SAT VOCAB: "Of Loves and Fears and Hates"

acrophobia

abnormally intense fear of being in high places

bibliophile

one who loves books, a book cocllector. opposite would be a bibliocast.

claustrophobia

an abnormal dread of being in a closed or narrow space. one who has a fear of open spaces suffers from agoraphobia.

francophile

an admirer of france, its people and its customs. it may also be used as an adjective.

hydrophobia

fear of water; rabies.

one of the symptoms of the disease caused by the bite of a rapid animal is an inability to swallow; hence, the name hydrophobia for the disease itself

misanthropy

hatred of or distrust of mankind. the misanthropist has his opposite in the philanthropist, that is, one who loves mankind and has the means to support worthy causes.

misogyny

hatred of women

paranoid

showing, unreasonable distrust, suspicion, or an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance.

philately

the collection and study of postage stamps, postmarks, and related materials.

philistine

a smug, ignorant, especially middle class person who is held to be indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values; boorish opr barbarous; an ignoramous or outsider

philogyny

love of or fondness for women

philology

historical and comparative linguistics; the study of human speech, especially as the vehicle of literature; literary or classical learning

russophobia

dislike or fear of russia or its policies

triskaidekaphobia

fear of the number thirteen

treis = three, kai = and, deka = ten

xenophobia

an usual fear or contempt of strangers or foreigners, especially as reflected in one’s poltiical or cultural views