Word Pieces – Week One Preview
What word best describes your personality if you:
• Are interested solely in your own welfare?
• Constantly talk about yourself?
• Dedicate your life to helping others?
• Turn your mind inward?
• Turn your mind outward?
• Hate humanity?
• Hate women?
• Lead a lonely, austere existence?
Mon.
Word Pieces for Week One
How to Talk about Personality Types
Prefix, Root, Suffix
Meaning
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Ego
Alter
IntroExtroVerto
AmbiMisein
Anthropos
Gyne
Gamos
Asketes
Centrum
self, I
Other
Inside
Outside
Turn
Both
Hate
Humankind
Woman
Marriage
Monk
Center
Mon.
Word Pieces for Week One
How to Talk about Personality Types
Prefix, Root, Suffix
Meaning
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Mania
Dexter
Sinister
Gauche
Droit
Monos
BiPolys
Andros
-ist
-y
-ous
-ity
Madness
Right hand
Left hand
Left hand
Right hand
One
Two
Many
Male
Person who (noun suffix)
Practice, custom, etc. (noun
suffix)
24. Adjective suffix
25. Quality, condition, etc. (noun
suffix)
Mon.
1. Egoist
2. Egotist
3. Altruist
4. Introvert
5. Extrovert
6. Ambivert
7. Misanthrope
8. Misogynist
9. Misogamist
10. Ascetic
Mon.
1. Egoist – believes in self-advancement
2. Egotist – talks about accomplishments
3. Altruist - is interested in the welfare of others
4. Introvert – turns thoughts inward
5. Extrovert – turns thoughts outward
6. Ambivert – turns thoughts both inward and outward
7. Misanthrope – hates people
8. Misogynist – hates women
9. Misogamist – hates marriage
10. Ascetic - does not pursue pleasures of the flesh
Mon.
Bellringer
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2.
Is an egoist selfish?
Is modesty one of the
characteristics of the egotist?
3. Is an altruist selfish?
4. Does an introvert pay much
attentions to himself?
5. Does an extrovert prefer
solitude to companionship?
6. Are most people ambiverts?
7. Does a misanthrope like people?
8. Does a misogynist enjoy the
company of a woman?
9. Does an ascetic lead a life of
luxury?
10. Does a misogamist try to avoid
marriage?
1. YES
2. NO
3. NO
4. YES
5. NO
6. YES
7. NO
8. NO
9. NO
10. YES
Tuesday – Guided Practice
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2.
Who lives a lonely, austere life?
Whose interests are turned
outward?
3. Who is supremely selfish?
4. Who hates people?
5. Whose interests are turned
both inward and outwards?
6. Who is incredibly conceited?
7. Who is more interested in the
welfare of others than in his
own?
8. Who hates women?
9. Whose interests are turned
inward?
10. Who hates marriage?
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Ascetic
Extrovert
Egoist
Misanthrope
Ambivert
Egotist
Altruist
Misogynist
Introvert
Misogamist
Practice with Similar Words
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Ego
Egocentric
Altruism
To alternate
To alter
altercation
a) One who is excessively
fixated on her own
desires, needs, etc.
b) To change
c) Argument
d) One’s concept of oneself
e) To take one, skip one,
etc.
f) Philosophy of putting
another’s welfare above
one’s own
More Practice with Similar Words
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Egomaniacal
Altruistic
Alternative
Alteration
Alter ego
Alternate (adj.)
a) A change
b) Other possible
c) Interested in the
welfare of others
d) One’s other self
e) A choice
f) Morbidly, obsessively
wrapped up in oneself
Bellringer - Wednesday
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Is rejection usually a blow to one’s ego?
Are egocentric people easy to get along with?
Does an egomaniac have a normal personality?
Are egomaniacal tendencies a sign of maturity?
Is altruism a characteristic of selfish people?
Are altruistic tendencies common to egoists?
Is an alternate plan necessarily inferior?
Does an alternative allow you some freedom of
choice?
9. Does alteration imply keeping things the same?
10. Does excitable people often engage in
altercations?
