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Reading Vocab
Word parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Egoist | conceited and self-centered |
| Bigamy | Marring someone while already married ( 2people) |
| Anthropologist | Versed in Anthropolgy |
| Misanthrope | A hater of man kind |
| Ambidextrous | Using both hands |
| Misogamist | A hater of marraige |
| Introvert | To turn or bend inward fromm social interactions |
| Gauches | leaves when intimate conversations begin |
| Altrist | "altruism" opposed to egoist |
| extrovert | concerned primarly w/ external reality |
| monogamy | single marriage |
| ambivert | a person who is intermediate between an extrovert and an introvert |
| misogynist | a women hater |
| Philanthropist | one who practices philanthropy |
| gynecologist | A womens specialist doctor |
| polygyny | Having more than one wife (3+ppl) |
| ascetic | extermely rigid in self-denial |
| polyandry | The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; - contrasted with monandry. |
| adroit | quick or skillful or adept in action or thought |
| dexterity | right handed-ness |
| sinister | left handed |
| egocentric | having an attitude which is almost exclusively concerned with one's own needs or desires |
| altercation | Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger |
| alternate | Being or succeeding by turns; |
| egomaniac | an abnormally egotistical person |
| mania | Violent derangement of mind |
| ego | ego - an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others |
| gauche | Left handed; |
| gyne |