Word Power Chapter 11
Sessions 28-31
How To Insult Your
Enemies
Basic 10 Words
Session 28
• Martinet- strict disciplinarian, drill-sergeant
• Sycophant- kiss-up, bootlicker, brown-noser
• Dilettante- one who dabbles in the fine arts; not a
professional
• Virago- a loud-mouthed, shrewish woman
• Chauvinist- absurdly devoted to your own beliefs and
affiliations
• Monomaniac- obsessed with one thing
• Iconoclast- going against established traditions and beliefs
• Atheist- one who doesn’t believe in God or a higher power
• Lecher- a promiscuous person (usually a male)
• Hypochondriac- a person who always believes (incorrectly)
that they are sick
• Exercises pg. 287-289
Session 29
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Sykon- Greek- fig
Phanein- Greek- to show (pg. 290)
Dia- prefix- through
Diaphanous- English- describing material that is filmy, gauzy, or see
through
Diletarre- Italian- to delight
Tyro- English- inexperienced beginner
Virtuoso- English- one who is exceptional in a field, highly-skilled
Libretto- Italian/English- the story of an opera
Concerto- Italian/English- a musical composition
Vir- Latin- man
Termagant & Harridan- English- synonyms for Virago
More Session 29
• Patriotic- English- to be normally proud of one’s country
• Pater/patris- Latin- father
• Mony- Latin- from the Roman Goddess Juno Moneta who guarded the
temples of finance
• Patrimony- English- an inheritance from one’s father
• Onyma- Greek- name
• Patronymic- English- a name formed from the father’s name (usually with
–son on the end)
• Syn- prefix- with or together
• Synonym- English- a word similar in meaning to another
• Anti- prefix- against
• Antonym- English- a word of opposite meaning
• Homos- Greek- the same
• Homonym/ Homophone- English- a word that sounds like another but has
different meanings
Even More Session 29
• Paternity- English- fatherhood
• Patriarch- English- a man in a ruling position;
head of the family
• Archein- Greek- to rule
• Caedo- Latin- to kill
• Patricide- English- the killing of one’s father
Session 29 Never Dies
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Mater/Matris- Latin- mother
Matriarch- English- the mother-ruler
Maternity- English- motherhood
Maternal- English- motherly
Matron- English- an older woman, usually out of child-bearing
years
Alma- Latin- spirit, soul
Alma Mater- English/Latin- the school or college from which
one has graduated
Matrimony- English- marriage (notice the root mony in the
word. What’s the literal meaning of this word?)
Matricide- English- the killing of one’s mother
Session 29 As long as we’re talking
about murder anyway…
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Sui- Latin- oneself
Suicide- English- the killing of oneself
Frater/fratris- Latin- brother
Fratricide- English- ???
Soror- Latin- sister
Sororicide- English- ???
Homicide- English- the killing of another person
Murder- implies intent and premeditation
Manslaughter- accidental and without intent
Session 29- Almost there!
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Rex, regis- Latin- king
Regicide- English- killing of a ruler
Uxor- Latin- wife
Uxoricide- English- killing of one’s wife
Maritus- Latin- husband
Mariticide- English- ???
Infans/ Infantis- Latin- ???
Infanticide- English- ???
Genos- Latin- race, kind
Genocide- English- the killing of a whole race or nation
Parricide- English- the killing of either or both parents
Exercises- pg. 297-305
Session 30
• Fraternize- English- to have a brotherly relationship with
• Fraternal- English- brotherly
• Fraternity- English- a men’s organization usually found in
college
• Sorority- English- ???
• Uxorious- English- describing a man who caters to his wife’s
every wish and demand
• Marital- English-referring to marriage
• Extramarital- English- referring to something outside of the
marriage
• Premarital- English- referring to something that happens
before a marriage
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pg. 307 of Cabbages and Kings
Regal- English- splendid, fit for a king
Regalia- English- the dress or insignia of royalty or the military
Monos- Greek- one
Dipsa- Greek- thirst
Dipsomania- English- more commonly referred to as alcoholism
Klepte- Greek- thief
Kleptomania- English- a morbid compulsion to steal
Pyros- Greek- fire
Pyromania- English- an obsession with setting fires
Incendo, incensus- Latin- to set fire
Incendiary- English- a typically antisocial person who sets fires for revenge
Ardo, arsus- Latin- to burn
Arson- English- the felony of setting fire to property for monetary gain
Megas- Greek- big, large
Megalomania- English- morbid delusions of grandeur, power, and importance
Session 30- Are you scared yet?
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Phobia- Greek/ English- morbid fear
Claustrum- Latin- enclosed space
Claustrophobia- English- ???
Agora- Greek- market place
Agoraphobia- English- dread of open spaces
Akros- Greek- highest
Acrophobia- English- fear of heights
See pg. 527 for more phobias
Exercises pg- 311-317
Session 31
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Eikon- Greek- a religious image
Klaein- Greek- to break
Theo- Greek- God
Gnostos- Greek- known
Agnostic- English- does not believe or disbelieve in God
Diagnosis- English- knowing through testing or screening
Prognosis- English- a prediction of how a disease or disorder will develop
Monotheism- English- belief in one God
Polytheism- English- a belief in many Gods
Pan- Latin- all
Pantheism- English- the belief that God is everything in the universe, not
in man’s image
• Theology- English- the study of God or religion
More Session 31
• Hypos- Greek- under
• Chondros- Greek- the cartilage of the breastbone
• Hypothyroidism- English- one who has an under-working
thyroid gland
• Hypotension- English- abnormally low blood pressure
• Hyper- Greek- over
• Hypercritical- English- one who is excessively fault-finding
• Hyperacidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitive, etc.
• Exercises pg. 322-329
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