w.p. chap 3

Question 1

egoist

Answer 1

believes in self-advancement

Question 2

egotist

Answer 2

talks about accomplishments

Question 3

altruist

Answer 3

is interested in the welfare of others

Question 4

introvert

Answer 4

turns thoughts inward

Question 5

extrovert

Answer 5

turns thoughts outward

Question 6

ambivert

Answer 6

turns thoughts both inward and outward

Question 7

misanthrope

Answer 7

hates people

Question 8

misogynist

Answer 8

hates women

Question 9

misogamist

Answer 9

hates marriage

Question 10

ascetic

Answer 10

does not pursue pleasures of the flesh

Question 11

ego (latin)

Answer 11

I–one’s concept of oneself

Question 12

egocentric

Answer 12

one who is excessively fixated on his own desires, needs, etc.–you consider yourself the center of the world

Question 13

egomaniac

Answer 13

you carry egoist to such an extreme that your needs, desires, and interests have become a morbid obsession, a mania–dangerous and slightly mad.

Question 14

alter (latin)

Answer 14

other

Question 15

altruism

Answer 15

philosophy of putting any other’s welfare above one’s own–practiced by altruists

Question 16

altruistic

Answer 16

interested in the welfare of others

Question 17

alternate (all-ter-nate)

Answer 17

you skip one and take the other

Question 18

alternate (all-ter-nit) (adj.)

Answer 18

the other person who will take over if the original choice is unable to attend–other possible

Question 19

alternative

Answer 19

a choice

Question 20

alteration

Answer 20

a change of plans–making into something other

Question 21

altercation

Answer 21

a violent disagreement who is on the other side of the argument who has other ideas, plans, or opinions than you. has more sentiment and seriousness behind it

Question 22

alter ego

Answer 22

one’s other self–someone who is so similar to yourself, you mirror each other

Question 23

egomaniacal

Answer 23

morbidly, obsessively wrapped in oneself

Question 24

verto (latin)

Answer 24

to turn

Question 25

extro (latin)

Answer 25

outward

Question 26

intro (latin)

Answer 26

inward

Question 27

ambi (latin)

Answer 27

both

Question 28

ambidextrous

Answer 28

able to use both hands with equal skill

Question 29

dexterous

Answer 29

skillful

Question 30

dexterity

Answer 30

skill

Question 31

-ous

Answer 31

common adjective suffix

Question 32

-ity

Answer 32

common noun suffix

Question 33

dexter (latin)

Answer 33

right hand

Question 34

left-handed

Answer 34

synonym of awkward

Question 35

sinister (latin)

Answer 35

left-hand

Question 36

gauche (french)

Answer 36

left-hand

Question 37

gauche (adj.)

Answer 37

implying that someone is socially clumsy

Question 38

gaucherie

Answer 38

awkward way of saying or handling things

Question 39

droit (french)

Answer 39

right hand

Question 40

adroit

Answer 40

skillful (in mental facilities)

Question 41

adroitness

Answer 41

skillful way of saying or handling things

Question 42

misein (greek)

Answer 42

to hate

Question 43

anthropos (greek)

Answer 43

mankind

Question 44

gyne (greek)

Answer 44

woman

Question 45

gamos (greek)

Answer 45

marriage

Question 46

anthropology

Answer 46

the study of the development of the human race

Question 47

philanthropist

Answer 47

one who loves mankind

Question 48

gynecologist

Answer 48

medical specialist who treats female disorders

Question 49

monogamy

Answer 49

only one marriage (at a time)

Question 50

bigamy

Answer 50

two marriages

Question 51

polygamy

Answer 51

many marriages

Question 52

monos (greek)

Answer 52

one

Question 53

bi (greek)

Answer 53

two

Question 54

polys (greek)

Answer 54

many

Question 55

polygyny

Answer 55

many marriages with women

Question 56

polyandry

Answer 56

many marriages with men

Question 57

andros (greek)

Answer 57

male

Question 58

-ist

Answer 58

common suffix for a person

Question 59

-y

Answer 59

common suffix for a practice, attitude, etc.

Question 60

-ic or -ous

Answer 60

common suffix for an adjective

Question 61

asketes (greek)

Answer 61

monk or hermit

Question 62

asceticism

Answer 62

the practice of ascetics