session-3

Title

• depends how you turn

• love, hate, and marriage

• making friends with suffixes

• living alone and liking it

• Helping Words

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depends how you turn

latin root:  verto
            (to turn)

• introvert: your thoughts are constantly turned inward

• extrovert: your thoughts turned outward

• ambivert: your thoughts turned in both direction

prefix: ambi- (both)

• ambidextrous: able to use both hands with equal skill

  • ambidexterity (noun)

• dexterous: skillful

• dexterity (noun): skill

  Note: the letter following the t- in ambidextrous is -r, but that in dexterous the next letter is -e

dexter is actually the Latin word for right hand

The Latin word for the left hand is sinister. This same word, in English, means threatening, evil, or dangerous, a further commentary on our early suspiciousness of left-handed persons.

The French word for the left hand is gauche

• gauche: clumsiness, generally social rather than physical

  • a gauche remark is tactless

  • a gauche offer of sympathy is so bumbling as to be embarrassing

• gaucherie: an awkward, clumsy, tact- less, embarrassing way of saying things or of handling situations

  • The gauche person is totally without finesse.

the French word for the right hand is droit

• adroit: skillful, especially in the exercise of the mental facilities

  • adroitness (noun): quite the opposite of gaucherie

love, hate, and marriage

greek root:  misein
            (to hate)

• misanthrope: hates mankind

• misogynist: hates women

• misogamist: hates marriage

greek root: anthropos
            (mankind)

• anthropology: the study of the development of the human race

• philanthropist: one who loves mankind and shows such love by making substantial financial contributions to charitable organizations or by donating time and energy to helping those in need

greek root:  gyne
            (woman)

• gynecologist: the medical specialist who treats female disorders

greek root:   gamos
            (marriage)

• monogamy: the custom of only one marriage (at a time)

• bigamy: two marriages-in actuality, the unlawful act of contracting another marriage without divorcing one's current legal spouse

• polygamy: many marriages

• polygyny: [ polys (many) + gyne (woman) ] - the man has as many wives as he can afford financially and/or emotionally (very rarely used word)

• polyandry: [ polys (many) + andros (male) ] - a woman has two or more husbands

making friends with suffixes

Person	Practice, etc	Adjective
misanthrope or misanthropist	misanthropy	misanthropic
misogynist	misogyny	misogynous or misogynistic
gynecologist	gynecology	gynecological
monogamist	monogamy	monogamous
bigamist	bigamy	bigamous
polygamist	polygamy	polygamous
polygynist	polygyny	polygynous
polyandrist	polyandry	polyandrous
philanthropist	philanthropy	philanthropic
anthropologist	anthropology	anthropological

living alone and liking it

greek root:  asketes
           (monk or hermit)

• ascetic: a monk lives a lonely life - not for him, the pleasure of the fleshpots, the laughter and merriment of convivial gatherings, the dissipation of high living. rather days of contemplation, study, and rough toil, nights on a hard bed in a simple cell, and the kind of self-denial that leads to a purification of the soul.

  • asceticism (the practice)

  • ascetic (adj)

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Helping Words

• perilous: full of danger or risk.

• southpaw: a left-handed boxer who leads with the right hand.

• stuttering: A speech disorder involving frequent problems with the normal fluency and flow of speech.

• clumsiness: the quality of being awkward or careless in one's movements.

• bumbling (adj): acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent.

• finesse: impressive delicacy and skill.

• fleshpots: places providing luxurious or hedonistic living.

• merriment: gaiety and fun.

• gaiety: the state or quality of being light-hearted or cheerful.

• convivial: friendly, lively, and enjoyable.

• dissipation: overindulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipated living.

• toil: work extremely hard or incessantly.

• incessantly: without interruption; constantly.

• austerity:

  1. sternness or severity of manner or attitude

  2. difficult economic conditions

• frugality: the quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness.

• rigorous: extremely thorough and careful.