Week 4

Question 1

misandry

Answer 1

dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men (i.e. the male sex).

Question 2

misanthrope

Answer 2

a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.

Question 3

misanthropy

Answer 3

a dislike of humankind. (the idea)

Question 4

misogyny

Answer 4

dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.

Question 5

misogamy

Answer 5

the hatred of marriage.

Question 6

misology

Answer 6

the hatred of reasoning; the revulsion or distrust of logical debate, argumentation, or the Socratic method.

Question 7

misoneism

Answer 7

distrust or hatred of new ideas or things (innovation)

Question 8

eugenics

Answer 8

the study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable.

Question 9

eulogize

Answer 9

praise highly in speech or writing.

Question 10

eupepsia

Answer 10

good digestion

Question 11

euphemism

Answer 11

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for on considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

Question 12

euphonious

Answer 12

(of sound, especially speech) pleasing to the ear

Question 13

euthanasia

Answer 13

the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. The practice is illegal in most countries.

Question 14

euthenics

Answer 14

a science that deals with development of human well-being by improvement of living conditions.