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Study Stack 1
First stack for reading.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Egotist | A conceited, boastful person. |
| Bigamy | The criminal offense of marrying one person while still legally married to another. |
| Anthropologist | The scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans. |
| misanthrope | One who hates or mistrusts mankind. |
| ambidextrous | Able to use both hands with equal facility. |
| misogamist | Hatred of marriage |
| introvert | To turn or direct inward |
| gauche | Lacking social polish; tactless |
| altruist | Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness. |
| extrovert | An extroverted person |
| monogamy | The practice or condition of having a single sexual partner during a period of time. |
| ambivert | A personality trait including the qualities of both introversion and extroversion. |
| misogynist | One who hates women |
| philanthropist | someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being |
| gynecologist | The branch of medicine dealing with health care for women, especially the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the female reproductive organs. |
| polygyny | The condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time. |
| ascetic | A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion. |
| polyandry | The condition or practice of having more than one husband at one time. |
| adroit | Dexterous ; Deft |
| dexterity | Skill and grace in physical movement, especially in the use of the hands; adroitness. |
| sinister | Suggesting or threatening evil. |
| egocentric | Holding the view that the ego is the center, object, and norm of all experience. |
| altercation | A vehement quarrel |
| alternate | To occur in a successive manner. |
| egomaniac | Obsessive preoccupation with the self. |