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• no reverence

• is there a god?

• how to know

• getting back to god

• of sex and the tongue

• of sex and the itch :

• under and over :

• Helping Words

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no reverence

• iconoclast : sneers at conventions and traditions.

  root:  eikon           +     klaein
        (religious image)     (to break)

  Note: iconoclasm is not restricted to religion.

is there a god?

• atheist:

  greek root:    a-             +   theos
              (negative prefix)     (god)

  • atheism

• agnosticism: the philosophy that claims that god is unknowable, that he may or he may not exist.

• agnostic (n): does not deny the existence of a deity, but simply holds that no proof can be adduced one way or the other.

how to know

• agnostic (adj):

  greek root:    gnostos   +     a-
                 (known)      (negative prefix)

  • (unknown)

• diagnosis: knowing through examination or testing.

  greek root:  dia      +   gnosis
              (through)    (knowledge)

• prognosis: knowing beforehand, hence a prediction. [as in , the effect of medicine prescribed]

• diagnose (verb)

• prognosticate (verb):

  To use the verb prognosticate correctly, be sure that your meaning involves the forecasting of developments from a consideration of symptoms or conditions - whether the problem is physical, mental, political, economical, psychological, or what have you.

  • prognostication (noun)

• diagnostician: medical specialist in diagnosis

getting back to god

theos (god), is also found in:

1. monotheism: belief in one god

   • monotheist (the person)

   • monotheistic (adj)

2. polytheism: belief in many gods

   • polytheist (the person)

   • polytheistic (adj)

3. pantheism: belief that god is not in man's image, but is a combination of all forces of the universe.

   root:  pan   +  theos
         (all)     (god)

   • pantheist (the person)

   • pantheistic (adj)

4. theology: the study of god and religion.

   root:  theos  +   logos
          (god)     (science or study)

   • theologian (the student)

   • theological (adj)

of sex and the tongue

• A lecher practices lechery

  root: old french lechier (to lick)

  • lecherous (Adj)

1. libidinous:

   root: libido (pleasure)

2. lascivious:

   root: lascivia (wantonness)

3. lubricious: slippery (from lubricus)

   • lubricity (noun)

   • lubricate

4. licentious: to be permitted

   root : licere

   • licentious: permission

   • illicit: not permitted

5. lewd:

   root (anglo-saxon): lewed (vile)

6. lustful: pleasure, desire (anglo-saxon root)

   • lust (noun)

NOTE: libidinous, lascivious, lubricious, licentious, lewd, lecherous, lustful are seven adjectives that indicates sexual desire and/or activity. The implications of all seven words is more or less derogatory.

of sex and the itch :

• prurient: someone who is filled with great sexual curiosity, desire, longing, etc.

  • prurience (noun)

    latin root: prurio (to itch)

• pruritis: a medical condition in which the skin is very itchy, but without a rash or eruptions.

  • pruritic (adj)

under and over :

• hypochondria : root greek [hypos (under) + chondros (the cartilage of the breast-bone)]

  greek root:  hypos   +   chondros
              (under)     (the cartilage of the breast-bone)

  This may sound farfetched until you realize that under the breastbone is the abdomen; the ancient Greeks believed that morbid anxiety about one's health arose in the abdomen - and no one is more morbidly unceasingly, and unhappily anxious about health than the hypochondriac.

  • hypochondriac or hypochondriacal (adj)

• hypodermic: needle penetrates under the skin

• a hypothyroid person has an underworking thyroid gland.

• hypotension is abnormally low blood pressure.

root: [ hyper (over) ]

• hypercritical person is excessively fault-finding

• hyperthyroidism is an overworking of the thyroid gland.

• hypertension: high blood pressure.

adjectives

• hypotensive

• hypertensive

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Helping Words

• vile (adj): - extremely unpleasant - morally bad; wicked - of little worth or value

• adduces (v) : cite as evidence

• sham(s):

  • (n): a thing that is not what it is purported to be

  • (v): falsely present something as the truth

• cite: refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.

• longing: a gearing desire

• cartilage: ( उपास्थि ) (नरम हड्डी ) (कड़ी लचीली हड्डी )

• beset: trouble persistently (सताना)

  e.g. the social problems that beset the UK.