Word Power Chapter 11 Sessions 28-31 How To Insult Your Enemies Basic 10 Words

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Word Power Chapter 11Sessions 28-31How To
Insult Your EnemiesBasic 10 Words
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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 doesnt 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

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Session 29

• 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

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More Session 29

• Patriotic- English- to be normally proud of ones
  country
• Pater/patris- Latin- father
• Mony- Latin- from the Roman Goddess Juno Moneta
  who guarded the temples of finance
• Patrimony- English- an inheritance from ones
  father
• Onyma- Greek- name
• Patronymic- English- a name formed from the
  fathers 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

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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 ones father

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Session 29 Never Dies

• 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. Whats the literal meaning of
  this word?)
• Matricide- English- the killing of ones mother

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Session 29 As long as were talking about murder
anyway

• 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

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Session 29- Almost there!

• Rex, regis- Latin- king
• Regicide- English- killing of a ruler
• Uxor- Latin- wife
• Uxoricide- English- killing of ones 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

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Session 30

• Fraternize- English- to have a brotherly
  relationship with
• Fraternal- English- brotherly
• Fraternity- English- a mens organization usually
  found in college
• Sorority- English- ???
• Uxorious- English- describing a man who caters to
  his wifes 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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More Session 30

• 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

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Session 30- Are you scared yet?

• 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

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Session 31

• 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 mans image
• Theology- English- the study of God or religion

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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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