suffix) |
-ist | person who (noun suffix) |