Discovering Aptitude !

MY WORDLIST!

1. EGOIST:

That person is called EGOIST whose every activity depends on just one simple question, “What’s there in for me?” He is not bothered whether some one gets hurt by his selfish, greedy or ruthless attitude. All he knows that he want his share and he won’t give it up no matter what happens.

2. EGOTIST:

This person just praises himself. He keeps telling about his achievements, his assets, his quality, his money, his car, his house, his wife, his children, his office and what not. He never gets tired appreciating himself and telling about himself and his belongings.

*: In order to differentiate between EGOIST and EGOTIST; look at fourth letter of both the words. In the first word it is “I “and in the second it “T “.

I à What’s there in for me (I)

Tà (T) Talks or (T) Tells too much.

3. ALTRUIST:

He is happy in doing welfare of others. He in not bothered about himself and his own needs and desires. Helping and Loving others is his main aim of life.

4. INTROVERT:

This person is unsocial and reserved. He his happy with himself and remains in his own world. He spends considerable amount of time analyzing himself. At times he is bit moody. But like every other normal person he wants to be loved and liked.

5. EXTROVERT:

His thoughts, his interests and his entire personality are turned outwards. He easily gets mixed with people. He is life of any party. He loves to make friends in fact lots of friends. He can very easily become a counselor, teacher, friend, guide, entertainer, leader, brother, son, donor and what not depending upon the situation.

6. AMBIVERT:

This person seems to have both the qualities of INTROVERT as well as EXTROVERT. As and when situation demands he is ready to change his attitude and switches over to desired category. He his highly flexible. Sometimes stays within himself where as sometimes he is open to the world.

7. MISANTHROPE:

This person is good for nothing. He hates every one. According to him no one is perfect and no one is good either. He finds faults not only in humans but in every thing dealing with humans. Thus the bottom line is that he is the biggest hater of human kind.

8. MISOGYNIST:

These men hate women. Although they are not MISOGYNIST by birth. Actually its in their dim past that they were crossed, scorned or deeply wounded by a woman that forced them to carefully develop their defense against further hurt.

9. MISGAMIST:

Such kind of persons does not believe in marriages. They can be good lovers, good roommates, and good colleague or may be good flat-sharing members but lawfully wedded spouses. Its not that they are not committed. In fact they feel that commitment is much deeper and meaningful if freedom is available without judicial proceedings. Their punch line is “Marriage is an institution and who wants to live in an institution.”

10. ABSTINENCE:

Restraint from indulging a desire for something, e.g. alcohol or sexual relations

11. ASCETIC:

They take least amount of simplest of food because they feel that it’s sufficient to keep body and soul together. They offer high degree of abstinence to earthly pleasures and fleshy pleasures.

12. EGOCENTRIC:

Extreme form of EGOIST.

13. ALTERNATE:

Skipping one and taking the other.

14. ALTERNATIVE:

Having no other choice.

15. ALTERATION:

Sort of change or making into something other.

16. ALTERCATION:

Sort of verbal dispute. It is stronger than quarrel or dispute.

17. ALTER-EGO:

Generally refers to someone to whom you are so close that you both do same things, think alike, react similarly and are in temperament. In short you both are mirror images of each other.

18. VERTO:

To turn

19. DEXTEROUS:

Skilful.

20. DEXTERITY:

Skill

21 DEXTER.

Right-Hand.

*: NOTE: Left hand is still used as synonym with awkward.

22. AMBIDEXTROUS (both hands are right hands)

Able to use both hands with equal skill.

23. SINISTER.

Threatening, Evil, Dangerous or Left-Hand (Latin)

24. GAUCHE (French)

Left-Hand.

25 GOSH:

Someone having social clumsiness.

26. DROIT (French)

Right-Hand.

27. ADROIT:

Someone who is quick-witted can get out of difficult spots quickly and can handle situations ingeniously.

28. ANTHROPOLOGY.

The study of development of human race.

29. PHILANTHROPIST:

One who loves mankind or someone who makes substantial financial contribution to charitable organizations or someone who donates his time and energy to help those in need?

30. GYNECOLOGIST:

A medical specialist who treats female disorders.

31. MONOGAMY:

The custom of only one marriage.

32. BIGAMY:

The custom of two marriages.

33. MONOGAMY:

The custom of many marriages.

34. POLYGYNY:

A man having many wives.

35. POLYANDRY:

A woman having many husbands.

36. ASCETIC:

A person like MONK who lives a lonely life and denies all personal pleasures of life.

37. OBSTETRICIAN:

This specialist delivers the baby and takes care of the mother during and immediately after the period of pregnancy

38. PAEDIATRICIAN:

This specialist limits his practice to youngsters, taking care of babies directly after birth, supervising their diet and watching over their growth and development.

39. DERMATOLOGIST:

This specialist treats all skin diseases.

40. OPTHALMOLOGIST:

This physician has specialty in curing visions of disorder (myopia, cataracts, glaucoma) etc. He may prescribe glasses, administer drugs or perform surgery.

41. ORTHROPADEIST:

This specialist deals with the skeletal structure of body. He may treat bone fractures, slipped discs, dislocations of hip etc and may correct a condition either by a surgery or by the use of braces or other appliances.

42. CARDIOLOGIST:

This specialist treats disorders of heart and circulatory system.

43. NEUROLOGIST:

This physician specializes in the treatment of disorders of the brain, spinal cord and rest of the nervous system.

44. PSYCHIATRIST:

This specialist attempts to alleviate mental and emotional disturbances by various techniques occasionally drugs more often group and private psychotherapy.

45. GYNE:

Another word for woman in GREEK.

46. LOGOS:

Another word for science in GREEK.

47. MIDWIVES:

It refers to women who stand as labor to aid the delivery of infant.

48. OBSTETRIX:

Another word for mid-wives in LATIN.

49. ICIAN:

It means expert.

50. PAIDOS:

Another word for child in GREEK.

51. IATREIA:

Another word for medical healing in GREEK.

52. AGOGOS:

It means leading.

53. PEDAGOGY:

It means leading of children. Leading in general means teaching them, undertaking their development, inculcating social and moral values. First it’s done by parents, then by relatives and then by teachers.

54. PEDIS:

Another word for foot in LATIN.

55. PEDESTAL:

Foot of furniture or base of furniture.

56. PEDAL

Foot operated level of a machine.

57. PEDESTRIAN:

Somebody who is walking on foot.

*: NOTE: Latin pedis has no relationship with Greek paidos.

58. PEDAGOUGE:

It used to mean neutral teacher but now it has deteriorated to narrow minded or old fashioned teacher.

59. DEMAGOUGE:

It used to mean a good political leader. But now it has deteriorated to a politician who mislead people or foments discontent among masses.

60. DERMA:

Another word for skin

61. HYPODERMIC:

Skin penetrates under the skin

62. EPIDERMIS:

Outermost layer of skin.

63. TAXIDERMIST:

Someone who mounts the stuff prepared from the skins of animals.

64. PACHYDERM:

It is an animal with unusually thick skin.

65. OPHTH:

A Greek word for eye.

66. OCULAR:

Another adjective that refers to eye.

67. MONOCLE:

Refers to single lens. It was in trend in old English films to symbolize an upper class person.

68. BINOCULARS:

Lens that increase the range of eyes.

69. INNOCULATE:

When you are inoculated against a disease, a ‘eye’ or a hole is punctured in your skin to inject the serum.

70. OPTOMETRIST:

They do not perform eye surgery. They test vision, undertake various tests for glaucoma and prescribe and fit glasses.

71. ORTHROS:

Greek word for straight.

72. PAIDOS:

Greek word for Child.

73. ORTHRODONTIST:

Straightening of teeth.

74. KARDIA:

A Greek word for heart.

75. CARDIOGRAM:

An electrically produced record of the heart beat.

76. CARDIOGRAPH:

The instrument that produces the cardiograph..

77. NEURON:

A Greek word for nerve.

78. NEUROLAGIA:

An acute pain along the nerves and its branches.

79. NEURITIS:

Inflammation of nerves.

80. NEUROSIS:

It has nothing to do with nerves. In fact it is an illness characterized by excessive use of energy for unproductive purposes so that personality development is hindered like counting the money, plotting a revenge etc.

81. PSYCHOSIS:

A full blown mental disorder.

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