Word Power Made Easy - Book Notes
Before All
- Space your learning
- Do not rush—go at your own comfortable speed.
Review.
When you start a new session, go back to the last exercise of the previous session (usually Can you recall the words? or Chapter Review
Test yourself.
you are discovering your weaknesses
deciding where repairs have to be made
experiencing a feeling of success at work well done
Part One: Getting off to a good start
1.HOW TO TEST YOUR PRESENT VOCABULARY
- Vocabulary range: 30 points– average
- Verbal speed:
- Part one: 21–75 points
- Part two: 28–25 points
- Total: 50 points – above average
- Verbal responsiveness
- Part one: 5
- Part two: 15
- Total: 20 – average
2.HOW TO START BUILDING YOUR VOCABULARY
- Increasing your vocabulary does not mean merely learning the definitions of large numbers of obscure words; it does not mean memorizing scores of unrelated terms.
- Your method was the essence of simplicity: day in and day out you kept learning; you kept squeezing every possible ounce of learning out of every waking moment; you were an eternal question box, for you had a constant and insatiable desire to know and understand
Chapter 1: Personality
ego
- Egoist – ego(L) I
- Egotist – ego obnoxious
- Altruist–alter(L) other
- altruism [philosophy]
- altruistic
- alternate [v/adj/n]
- skip one take other
- changeable
- backup man
- alternative [n] *other choice
- alteration change into others
- alter change [v]
- altercation more than just quarrel/dispute
- alter ego another me
verto, dexter, sinister, gauche, droit
- Introvert – verto(L) to turn –intro inward
- Extrovert – verto –extro outward
- Ambivert –verto –ambi both directions
- ambidextrous both hand with equal skill
- ambidexterity –dexter
- dexterous skillful –dexter(L) right hand
- dexterity
- sinister(L) lefthanded
- awkward
- threatening evil
- gauche(F) left hand clumsiness tactless
- gaucherie embarrassing
- droit(F) right hand
- adroit = dexterous
- adroitness
misein, anthrpos, gyne, gamos, andro
- Misanthrope – misein(G) to hate –anthropos mankind**
- anthropology
- philanthropist
- Misogynist –misein –gyne(G) woman
- gynecologist
- polygyny
- polyandry –andro(G)
- Misogamist – misein –gamos(G) marriage
- monogamy – mono one
- bigamy –bi two
- polygamy –poly many
asketes
- ascetic –asketes monk hermit
- asceticism
Chanpter 2 Doctors
internus
- internist – internus(L) inside
- gynecologist –gyne –logosG) science
- gynecological
obstetrix
- obstetrician –obstetrix midwife stand
- obstetrics
- obstetric
- obstetrical
padios, iatreia, pedis,agogos, demos
- pediatrician –paidos(G) child –iatreia medical healing
- pediatrics
- pediatric
- pedestal, pedal, pedestrian –pedis(L) foot
- pedagogy –padios –agogos(G) leading
- pedagogue now old-fashioned narrow-minded
- demagogue –agogos leader –demos people misleading
- demagoguery
- demagogic
derma, hypos
- dermatologist –derma(G) skin
- dermatology
- dermatological
- hypodermic –hypos(G) under
- epidermis
- taxidermist
- taxidermy
- pachyderm thick skin
- dermatitis skin inflammation/irritation/infection
ophthalmos, oculus, opsis, optikos, metron
- ophthalmologist – ophthalmos(G) eye –logos
- ophthalmology
- ophthalmological
- oculist – oculus(L) eye
- ocular adjective for eyes
- monocle lens for one eye
- binoculars
- inoculate
- optometrist –opsis(G)/optikos(G) sight –metron measurement
- measure vision fit glasses
- optician – opsis, optikos do what optometrist says
- optics
- optometric
- optometrical
- optical
orthos, paidos, odontos
- orthopedist –orthos(G) straight correct –paidos child
