Unit 2 Lesson 19

Question 0

Bibliophile

Answer 0

One who loves books; a book collector.

*the opposite is a biblioclast

Question 1

Acrophobia

Answer 1

Abnormally intense fear of being in high places

Question 2

Agoraphobia

Answer 2

Fear of open spaces

Question 3

Claustrophobia

Answer 3

A abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces.

Question 4

Francophile

Answer 4

An admirer of France, its people and its customs.

Question 5

Hydrophobia

Answer 5

Fear of water; rabies

Question 6

Misanthropy

Answer 6

Hatred, or distrust of mankind

Question 7

Philanthropist

Answer 7

One who loves mankind and has the means to support worthy causes

Question 8

Misogyny

Answer 8

Hatred of women

Question 9

Paranoid

Answer 9

Showing unreasonable distrust, suspicion, or an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance.

Question 10

Philately

Answer 10

The collection and study of postage stamps, postmarks and related materials.

Question 11

Philistine

Answer 11

A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is held to be indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values; boorish or barbarous; an ignoramus or outsider.

Question 12

Philogyny

Answer 12

Love of fondness for women

Question 13

Philology

Answer 13

Historical and comparative linguistic; the study of human speech, especially as the vehicle of literature or classical learning.

Question 14

Russophobia

Answer 14

Dislike or fear of Russia or its policies

Question 15

Triskaidekaphobia

Answer 15

Fear of the number 13

Question 16

Xenophobia

Answer 16

An unusual fear or contempt of strangers or foreigners, especially as reflected in one’s political or cultural views.