Word Power Made Easy Session #1-3 How to talk about personality types
gauche
(French) left hand
droit
(French) right hand
misein
(Latin) hate
sinister
(Latin) left hand
dexter
(Latin) right hand
verto
(Latin) to turn
ambidextrous
(adj.) able to use both hands with equal skill
misogynous or misogynistic
(adj.) describing hatred of women
misanthropic
(adj.) pertaining to hatred of mankind
misogamous
(adj.) pertaining to hatred of marriage
altruistic
(adj.) unselfish; more interested in the welfare of others than in one's own
-ist
(noun suffix) word-forming element meaning "one who does or makes
misogamist
Who hates marriage?
misanthrope
Who hates people?
misogynist
Who hates women?
egotist
Who is incredibly conceited?
altruist
Who is more interested in the welfare of others than in his own?
egoist
Who is supremely selfish?
ascetic
Who lives a lonely, austere life?
ambivert
Whose interests are turned both inward and outward?
introvert
Whose interests are turned inward?
extrovert
Whose interests are turned outward?
alternative
a choice
altercation
a heated dispute
gauche
awkward
centrum
center
monogamy
custom of one marriage at a time
gynecologist
doctor specializing in female disorders
sinister
evil, threatening
egomaniacal
excessively, morbidly obsessed with one's own needs, desires, or ambitions
misanthropy
hatred of mankind
misogamy
hatred of marriage
misogyny
hatred of women
mania
madness
anthropos
mankind
polys
many word-forming element meaning "many, much, multi-, one or more," from Greek poly-, combining form of polys "much" (plural polloi);
asketes
monk
misanthropist or misanthrope
one who hates the human race
philanthropist
one who loves mankind
alternate
one who substitutes for another
alter ego
one's other self
alter
other
asceticism
philosophy of living austerely
-y
practice, custom, etc. (noun suffix) e.g. victory, history
-ity
quality, condition, etc (noun suffix)
ego
self, I
ambidexterity
skill in the use of both hands
adroitness
skill or cleverness
dexterous
skillful
polygamy, polyandry, or polygyny
social custom of plural marriage
anthropology
study of mankind
alter
to change
bigamy
unlawful state of having more than one spouse
egocentric
utterly involved with oneself; self-centered
gyne
woman
-ous
word-forming element making adjectives from nouns, meaning "having, full of, having to do with, doing, inclined to," from Old French -ous, -eux, from Latin -osus (compare -ose (1)). In chemistry, "having a lower valence than forms expressed in -ic."
ambi
word-forming element meaning "both, on both sides," from Latin ambi- "around, round about
andros
word-forming element meaning "man, male," from Greek andro-, comb. form of aner (genitive andros) "man, male" (see anthropo-).
gamous
word-forming element meaning "marrying," from Greek gamos "marriage, a wedding" (see gamete) + -ous.
mono
word-forming element meaning "one, alone; containing one (atom, etc.)," from Greek mono-, comb. form of monos "single, alone
extro
word-forming element meaning "outwards," a variant of extra- by influence of intro-
bi-
word-forming element meaning "two, twice, double, doubly, once every two," etc
intro
word-forming element, from Latin intro (adv.) "in, on the inside, within, to the inside