- orthopedics
- orthodontia –orthos –odontos tooth
- orthodontic
kardia
- cardiologist –kardia(G) heart
- cardiology
- cardiological
- cardiac
- cardiogram record
- cardiograph instrument produce record
neuron, algos
- neurologist –neuron(G) nerve –logos
- neurology
- neurological
- neuralgia –algos pain
- neuritis
- neurosis abnormal condition psychosis
- neurotic [n/adj]
psyche, geras
- psychosis –psyche soul,mind –osis
- psychotic no contact with reality [n/adj]
- psychiatrist –psyche –iatreia
- psychiatry
- psychiatric
- pediatrics –padios –iatreia
- podiatry
- geriatrics –geras old age
Chapter 3 Practitioner
psyche, pathos, soma
- psychologist –psyche mind
- psychiatrist –iatreria
- psychology –logos
- psycological
- psyche mental life
- psychic a sixth sense
- psychopathic –pathos(G) suffering
- psychopathy
- psychosomatic –soma body mind cause disease
- psychoanalysis Freud unconscious causes of anxiety
- psychoanalyst
- psychogenic originating in mind
- psychotherapy psychoanalysis treatment
- psychotherapist
- psychotherapeutic
peri-,endon
- orthodontist –orthos –odontos
- pedodontist –paidos –odontos
- pedodontia
- pedodontic
- periodontist –peri- surrounding gum
- endodontist –endon(G) innern
- exodontist extraction
therme, baros, sphygmos
- optometrist –opsis/optikos -metron
- thermometer –therme(G) heat
- barometer –baros(G) pressure
- barometric
- sphygmomanometer –sphygmos(G) pulse
osteon, podos, okto, platys, -ium, chiro-, -mancy
- osteopath –osteon(G) bone –pathos
- osteopathic
- orthopedist
- podiatrist –podos foot –iatreria
- podiatry
- podiatric
- octopus –okto(G) eight
- platypus –platys(G) flat
- podium –-ium place
- tripod for camera
- chiropodist podiatrist
- chiropractor –cheir(G) chiro- hand
- chiropractic
- chirography
- graphologist
- chirographer
- chirographic
- chiromancy –-mancy prediction
- chiromancer
- chiromantic
graphein
- graphologist – graphein(G) to write –logos
- graphology
- graphological
- calligraphy –kallos(G) beauty
- calligrapher
- calligraphic
- cacography –kakos(G) bad harsh
- cardiograph –kardia
- photography –photos(G) light
- telegraphy –tele-(G) distance
- biography –bios(G) life
geron, senex
- geriatrician –geras
- gerontologist –geron old man
- senile –senex(L) old
- senescent
- adolescent
- convalescent growing healthy again
- obsolescent
- senescence
- senior
- senate
How to study after this book
Where can you gather them? From good books on new topics.
How can you gather them? By reading on a wide range of new subjects.
Books about psychology
OLD ones
- The Human Mind, by Karl A. Menninger
- Mind and Body, by Flanders Dunbar
- The Mind in Action, by Eric Berne
- Understandable Psychiatry, by Leland E. Hinsie
- A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis, by Sigmund Freud
- Emotional Problems of Living, by O. Spurgeon English and Gerald H. J. Pearson
NEW ones
- I Ain’t Well—But I Sure Am Better, by Jess Lair, Ph.D.
- The Disowned Self, by Nathaniel Brandon
- A Primer of Behavioral Psychology, by Adelaide Bry
- I’m OK—You’re OK, by Thomas A. Harris, M.D.
- Freedom to Be and Man the Manipulator, by Everett L. Shostrum
- Games People Play, by Eric Berne, M.D.
- Love and Orgasm, Pleasure and The Language of the Body, by Alexander Lowen, M.D.
- The Transparent Self, by Sydney M. Jourard
- Don’t Say Yes When You Want to Say No, by Herbert Fensterheim and Jean Baer
- Gestalt Therapy Verbatim, by Frederick S. Perls
- Born to Win, by Muriel James and Dorothy Jongeward
- Joy and Here Comes Everybody, by William C. Schutz
- The Fifty-Minute Hour, by Robert Lindner