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October 22, 2020 by BureaucratONE Leave a Comment Last Updated October 23, 2020

My personal vocabulary builder post

  1. Pagan - A person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion
  2. Philander - flirter
  3. Virtuoso - dazzlingly skilled
  4. Prodigious rate - colossal, big
  5. Insatiable - impossible to satisfy
  6. Above-board - Without concealment or deception; honest - Their business was open and above board
  7. Ad nauseam - To a sickening extent - He played the song ad nauseam
  8. Conceit - feeling of excessive pride, self-love
  9. Amorous conquest - sexual conquest
  10. Ambivalence - Mixed feelings or emotions
  11. Open Sesame - Any very successful means of achieving a result
  12. Embittered - Cause to be bitter or resentful
  13. Obnoxious - Causing disapproval or protest, objectionable person
  14. Morbid - Suggesting an unhealthy mental state, morbid obsession
  15. Finesse - Subtly skilful handling of a situation
  16. Fleshpots - lewd entertainment spot
  17. Merriment - happy
  18. Convivial gathering - party
  19. Incredulous - sceptical - Don't sound so incredulous.
  20. Sobrely - in a way that is serious, sad, and without humour or entertainment: "She has lost one brother already," he said sombrely
  21. Unfathomable - incapable of being fully explored or understood.

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October 22, 2020 by BureaucratONE Leave a Comment Last Updated October 22, 2020

1. Egoist - me firsts, greed affects others
2. Egotist - height of conceit, my amorous conquest - periya gundan
3. Altruist - let me help you, nallagudy
4. Introvert - unsocial, giving lot fuck about what others think of me - old me 
5. Extrovert - social, time waste
6. Ambivert - both, kind of new me
7. Misanthrope - world is bunch of assholes so I don't like humans
8. Misogynist - bitches everywhere bro
9. Misogamist - don't like legal commitment like marriage, dating ok
10. Ascetic - Buddha, self-austerity

1. Ego - I(Latin root)
2. Egocentric- extreme form of egoist, centre of universe
3. Egomaniac - morbid obsession

1. Alter - other
2. Alteration - change into other
3. Altercation - dispute because I have other views
Alter ego - others who are like you

1. Verto - turn
2. Ambi - both
3. Dexter -right hand
4. Ambidexterity - both hand skilful usage - like virus
5. Dexterous - skilful - note the spelling
6. Sinister - left hand (latin)
7. Sinister(english) - threatening, evil, dangerous
8. Gauche(french) - left hand
9. Gaucherie -awkward
10. Droit - right hand
11. Adroit - skilful usually mental, quick witted
12. Adroitness - opposite to gaucherie

1. Andros- male
2. Anthropos - mankind
3. Misein -to hate
4. Gamos -marriage
5. Gyne - women
6. Gynaecologist - female disorder specialist
7. Polygamy, monogamy, bigamy
8. Polygyny, polyandry, philanthropy, anthropology



1. Asketes - monk or hermit
2. Anthropocentric - human centred
3. Andromaniac - obsessed with men
4. Gynandrous - having both men and women characters -hermaphrodite

1. Obstetrician - delivery and mom before and after pregnancy
2. Paediatrician - child specialist
3. Dermatologist - skin doctor
4. Ophthalmologist - eye doctor - off-thal-mol-a-jsit
5. Orthopaedist - bone doctor -aw-tha-pee-dist
6. Cardiologist - heart doctor
7. Neurologist - brain doctor
8. Psychiatrist - mental doctor

1. Obstetrix - midwife - to stand
2. Paidos - child
3. Iatreia - medical healing
4. Pedagogy - principles and method of teaching - the leading of a child
5. Agogos - leading
6. Pedis - foot
7. Pedagogue - narrow minded, strait laced, old fashioned, dogmatic doctor
8. Demagogue - asshole leader accused of demagoguery and he is demagogic 
9. Demos - people
10. Derma - skin
11. Hypodermic - needle penetrates under skin
12. Hypos -under
13. Epidermis - outermost layer of skin
14. Taxidermist - stuffs animal skin
15. Pachyderm - elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros
16. Dermatitis - skin infection
17. Ophthalmos - eye
18. Oculus - eye
19. Oculist - eye doctor
20. Ocular - adjective for eye
21. Monocle - lens for one eyes British upper class
22. Binocular - field glass for two eyes
23. Inoculate - an eye or hole is made in your skin to inject serum
24. Optometrist - measure vision but not doctor
25. Optician - makes spectacles
26. Opsis, optikos - view, sight
27. Metron - measure

1. Ortho - straight or correct
2. Paidos - child
3. Orthopaedist - straighten child - spinal curvature - once but now bone doctor
4. Orthodontist - straighten teeth
5. Odontos - tooth
6. Kardia - heart
7. Logos - science
8. Cardiologist - heart doctor
9. Cardiac - heart malfunction
10. Cardiogram - e-record of heartbeat
11. Cardiograph - instrument to record heart beat
12. Neuron - nerve
13. Neuralgia - pain along nerves
14. Algos - pain
15. Neuritis - inflammation of the nerves
16. itis - inflammation
17. Neurosis - emotional assholeness - he is neurotic
18. Osis - diseased condition
19. Psychosis - total mental - is psychotic 
20. Psyhe - spirit, soul or mind
21. Psychiatrist  - mind healer -speciality is psychiatry  
22. Iatreia - medical healing
23. Geriatrics - elderly medical speciality
24. Geras - old age
25. Nostos  - return
26. Nostalgia - pain of return - homesickness

