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STACK 1-3
Reading 200
| 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 one person. |
| 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 disease and hygiene of women. |
| polygyny | practice of having more than one wife at time. |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial for spiritual reasons |
| polyandry | system of having more than one husband at 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 |
| -ous | adjective, suffix |
| -ity | quality |
| -ist | person who. |