Word Power Sessions 14-17

Question 1

notorious lier

Answer 1

infamous for lying, tendency to lie is well known

Question 2

notorious

Answer 2

widely but unfavorably known

Question 3

notus

Answer 3

known

Question 4

noted industrialists

Answer 4

business executives

Question 5

notorious exploiters

Answer 5

enemies

Question 6

childlike

Answer 6

unworldliness (positive)

Question 7

childish

Answer 7

unworldliness (negative)

Question 8

consummate lier

Answer 8

lies with great skill

Question 9

summit

Answer 9

top of a mountain

Question 10

summus

Answer 10

highest

Question 11

sum

Answer 11

addition

Question 12

consummate artist

Answer 12

one who has achieved the highest point of perfection

Question 13

to consummate

Answer 13

to bring to the highest point, to bring to the highest completion

Question 14

incorrigible lier

Answer 14

lying is beyond correction

Question 15

incorrigible

Answer 15

unable to reform or correct

Question 16

corrigo

Answer 16

to connect, set straight

Question 17

in

Answer 17

negative prefix /// intensifying prefix /// in

Question 18

inveterate lier

Answer 18

lying is an unbreakable habit

Question 19

vetus

Answer 19

old (v)

Question 20

senex

Answer 20

old (s)

Question 21

veteran

Answer 21

an hold hand at the game, skillful

Question 22

congenital lier

Answer 22

been lying since birth

Question 23

genesis

Answer 23

birth or origin

Question 24

genetics

Answer 24

the science that treats of the transmission of hereditary characteristics from parents to offspring

Question 25

gene

Answer 25

the particle in the chromosome of the germ cell containing hereditary characteristics

Question 26

genealogy

Answer 26

the study of family trees or ancestral origins

Question 27

logos

Answer 27

science, study of

Question 28

genital

Answer 28

sexual organs

Question 29

con

Answer 29

with or together

Question 30

congenital defect

Answer 30

occurs the 9 month birth process

Question 31

hereditary characteristics

Answer 31

acquired at the moment of conception, determined by genes

Question 32

thalidomide

Answer 32

baby resulting from the use of a drug by a pregnant woman

Question 33

pathological lier

Answer 33

feels like they have to lie for no good reason, lying is like a disease

Question 34

chronos

Answer 34

time

Question 35

anachronism

Answer 35

something out of date, belonging to a different era

Question 36

unconscionable lier

Answer 36

does not regret lying

Question 37

incongruity

Answer 37

something or state of being out of place

Question 38

gruous

Answer 38

to agree or correspond

Question 39

chronological

Answer 39

in correct time or order

Question 40

chronology

Answer 40

a calendar of events in order of occurrence

Question 41

chronologist

Answer 41

expert in the field of chronology

Question 42

chronometer

Answer 42

a highly accurate timepiece used on ships

Question 43

metron

Answer 43

measurement

Question 44

chronometry

Answer 44

the measurement of time

Question 45

syn

Answer 45

together

Question 46

synchronize

Answer 46

to time together

Question 47

glib lier

Answer 47

lies smoothly, fluently

Question 48

pathological

Answer 48

diseased

Question 49

pathology

Answer 49

the science or study of disease

Question 50

pathologist

Answer 50

expert who examines tissue

Question 51

pathos

Answer 51

disease, suffering, feeling

Question 52

sympathetic

Answer 52

suffering or feeling with someone

Question 53

anti

Answer 53

against

Question 54

antipathy

Answer 54

feeling of strong dislike or hostility

Question 55

apathetic

Answer 55

indifference, lack of interest or emotion

Question 56

empathy

Answer 56

when you are so sensitive that you experience other people’s feelings

Question 57

en

Answer 57

in

Question 58

pathetic

Answer 58

one who arouses sympathy or pity

Question 59

telepathy

Answer 59

reading ones mind

Question 60

tele

Answer 60

distance

Question 61

telepathic

Answer 61

feeling each other’s thoughts from a distance

Question 62

ana

Answer 62

negative

Question 63

psychopaths

Answer 63

people who commit antisocial acts, but are not troubled by guilt

Question 64

scio

Answer 64

to know

Question 65

sciens

Answer 65

knowing

Question 66

conscience

Answer 66

knowledge of your moral sense of right and wrong

Question 67

unconscionable

Answer 67

your conscience is not working

Question 68

conscious

Answer 68

knowledge of ones emotions

Question 69

science

Answer 69

knowledge

Question 70

omnis

Answer 70

all

Question 71

omniscient

Answer 71

all knowing

Question 72

prescient

Answer 72

knowing of events before they occur

Question 73

nescient

Answer 73

not knowing, ignorant

Question 74

chronic lier

Answer 74

lies over and over again

Question 75

glib

Answer 75

slippery

Question 76

egregious lier

Answer 76

says horrible and vicious lies

Question 77

grex, gregis

Answer 77

herd, flock

Question 78

e

Answer 78

out

Question 79

egregious

Answer 79

something so vicious that it stands out from the flock

Question 80

gregarious

Answer 80

likes being surrounded by people

Question 81

congregate

Answer 81

to put together a group

Question 82

segregate

Answer 82

to take apart a group

Question 83

se

Answer 83

apart

Question 84

aggregate

Answer 84

to come together towards the group

Question 85

as-, ag

Answer 85

to, toward

Question 86

congregation

Answer 86

a religious group

Question 87

pre-

Answer 87

before

Question 88

se-

Answer 88

apart

Question 89

e-, ex-

Answer 89

out

Question 90

mentron

Answer 90

measurement

Question 91

sympathy

Answer 91

a sharing or understanding of another’s feelings