1. Psychologist - study of mind, behaviour analyst
2. Psyche(english) - mental life, spiritual life, self-image
3. Psychic(adj) - 6th sense
4. Psychic disturbance - emotional or mental disturbances
5. Psychopathic - mental disorder 
6. Pathos - suffering or disease
7. Psychopath or sociopath - typical psycho
8. Psychosomatic -body ailment due to mind
9. Soma - body
10. Psychogenic - ailment of psychic origin 
11. Genesis - birth or origin
12. Psychotherapy -treatment for psychogenic disorder

1. Periodontist - gum specialist
2. Peri - surround, around
3. Endodontics - root canal speciality
4. Exodontics - tooth extraction speciality
5. Endo - inner, within
6. Exo - out
7. Metron - measurement
8. Thermometer - temp measuring instrument
9. Therme - heat
10. Barometer - atm pressure measuring instrument
11. Baros - weight
12. Sphygmomanometer(sfig'-mo-me-nom'-i-te) - measures blood pressure  
13. Sphygmos - pulse


1. Osteopath - massage therapist - wrong etymology -not orthopaedist
2. Chiropractor - manipulates spinal connection
3. Chiropodist - corn, calluses, bunions, fallen arches treatment - minor leg ailments
4. Cheir, chiro - hand
5. Pous, podos - foot
6. Chiropodist - Hand and foot develops calluses due to manual job so they cure it
7. Chiropractor - cures with hand
8. Chirography - penmanship
9. Mancy - foretell, predict
10. Chiromancy/cer - hand reading
11. Octopus - eight legged
12. Platypus - flat foot beaver like duck billed egg laying mammal
13. Okto - eight
14. Octogenarian - 80's
15. Platys - broad, flat
16. Tripod - three legged
17. Podium - place where speaker stands
18. Ium - place where - gymnasium, stadium, auditorium
19. Podiatrist - chiropodist
20. Quinquagenarian - 50s
21. Sexagenarian  -60s
22. Septuagenarian - 70s
23. Nonagenarian - 90s
24. Telescope - instrument to see distance objects
25. Skopein - to view
26. Octoginta - 80
27. Quinquaginta -90
28. Sexaginta - 60
29. Septuaginta - 70
30. Nonaginta - 90
31. Centum - 100

1. Graphein - to write
2. Graphology - study of handwriting
3. Calligraphy - penmanship 
4. Cacography - bad, illegal handwriting
5. Kallos - beautiful
6. Kakos - bad, harsh
7. Callipygian - nice  ass
8. Pyge - ass
9. Cardiograph - heart writer
10. Photograph - written by light
11. Phonograph - sound writter
12. Telegraph - distance writter
13. Biography - life writing
14. Cacophony - bad, harsh sound
15. Photo - light
16. Phone - sound
17. Tele - distance
18. Bios - life
19. Geras - old
20. Geron - old man
21. Gerontology - science of socio-eco problems of old
22. Senex - old
23. Senile - mental deterioration due to old age 
24. Senescent - aging
25. Adolescent - growing into adulthood
26. Convalescent - growing healthy
27. Obsolescent - becoming obsolete
28. Escent - growing
29. Senior - older
30. Senate -council of older

1. Astronomy - study of celestial bodies
2. Astron - star
3. Nomos - arrangement, law or order
4. Astrology - josiam
5. Astronaut - rocket pilot 
6. Cosmonaut - less exaggerated rocket piolet
7. Kosmos - universe
8. Nautes - sailor
9. Naus - ship
10. Nausea - sea sickness, ship sickness
11. Aster - star shaped flower
12. Asterisk - star shaped symbol*
13. Astrophysics - physics dealing with heavenly bodies
14. Disaster - ancient people believed star bring calamities
15. Dis - against
16. Autonomy - make own laws
17. Auto - self
18. Metronome - governs measure(timing) of player
19. Geometry - measurement of shapes - ancient  times earth
20. Geography - writing about or mapping earth
21. George - earth worker
22. Ergon -work
23. Autobiography - write about oneself
24. Biopsy - medical examination
25. Opsis, optikos - view, vision
26. Autopsy - self viewing corpse
27. Botane - plant
28. Botany - study of plant kingdom
29. Zoology - study of animal kingdom
30. Zoion - animal
31. Botanical - adjective of botany
32. Zodiac- astrological paths of sum, moon and planets
33. Scorpio - scorpion
34. Leo - lion
35. Cancer - crab
36. Taurus - bull
37. Aries - ram(uncastrated goat)
38. Pisces - fish