11. Is your alter ego usually quite similar to yourself?
1. YES
2. NO
3. NO
4. NO
5. NO
6. NO
7. NO
8. YES
9. NO
10. YES
11. YES
Wednesday – Guided Practice
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one’s other self
To change
A heated dispute
Excessively, morbidly
obsessed with one’s own
needs, desires, or ambitions
Unselfish; more interested in
the welfare of others than in
one’s own
Utterly involved with oneself;
self-centered
A choice
One who substitutes for
another
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Alter ego
Alter
Altercation
Egomaniacal
Altruistic
Egocentric
Alternative
alternate
Various Forms of Words
Person
Practice, etc.
1. Misanthrope
or
misanthropist
2. Misogynist
3. Gynecologist
4. Monogamist
5. Bigamist
6. Polygamist
7. Polygynist
8. Polyandrist
9. Philanthropist
10. anthropologist
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-ist = person
Misanthropy
Misogyny
Gynecology
Monogamy
Bigamy
Polygamy
Polygyny
Polyandry
Philanthropy
anthropology
-y = practice, attitude, etc.
Adjective
1. Misanthropic
2. Misogynous or
misogynistic
3. Gynecological
4. Monogamous
5. Bigamous
6. Polygamous
7. Polygynous
8. Polyandrous
9. Philanthropic
10. Anthropological
-ic or –ous = adjective
Wednesday – Guided Practice
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Ambidextrous
Dexterous
Sinister
Gauche
Misanthropic
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
evil, threatening
Hating mankind
Skillful
Awkward
Capable of using both
hands with equal skill
Wednesday – Guided Practice
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Anthropology
Gynecology
Monogamy
Bigamy
Misogyny
a) System of only one
marriage
b) Hatred of women
c) Illegal plurality of
marriages
d) Study of human
development
e) Study of female
ailments
Wednesday – Guided Practice
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Polygamy
Misogamy
Asceticism
Philanthropy
adroitness
a) Devotion to a lonely
and austere life
b) Skill, cleverness
c) Custom in which one
man has many wives
d) Love of mankind
e) Hatred of marriage
Wednesday – Guided Practice
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5.
Polygynist
Polyandrist
Anthropologist
Gynecologist
Philanthropist
a) Student of the
development of
mankind
b) One who engages in
charitable works
c) Male with a plurality
of wives
d) Women’s doctor
e) Female with a plurality
of husbands
Bellringer - Thursday
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Can ambidextrous people use either the left of right hand
equally well?
Should a surgeon be manually dexterous?
Is a sinister-looking person frightening?
Is gaucherie a social asset?
Is an adroit speaker likely to be a successful lawyer?
Is a student of anthropology interested in primitive tribes?
Does a gynecologist have more male than female patients?
Is monogamy the custom in Western countries?
Is a misogamist likely to show tendencies toward polygamy?
Is a bigamist breaking the law?
Is a philanthropist generally altruistic?
Does a misanthropist enjoy human relationships?
Does a misogynist enjoy female companionships?
Are unmarried people necessarily misogamous?
Are bachelors necessarily misogynous?
Is asceticism compatible with luxurious living and the pursuit of
pleasure?
Does a polyandrist have more than one husband?
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YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES
Thursday – Quiz Review
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Philosophy of living austerely
Hatred of women
Hatred of marriage
Hatred of humankind
Skillful
Awkward
Evil, threatening
Describing hatred of women
Skill
Pertaining to hatred of marriage
Pertaining to hatred of mankind
Social custom of plural marriage
Unlawful state of having more than one
spouse
Doctor specializing in female disorders
Custom of one marriage at a time
One who hates the human race
Able to use both hands with equal skill
Study of humankind
One who loves humankind
Skill in the use of both hands
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Asceticism
Misogyny
Misogamy
Misanthropy
Dexterous
Gauche
Sinister
Misogynous or misogynistic
Adroitness
Misogamous
Mistanthrophic
Polygamy/polyandry/polygyny
Bigamy
Gynecologist
Monogamy
Misanthropist/misanthrope
Ambidextrous
anthropolology
Philanthropist
ambidexterity
Teacher Planning
• Mon: teacher gives roots and meaning,
students come up with words they know,
teacher goes over slide 1, slides 4-5
• Tues: BR slide 6, whole class slides 7-9
• Wed: BR slide 11, whole class slides 11-16
• Thurs: BR slide 17, whole class slide 18,
• Fri: quiz