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WP 1-3
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| egotist | a conceited, boastful person. |
| bigamy | the crime of marrying while one has a spouse still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected. |
| anthropologist | a person that studies of humans, their origins, physical characteristics, institutions, religious beliefs, social relationships, etc |
| misanthrope | a hater of humankind. |
| ambidextrous | able to use both hands equally well: |
| misogamist | hatred of marriage. |
| introvert | a person characterized by concern primarily with his or her own thoughts and feelings (opposed to extrovert ). |
| gauche | lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: |
| altruist | a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist ). |
| extrovert | a person characterized by extroversion; a person concerned primarily with the physical and social environment (opposed to introvert ). |
| monogamy | marriage with only one person at a time. |
| ambivert | one whose personality type is intermediate between extrovert and introvert. |
| misogynist | a person who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or mistreats women. |
| philanthropist | a person that practices of performing charitable or benevolent actions |
| gynecologist | a specialist that practices medicine that concerns diseases in women, esp those of the genitourinary tract |
| polygyny | the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time. |
| ascetic | a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons. |
| polyandry | the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry |
| adroit | skilful or dexterous |
| dexterity | skill or adroitness in using the hands or body; agility. |
| sinister | threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble |
| egocentric | center on one self |
| altercation | a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy. |
| alternate | to interchange repeatedly and regularly with one another in time or place; rotate (usually followed by with ) |
| egomaniac | obsessive love for oneself and regard for one's own needs. |
| mania | excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: |
| ego | the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought. |
| gyne | |
| andros | |
| ambi | |
| dexter | right |
| alter | |
| monos | |
| intros | |
| bi | |
| verto | |
| extro | |
| centrum | |
| mesein | |
| anthropos | |
| gamos | marriage |
| asketes | |
| polys | |
| sinister | left |
| y | |
| ous | |
| ity | |
| ist |
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