1. Entomology - study of insects
2. En -in
3. Tome - cutting
4. In+sect = cutting in = insect
5. Ek - out
6. Ec+tome - cut and remove
7. Tonsillectomy - tonsils removal
8. Appendectomy - appendix removal 
9. Mastectomy - breast removal
10. Hysterectomy - uterus removal
11. Prostatectomy - prostate removal
12. Ec+centric=eccentric=abnormal behaviour
13. Kentron - centre
14.  atom - not possible divide further
15. A - negative prefix
16. Anatomy - cutting up of plant and animal to learn physical structure
17. Ana - up
18. Tome - part of larger book - now large boring book
19. Dichotomy - divide into two - black and white
20. Epitome- summary of a book or he is epitome of kindness
21. Epi - on , upon
22. Logos - science or study and word or speech
23. Philology - the love of words or science of language
24. Philein - love
25. Linguistics - philology
26. Lingua - tongue
27. Philanthropy - love of mankind
28. Philander - play around
29. Philosophy - love of wisdom
30. Sophos - wise
31. Philadelphia - brotherly love
32. Adelphos - brother
33. Philharmonic - love of music or harmony
34. Philtre - love potion
35. Aphrodisiac - whatever arouses 
36. Aphrodite - Greek goddess of love and beauty 
37. Bibliophile - book collector
38. Anglophile - British admirer
39. Biblion - book
40. Anglus - english
41. Semantics - word and psychological influence
42. Sociology - study of society
43. Socius - companion 
44. Panis - bread
45. Pantry - storage of bread and others
46. Companion - breaks bread with others

1. Francophile - France loving
2. Russophile - Russia loving
3. Hispanophile - Spain loving
4.  Germanophile - German loving
5. Nipponophile - Japan loving
6. Sinophile - China loving
7. Androphile - men loving
8. Gynaephile - women loving
9. Zoophile - animal loving
10. Botanophile - plant loving
11. Paedophile - child harasser  

1. Disparaging - playing it down
2. Equivocating - intentionally vague
3. Titillate - tickle, arouse happiness
4. Adulate - praise, flatter lavishly, hero worship 
5. Proscribe - forbid, accentuating the negative
6. Obviate - prevents or accentuates the affirmatives 
7. Militate -  be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing
8. Maligning - dirtying others
9. Condone - accept after forgiving
10. Placate - make less hostile
11. Par - equal
12. Disparity - lack of equality
13. Parity - equal
14. Disparate - complete difference
15. Compare 
16. Con, com - with, together
17. Pair
18. Peer
19. Aequus - equal
20. Vox, vocis - voice
21. Unequivocal - very clear in their stand
22.  ambiguous - vague but not intentional 
23. Double entendre - double meaning(one is always sexy)
24. Equity - fairness and equality
25. Equinox - equal night -march 21 and sep 21
26. Nox, noctis - night
27. Nocturnal - active at night
28. Nocturne - picture of night scene or musical
29. Equanimity - calm or serene
30. Animus - mind
31. Magnanimity - large mind
32. Equability - equanimity 
33. Equilibrium - equal balance
34. Libra - balance, weight
35. Equilibrist - rope ealker
36. Equilateral - equal sides
37. Lateral - sides
38. Equator, equation, equidistant, equivalent
39. Equestrian - someone on horse
40. Pedestrian - someone on foot
41. Equestrienne - women on horse
42. Equus - horse 
43. Equine -like a horse
44. Ine - like
45. Fero - to bear or carry
46. Vociferous - carrying much voice
47. Vocalise - to give voice or sing
48. Compliment <flattery <adulation 
49. Scriplus, scribo  - to write
50. Scribe, scribble, prescribe, describe, subscribe, script, scriptures, manuscript, typescript
51. De - down 
52. Describe - to write down -to explain
53. Manus - and
54. Manuscript - handwritten 
55. Scriptures - holy writing
56. Subscribe - under contract
57. Sub - under
58. Inscribe - to write into metal or stone
59. In - in, into
60. Postscript - something written after main write up
61. Via - road
62. Obvious - middle of the road
63. Obviate - remove from the road
64. Trivial - less important issue - three road junction overhearing
65. Militis - soldier, fighting man
66. Militate - fight against me
67. Militant - aggressive protestor
68. Militia - army from civil population
69. Malus - bad, evil
70. Malign - bad
71. Dico, dictus - to say or tell
72. Malediction - an evil saying, a curse
73. Volo - to wish, to willing
74. Malevolent - wishing evil
75. Facio, factus - to do or make - fec, fic, factus
76. Maleficent - doing harm
77. Malefactor - evildoer
78. Malefaction - crime
79. Maladroit - unskilled, clumsy
80. Malaise - disease - lack of ease - bad ease
81. Malus, mal - bad
82. Malady  - disease
83. Malignancy - cancer

