Word Power Made Easy Flashcards
egoist
believes in self-advancement
egotist
talks about accomplishments
altruist
is interested in the welfare of others
introvert
turns thoughts inward
extrovert
turns thoughts outward
ambivert
turns thoughts both inward and outward
misanthrope
hates people
misogynist
hates women
misogamist
hates marriage
ascetic
does not pursue pleasures of the flesh
Ego
One’s concept of oneself
Egocentric
You consider yourself to be the center of the universe
Egomaniac
you carry egoism to such an extreme that your needs, desires, and interests have become a morbid obsession, a mania.
Mania
Morbid obsession
Alter
Other, to change
Altruistic
look toward the benefit of others.
Alternate
you skip one and take the other,
Alteration
Making a change
Altercation
Verbal dispute about other ideas heatedly
Alter ego
refers to someone with whom you are so close that you both do the same things, think alike, react similarly, and are, in temperament, almost mirror images of each other.
Altruism
Philosophy of putting another’s welfare above their own