| A | B |
|---|
| hypochondriac | emotional disorder is reflected in non-organic or imaginary bodily ailments |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| lecher | a lewd and sexually aggressive male |
| sycophant | a toady to people of wealth or power |
| atheist | a disbeliever in God |
| dilettante | a dabbler in the arts |
| virago | a shrewish, loud-mouthed female |
| iconoclast | a scoffer at tradition |
| monomaniac | person with a one-track mind |
| chauvinist | a blatant super patriot |
| patricide | father-killing |
| uxoricide | wife-killing |
| matron | mature woman |
| termagant | turbulent female |
| harridan | turbulent female |
| patronymic | name derived from father's name |
| patriarch | powerful father figure in a ruling position |
| matriarch | powerful mother figure in a ruling position |
| maternal | motherly |
| matrimony | marriage |
| maternity | motherhood |
| alma mater | one's school or college |
| genocide | killing of a race or nation |
| tyro | beginner |
| patrimony | inheritance from father |
| diaphanous | sheer, transparent |
| matricide | killing mom |
| fratricide | killing brother |
| sororicide | killing sister |
| homicide | killing a human being |
| regicide | killing a king |
| infanticide | killing a baby |
| mariticide | killing one's husband |
| parricide | killing either parent or both |
| synonyms | words of similar meaning |
| antonyms | words of opposite meaning |
| homonyms/homophones | words of the same sound |
| fraternize | to socialize |
| uxorious | excessively indulgent to, and doting on, one's wife |
| regalia | full dress, with ribbons, insignia, badges, etc. |
| monomaniacal | obsessed in one area |
| pyromaniacal | compulsion to set fires |
| kleptomania | compulsion to steal |
| incendiary | person who sets fires for revenge |
| arson | felony of putting the torch to property for economic profit |
| satyromania | obsessive need for sexual gratification by a male |
| claustrophobic | morbidly dreading enclosed or cramped places |
| agoraphobic | morbidly dreading wide-open spaces |
| megalomaniacal | having delusions of grandeur or power |
| nymphomania | female obsessed with sexual gratification |
| dipsomania | alcoholism |
| regal | kingly; royal; splendid |
| extramarital | outside the marriage |
| premarital | before marriage |
| theology | study of religion |
| pantheism | belief that God is the sum total of natural forces |
| agnosticism | belief that God's existence is unknowable |
| atheism | belief that there is no God |
| monotheism | belief in one God |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| prognosis | a forecast of development (of a disease, etc.) |
| diagnostic | designed to discover causes or conditions |
| hypotension | abnormally low blood pressure |
| prognosticate | to forecast by examining present conditions |
| theologian | one who studies religion |
| libidinous | sexually longing |