1. Notorious - infamous
2. Notify - to make known
3. Notice - what makes known
4. Fy - to make
5. Consummate - highly skilled, perfection
6. Incorrigible - beyond reform
7. Inveterate - habitual
8. Congenital - along birth, in 9 months
9. Hereditary - moment of conception
10. Chronic - continuous
11. Pathological - disease
12. Unconscionable - no regrets
13. Scio - knowledge
14. Glib - smooth, suspiciously fluent
15. Egregious - outstandingly bad
16. Notus - known
17. Noted industrialist - well known
18. Childlike  - admire under worldliness
19. Childish  - derogatory
20. Summus - highest
21. Sum - addition
22. Corrigo - set straight
23. In - negative or intensifies the root
24. Invaluable - can't be quantified  
25. Vetus - old
26. Veteran - grew older serving in army or expert
27. Genesis - birth or origin
28. Genetics - science of transmission hereditary characteristics
29. Genealogy - study of family tree or ancestors 
30. Genital - sexual organ
31. Genesis - beginning, birth or origin
32. Regenerate - to recreate
33. Generate - to create
34. Re - again or back
35. Regress, recede - to move back
36. Con - with or together
37. Chronos - time
38. Anachronism - out of date, like science fiction
39. Incongruous - out of place
40. Chronology - order of occurrence 
41. Chronometer - time piece
42. Chronometry - measurement of time
43. Synchronise - to time together
44. Pathos - feeling or disease
45. Sympathy - suffer along
46. Syn - with or along
47. Anti- against
48. Antipathy - dislike
49. Apathy - no feeling
50. Empathy - more than sympathy, into others feeling
51. Em - en - in
52. Pathetic - suffering - pathetic story
53. Telepathy - read other mind i.e communication
54. Con - together
55. Conscience - to know what is right and wrong
56. Sciens - knowledge
57. Omnis - all
58. Omniscient - infinite knowledge 
59. Prescient - knowing events before - psychic
60. Nescient - ignorant
61. Egregious - exceptionally vicious
62. Grex, gregis - herd or flock
63. E - ex - out 
64. Gregarious - prefer human companion
65. Congregate - religious flock or flock
66. Segregate - separate 
67. Aggregate - collection
68. Con - together
69. Se - apart
70. Ad - ag - to or towards
71. Anaphrodisiac - lacks sexual desire
72. Omnipotent - all powerful
73. Omnipresent - present all over

1. Bonus - extra pay
2. Bene - good
3. Benign - not harmful, kindly
4. Benediction - blessing
5. Benefactor - good doer
6. Beneficiary - recipient of good
7. Facio - to do or make
8. Bonbon - sweet or good-good
9. Bona fide - in good faith
10. Fides - faith
11. Fidelity - faithfulness 
12. Fido - stereotypical name for dog
13. Infidel - non believer in religion 
14. Infidelity - unfaithfulness
15. Dico, dictus - to say or tell
16. Dictate, dictator, dictation, dictatorial 
17. Predict - say beforehand
18. Dictaphone - speech recorder
19. Contradict - to say against
20. Addiction - yes to bad habit
21. Facio, factus - to do or make
22. Factory - making place
23. Ory - place where
24. Fact - something done
25. Fiction - made up
26. Manufacture - manually made
27. Artificial - art made by human
28. Magnus - large
29. Magnify - enlarge
30. Manuscript - manually written
31. Volo - wish 
32. Voluntary, involuntary, volunteer
33. Volition - act wishing - against her volition 
34. Plac - to please, appease
35. Implacable - unyielding 
36. Placid - calm, easy going, serene
37. Complacent - pleased with yourself
38. Con - together, with
39. Dono - to give
40. Donation - charity
41. Condone - to forgive
42. Trans - across

1. Taciturn - silence, unresponsiveness
2. Laconic - economy, brevity, meaningfulness, pithy
3. Inarticulate - awkwardness, spluttering, incoherence
4. Garrulous - rambling chatter, meaningless speech - garrulous old man
5. Garrio - to chatter
6. Banal - hackneyed, unoriginal, phraseology
7. Verbose - wordiness, repetitiousness, too many words with little meaning
8. Verbum - word
9. Voluble - fluency, rapidity, words roll smoothly
10. Volvo, volulus - to roll 
11. Cogent - clarity, logically fluent, persuasiveness
12. Cogo - to drive together, compel, force
13. Vociferous - clamorous or vehement feeling
14. Loquacious - talkativeness
15. Taceo - silent
16. Tacit - unspoken agreement, implied without being stated 
17. Reticent - to keep silent, reserved
18. Loquor - to speak
19. Soliloquy - speak to oneself  -esp in plays
20. Ventriloquist - art of speaking from belly 
21. Ventris - belly
22. Colloquial - speak with people - informal
23. Con - coll - corr - comp/m/b
24. Circumlocution/ory - talking around or indirect expression
25. Circum - around
26. Laconia - ancient sparta
27. Eloquent - artistically fluent, persuasive - eloquent plea to jury
28. Magniloquent or grandiloquent - flowery, pompous language
29. Magnanimous - big hearted/mind
30. Magnate - power and influential person - business magnate
31. Magnify - to make - fy - larger
32. Magnificent - fic - facio - impressive, beautiful 
33. Magnum - large bottle - wine or champagne
34. Magnum opus - great work, masterpiece 
35. Opus - work
36. Opera - number of works in musical drama
37. Operate, co-operate, operator 
38. Verbatim - a word for word
39. Verbal - verb or words in general - verbal fight/agreement 
40. Verbiage - excess of words or style of using words - medical verbiage 
41. Revolve - to roll again
42. Revolution - complete change
43. Volvo - to roll
44. Involve - roll in
45. Evolve - roll out 
46. Modus operandi - mode of operating or method of operating 
47. Modus vivendi - method of living
48. Somniloquy - sleep talking
49. Aurist - ear specialist
50. Otologist - ear specialist
51. Laryngologist - larynx specialist
52. Gastrologist - stomach specialist
53. Enterologist - small intestine specialist
54. Proctologist - anus specialist
55. Aural - refers to ears
56. Stereophonic - deep, solid sound
57. Noctambulist - night walker
58. Somnific - sleep inducing - somnific lecture
59. Circumambulator - walk around
60. Circumnavigate - sail around
61. Navis - ship

1. Venter, ventris - belly
2. Ventral - empty like belly
3. Ventricles - blood receiving empty lower heart
4. Auricle -upper heart
5. Auris - ear
6. Avunculus - mother's side uncle - good guy
7. Avuncular  - uncle's adjective -avuncular capacity
8. Dorsal - back side of ventral or belly
9. Endorse - back it
10. Vociferous - vox, vocis, ferro -to bear
11. Somniferous - carrying sleep speech
12. Somnus - sleep
13. Insomnia - inability to sleep
14. Somnolent - sleepy, drowsy
15. Somnambulism - sleep walking
16. Ambulo - to walk
17. Ambulatory - walkable patient
18. Perambulator - infant walking vehicle to go through - pram
19. Pre - through
20. Amble - walk aimlessly
21. Ambulance -  two stretcher bearer walked of battlefield
22. Preamble - intro speech
23. Sopar  - sleep
24. Soporific - sleeping pill
25. Articulus - to join
26. Articulate - clearly spoken, well joined 

1. Fraternalize - socialise esp with subordinates
2. Fraternal - brotherly or non-identical twins
3. Fraternity - guild - medical fraternity 
4. Sorority - women organisation 
5. Uxorious - worships his wife
6. Henpecked - not synonym of uxorious but wife dominated
7. Uxorial - duties, privileges befitting wife
8. Marital - pertaining to marriage
9. Extramarital - outside marriage
10. Premarital - before marriage 
11. Rex, regis - king
12. Tyrannosaurus rex - king of dinosaurs - king of the tyrant lizard
13. Regal - royal - regal mansion, manner, reception
14. Regalia - actually kings decorated cloth but now good formals or insignia(badge), or uniform - 5star general in full regalia
15. Dipsomania - alcoholism
16. Dipsa - thirst
17. Kleptomania - vaseegarn like thief 
18. Klepte  - thief
19. Pyromania - obsession to start fire
20. Incendiarism - starts fire for revenge
21. Incendo, incensus - to set fire
22. Pyro - fore
23. Ardo, arsus - to burn
24. Arson - setting fire for personal gains 
25. Megalomania - obsessed with power, godliness, importance, grandeur - napoleon, hitler, alexander, invincibility 
26. Megas - great, big, large
27. Megaphone - sound amplifier
28. Nymphomania - sexually obsessed  women
29. Nymphe - bride
30. Satyr mania - incessant(constant) sexual desire on part of  male - aka satyriasis
31. Satyr - Greek god with horn and goat leg 
32. Mania -morbid attraction, dread(fear)
33. Phobia - morbid repulsion 
34. Claustrophobia  - fear of enclosed place or crowd
35. Claustrum - enclosed place
36. Agoraphobia - fear of open places so they stay at home
37. Agora - market place
38. Acrophobia - fear of height
39. Akros - height

1. Martinet - dictatorial - a French army guy - an epithet
2. Sycophant - adulatory, toadying
3. Dilettante - hobby
4. Dilettare - delight
5. Virago - sorna akka, termagant, harridan, blatant veneration
6. Vir - man
7. Chauvinist - super patriot - Nicholas Chauvin
8. Monomaniac - obsessed with one thing - religious fanatic
9. Iconoclast - raja ram mohan roy - against established ideas
10. Eikon - religious image
11. Klaein - to break
12. Atheist - non believer in god
13. Lecher - lascivious, lust driven, lewd, wanton(casual), libidinous, promiscuity(indiscriminate sexual relation), orgies(immoderate indulgence)
14. Hypochondriac - imaginary illness 
15. Sykon -fig
16. Phanein - to show
17. Dia -through
18. Diaphanous - almost transparent usually gown but not glass
19. Tyro - beginner in art
20. Virtuoso - mastery in an art - plural osos or osi
21. Dilettantes/ti, libretto/ti, concerto/ti - plural - s or I
22. Libretto - story of an opera
23. Patriotic - nationalism - father land
24. Patrimony - inheritance from father
25. Money - juno moneta - goddesss guarding temple
26. Patronymic - name formed from father - jhonson, martinson
27. Pater, patris - father
28. Onyma - name
29. Syn - same
30. Synonym - same meaning or name
31. Antonym - opposites
32. Homonym - same pronunciation but different meaning
33. Homophone - homonym 
34. Homo - same
35. Paternal - fatherly
36. Paternalism - fatherly government that is protective
37. Patriarch - rule by father 
38. Archein - to rule
39. Patricide - father killer
40. Cide - to kill
41. Patrician - noble origin - patrician  nose
42. Patron - sponsor, supporter, regular customer
43. Paterfamilias - male head of family 
44. Padre - military chaplain(clergymen)
45. Mater, matris - mother
46. Matriarch - mother ruler
47. Maternity - motherhood
48. Maternal - motherly
49. Matron - mature enough to be mother - women her youth
50. Alma mater - soul mother - intellectual mother i.e school or college which one attended
51. Matrimony - marriage
52. Matricide - mother killer
53. Suicide - self kill
54. Sui - oneself
55. Fratricide - brother killer
56. Frater, fratris - brother
57. Sororicide - killing one's sister
58. Soror - sister
59. Homicide - human being killer
60. Homo - person
61. Homicide
62. Regicide - killing of king
63. Rex, regis - king
64. Uxoricide - wife killer
65. Uxor - wife
66. Mariticide - husband killer
67. Maritius - husband
68. Infanticide - newborn killer
69. Infans, infantis - baby
70. Genocide - race or nation killing
71. Genos - race
72. Parricide - killing of either or both parents

1. Theos - god
2. Atheist - disbeliever on god
3. Agnosticism - god in unknowable
4. Gnostos - known
5. A - negative
6. Diagnosis - knowing through examination
7. Prognosis - prediction but not solely disease 
8. Prognosticate is verb
9. Diagnose is the verb
10. Monotheism - belief in one god
11. Polytheism - many gods
12. Pantheism - god is combination of all forces
13. Pan - all
14. Theology - study of god and religion
15. Lecher - thina thana thina thana
16. Lechier - to lick
17. Libidinous - libido - pleasure
18. Lascivious  - lascivia - wantonnnes
19. Lubricious - lubricus - slippery
20. Licentious - licere - permitted
21. Licence - permission
22. Illicit - not permitted 
23. Lewd - lewed - vile
24. Lustful - lust -pleasure, desire
25. Prurient - sexual longing
26. Pruritus - longing to itch
27. Prurio - to itch
28. Hypochondria - unhappily anxious with health
29. Hypo - under
30. Chondros - cartilage of breast bone
31. Hypothyroid - under working thyroid
32. Hypotension - low pressure 
33. Hypercritical - over crtical
34. Hyperthyroidism - over working thyroid
35. Hyperacidity, hyperactive, hypersensitive
36. Matronymic - mother driven name
37. Meter, metr - metronymic - mother driven
38. Metra - uterus 
39. Metritis - uterus inflammation
40. Metralgia -uterine pain
41. Endometriosis - inside uterus an abnormal lining
42. Incendiary speech - sets audience alight figuratively 
43. Incense - incense stick
44. Incence - anger greatly - I am incensed 
45. Ardent - burning with zeal
46. Ardor - burning passion
47. Megaphone - that sounds greater
48. Megalopolis - big city
49. Metropolis - mother city
50. Polis - city, state
51. Police - who guards the city
52. Politics- art governing the city or country
53. Bibliokleptomaniac - book stealer
54. Gynaekleptomaniac - women stealer
55. Paedokleptomaniac - child stealer
56. Demokleptomaniac - person abductor
57. Androkleptomaniac - men abductor
58. Acromaniac- obsession to reach highest peak
59. Agora maniac - obsessed to be on open market
60. Claustomaniac - obsessed to be in confined space
61. Gnosiology - study of knowledge
62. Amadeus - love god
63. Latin - amor - love - deus -god
64. Deity - god
65. Greek - philos - love - theos
66. Theophilus - love god
67. Gottlieb - god love
68. German - Lieb - love - gott - god
69. Wolfgang amadeus theophilus gottlieb mozart
70. Cellophane - transparent tape
71. Hypoglycaemia - low blood sugar
72. Glykys - sweet
73. Haima, aem - blood
74. Haemorrhage - excessive blood flow
75. Anaemia - no blood 
76. Haematology  - science of blood
77. Haemophilia - love of blood - no clotting
78. Haemoglobin - blood globules
79. Hyperglycaemia - more sugar in blood
80. Pantheon - Rome temple for all gods
81. Pandemonium - place for all demons but now wild noisy disorder
82. Panorama - all around view
83. Horama - view
84. Kleptophobia, pyrophobia, gynae phobia, androphobia, demo phobia     
85. Triskaidekaphobia - fear of number 13
86. Triskai - 13
87. Deka - 10

1. Bloomers - women's wear
2. Boycott - Irish farmer boycotted
3. Marcel - button curly hair
4. Silhouette - simple outline filled with colour
5. Derrick - framework of beam and column
6. Sadist - pleasure through torture 
7. Galvanism - electricity with chemical or therapeutic application of electricity to body
8. Guppies - small fish
9. Nicotine - made tobacco famous in Europe
10. Bayonet - dagger in front of rifle from bayonne, France
11. Cantaloupes -a variety of melons from cantalupo. Italy
12. Calicut - calico cotton export 
13. Tuxedo - dinner coat
14. Gypsies - origin of gypsies but now north India
15. Damask - elaborately patterned silk from Damascus, Syria
16. Satin - silk from zaitun(marco polo called) or tzu-t'ing china 
17. Frankfurters or hot dogs or sausages from Frankfurt, Germany

1. Convivial - extroverted, gregarious, genial, affable not hostile
2. Indefatigable - super productive without tiring - ideal me not enervated
3. Ingenuous - not devious but obvious not worldly - a compliment but synonyms like naïve, gullible, credulous are not
4. Perspicacious - razor sharp mind, not obtuse
5. Magnanimous - big hearted, forgives, no grudges, not petty
6. Versatile - master of all trades - Michelangelo
7. Stoical - unaffected by pleasure or pain -stoic patience/courage not timid
8. Intrepid - fearless or dauntless - dauntless explorer
9. Scintillating - witty conversationalist not banal
10. Urbane - polished, refined, poised - all these out of wide experience, not rude
11. Vivo - to live
12. Vita - life
13. Convivo in latin - to live together
14. Convivium in latin - to feast or banquet
15. Vivacious - animated(having life and vigour) personality
16. Vivid - freshness of life and sharp - vivid colour
17. Revive - bring back the life
18. Vivisection - operating on live animal 
19. Sectus - cut
20. Anti-vivisectionist - who oppose such procedure
21. Viviparous - producing live babies like humans not eggs
22. Oviparous - egg laying
23. Ovum - egg
24. Pareto - to give birth to
25. Oval - egg shape
26. Ovoid - egg shaped in 3d
27. Ovulate - to release egg into ovary
28. Love - egg zero shaped - 15 - 0 is 15 love
29. Vital -essential part of life 
30. Vitalize - to give life to
31. Revitalize - restore strength
32. Defrost, decompose, declassify
33. Devitalize - to remove life - recession devitalized the economy
34. Vitamin - minerals needed for life
35. Bon vivant - convivial, man about town
36. Joie de vivre - joy of living
37. Gourmet - convivial person who enjoys food
38. Gourmand - not complementary but who enjoys food 
39. Gormandize - like pig
40. Glutton - a derogatory gormandize
41. Ennui - boredom, tedium


1. Ingenious - clever, shrewd, inventive
2. Ingenuous - frank not artful and worldly
3. Disingenuous - cunning, dishonest, crafty
4. Naïve - synonym of ingenuous but not compliment - idealism due to ignorance
5. Credulous - willing to believe almost everything
6. Gullible - easily tricked or fooled not out of ignorance but stupidity 
7. Ingenuous > naïve > credulous > gullible
8. Credo - personal belief, code of ethics 
9. Credit - will be given only if they believe you
10. Ous - full of
11. Credible story - believable story
12. Incredulous - attitude of scepticism
13. Incredible - unbelievable 
14. Creed - religious belief
15. Credence - belief - I have no credence
16. Credentials - documents proving a title

1. Specto - to look
2. Spectacles - look at the world through glasses
3. Spectator -one who looks
4. Inspect - to look into
5. Retrospect - looking back
6. Prospect - looking ahead
7. Conspicuous - easily seen
8. Perspicacious - keen minded, mentally sharp, astute(sharp)
9. Per - through
10. Spic- to look
11. Acumen - mental keenness, perspicacious
12. Acuo -sharpen
13. Acute - sharp, sudden - acute pain, acute mind or sharp mind
14. Acupuncture - sharp needle treatment
15. Punctus - point
16. Punctuate - full stops and commas
17. Punctuate - interrupt the atmosphere - lightning punctuates the storm, silence punctuated by the wailing of police 
18. Punctual - right on the point of time
19. Punctilious - observance of proper procedure
20. Pungent - sharp smell, taste - pungent wit
21. Pungo - to pierce sharply
22. Perspicacious - sharp, smart, able to look through and understand quickly
23. Perspicuous - clear, simple, lucid - perspicuous writing
24. Introspection - inward thought about ourselves
25. Circumspect - alert, look around, watchful
26. Specious - looks sensible but actually not

1. Animus - mind
2. Anima - life principle, soul, spirit
3. Animal, animate, inanimate, animated
4. Magnanimous - big mind
5. Pusillanimous - petty mind
6. Pusillus - tiny
7. Unanimous - one minded - unanimous decision
8. Unus - one
9. Equanimity - equal, balanced, calm mind 
10. Aequus - equal
11. Animus - hostility - I bear no animus
12. Animosity - hostile - animosity between bill and gates
13. Versatile - multi talented
14. Verto, versus - to turn - turn hands to many thing successfully 
15. Stoa - porch on which zeno spread his stoicism
16. Intrepid - courage - not a single tremble
17. Trepido - to tremble
18. Trepidation - great fear, trembling or alarm
19. Scintillating - witty conversationalist
20. Scintilla - bright spark or small amount - there was not a scintilla of evidence against him
21. Urbane - city dweller are polished because of their experience with wide group of people
22. Urbane - gracious(charm), affable(approachable), cultivated, suave(sophisticated or debonair), tactful - a debonair gentlemen
23. Urban - cities
24. Suburbs - near the city
25. Sub - near, under, close to
26. Interurban - between city
27. Interrupt - break a conversation
28. Ruptus - to break
29. Intraurban - within city
30. Exurb - out of city
31. Suburbia - the lifestyle, manner of suburbanites
32. Urbs - city
33. Rus, ruris - country side
34. Rural - country side with farmlands
35. Rustic - antonym of urbane - unsophisticated, boorish(ill mannered), lacking social grace, uncultured - a derogatory or pejorative 
36. Rusticate - spend time in countryside 
37. Pejor -worse

