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1-3 study guide wp
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |