| A | B |
notorious,
| infamous; unfavorably known |
consummate,
| finished; perfect; artistic |
incorrigible,
| beyond reform |
inveterate,
| from long-standing habit |
congenital,
| from birth |
chronic,
| continuing over a long period of time; recurring |
pathological,
| diseased |
glib,
| suspiciously smooth |
unconscionable,
| without conscience or scruples |
egregious,
| outstandingly bad or vicious |
| notoriety | ill fame |
| to consummate (v) | bring to completion; top off |
| consummancy | state of artistic height |
| incorrigibility | state of being beyond reform or correction |
| inveteracy | state of being long established in a habit |
| genetics | science of heredity |
| genealogy | study of ancestry |
| genital | referring to reproduction; or to the reproductive or sexual organs |
| genesis | beginning; origin |
| hereditary | referring to characteristics passed on to offspring by parents |
| gene | particle that transmits hereditary characteristics |
| chronicity | condition of continual or repeated recurrence |
| anachronism | something or someone out of time |
| incongruity | something out of place |
| chronology | condition of continual or repeated recurrence |
| synchronization | act of occurring at the same time |
| pathology | disease; study of disease |
| sympathy | a sharing or understanding of another’s feeling |
| telepathy | ESP; communication from a distance |
| pathologist | one who examines tissue to diagnose disease |
| antipathy | hostility; strong dislike |
| apathy | lack of feeling; non-responsiveness |
| empathy | identification with another’s feelings |
| synchronize | happen at the same time or rate |
| empathize | share another’s feelings so strongly as to experience those feelings oneself |
| incongruous | out of place |
| pathetic | suffering; arousing sympathy or pity |
| telepathic | relating to extrasensory perception |
| omniscience | ; infinite knowledge |
precience,
| foreknowledge |
| nescience | ignorance |
| congregation | religious group; a massing together |
| gregariousness | friendliness; enjoyment of mixing with people |
| segregation | exclusion from the herd; a setting apart |
| aggregate | total; mass; whole |