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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Egotist | A selfish person |
| bigamy | the crime of marrying while one has a spouse still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected. |
| Anthropology | A person who studies humans |
| Misanthrope | A hater of humankind |
| Ambidextrous | Able to use both hands |
| misogamist | Hatred of Marriage |
| introvert | A shy, anti-social person |
| gauche | lacking social grace. Crude person |
| Altruist | A person who is unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others. |
| Extrovert | An outgoing person. |
| Monogamy | Married to one person at a time |
| Ambivert | ONe whose personality type is intermediate between extrovert and introvert |
| Misogynist | one who dislikes women |
| Philanthropist | one who practices and performs charitable actions toward mankind |
| Gynecologist | A physician specializing in women |
| polyandry | The practice of having more than one husband at a time. |
| Ascetic | A person who dedicates his/her life to a simple life. denies oneself material pleasures. Example - monk |
| polygyny | More than one wife at a time |
| Adroit | skillful, resourceful |
| dexterity` | mental skill and cleverness |
| Sinister | threatening evil, harm or trouble |
| egocentric | putting yourself at the center of all things |
| altercation | a heated or angry argument |
| Alternate | to change back and forth between conditions, states or actions |
| egomaniac | obsessive egotism |
| mania | excessive excitement |
| ego | the self of any person |
| gyne | women |
| andros | male |
| ambi | both |
| dexter | right side |
| alter | switch |
| monos | one |
| intro | the beginning |
| bi | two |
| verto | turn |
| extro | outer |
| centrum | center |
| mesein | origin |
| anthropos | human/man |
| gamos | marriage |
| asketes | monk |
| polys | many |
| ist | a person who practices or is concerned with something |
| ity | expressing a state or condition |
| -ous | possessing a full of a given quality |
| -y | inclined to the substance or action of a word |