1. Survival - to live on
2. Vivarium - place for animals and plant to live in natural setting
3. Ium - place for
4. Aquarium, solarium(sun bath), podium(place for foot), auditorium(place for sound)
5. Unicorn - one horned 
6. Cornu - horn
7. Uniform - one form
8. Unify - to make one - fy, facio - to make
9. Unity -oneness
10. Unicycle - one wheeled cycle
11. Kyklos - circle
12. Anniversary - one year turned
13. Annus - year
14. Universe - everything turning around

1. Penury - live in poverty
2. Vicarious - second hand feeling -vicarious torment(unbearable pain) of mother who lost her son
3. Ephemeral - last for short time, fleeting(short) - fleeting glance
4. Euphemism - circumlocution 
5. Die - expire, depart this life, pass away, leave this vale(valley) of tears
6. Sexual intercourse - intimate relation, intimacy, shacking up
7. Prostitute - lady of the night, fille de joi, painted women, lady of easy virtue, fille de nuit, streetwalker
8. House of prostitution - house of ill-fame, bawdyhouse, house of ill-repute, bagnio, bordello, house, massage parlour
9. Buttock - derriere, rear end, behind, backside, posterior
10. Breast - bosom, bust
11. Toilet - powder room, little girls room, facilities, washroom
12. Badinage - small  talk with banter(teasing), frivolity(not serious), facetious(cleverly) , tongue in cheek 
13. Bovine - calm, patient, placid(even tempered), phlegmatic(showing little emotion), vegetable like, stolid(little emotion), not like high-strung(tensed) parents
14. Nostalgia - good old days feeling
15. Cacophony - grate(harsh) discordant(not aligned) sound, not euphony
16. Carnivorous - meat eater
17. Clandestine - secrecy ore well - shrouded(covered) activities
18. Penuria - need
19. Penurious - stingy, close-fisted, niggardly
20. Parsimonious - stingy but less stronger than penurious 
21. Indigence - mild form of penury or poverty 
22. Destitution - same as penury
23. Affluence - rich -affluent who is rich
24. Opulence - stronger than affluence - ultra rich and lavish or ostentatiously(display) luxurious, outrageously(extravagant or immoderate) expensive cars
25. Opulentus - wealthy
26. Fluo - to flow
27. Aff - add
28. Fluid, influence, fluent
29. Confluence - flowing together
30. Mayfly - short lived insect -ephemera 
31. Evanescent - ephemeral, vanished quickly like feeling
32. E - ex - out
33. Esece - begin to but not always
34. Escent- becoming, beginning
35. Adolescent - beginning to grow up
36. Evanesce - begin to vanish
37. Vanesco - vanish
38. Convalesce - begin to get well after illness 
39. Putrescent - beginning to rot
40. obsolescent - becoming obsolete
41. Eu - good
42. Pheme -voice
43. Euphemism - something said in good voice
44. Euphony - good sound
45. Eulogy - good speech usually given in funeral
46. Logos - here speech or word
47. Philology - love of words
48. Monologue - self talk
49. Dialogue - speech between two
50. Epilogue - short speech at the end
51. Prologue - short speech at the start -intro
52. Euphoria - good feeling
53. Euthanasia - good death
54. Thanatos - death
55. Persiflage - badinage but derisive(mocking) not malicious
56. Cliché - once new but now old - unsung heroes, fast and furious, leaps and bound, conspicuous by its absence - your writing is full of clichés
57. Bromide - absence of perspicacity, dull, trite, lack originality
58. Platitude - cliché and bromide but acting as if he made
59. Anodyne - pain killer without curing the disease - aspirin or morphine - e.g Prosperity is just round the corner - helps in allay(lessen) fear
60. Bromide - drug dulls the senses or sedative
61. Platys - broad or flat
62. Plateau -flat land
63. Plate and platter - flat dishes
64. Platypus - flat foot
65. Platitude - a flat statement that falls flat
66. An - negative
67. Odyne - pain

1. Bovine - cow like not complimentary 
2. Leonine - lion like
3. Canine - dog like
4. Feline - cat like - speak with feline grace - feline temperament 
5. Porcine - pig like
6. Vulpine - fox like -shrewdness
7. Ursine - bear like - Ursa major and Ursa minor
8. Lupine - wolf like 
9. Lupus - skin disease that eats into skin
10. Equine - horse like
11. Piscine - fishlike
12. Nostalgia - homesickness
13. Nostos - a return
14. Algos - pain
15. Cacopsis or cacoptic - eye offending
16. Telephone - sound from far
17. Phonograph - writer of sound - recorder of sound
18. Saxophone- Adolphe sax
19. Xylophone - sounds through wood
20. Xylon - wood
21. Phonetics - the science of sounds of language
22. Phonics - science of sound
23. Carnis - flesh
24. Voro - to devour(eat)
25. Herba - herbs - herbivore
26. Omnis - all - omnivorous 
27. Omnivorous reader - reads everything
28. Voracious - devouring greedily, gluttonous
29. Voracious reader, eater, pursuit of money
30. Omnipotent - all powerful
31. Impotent -powerless
32. Potent - powerful
33. Potential - possessing power
34. Potens, potentis - powerful
35. Omniscient - infinitely wise
36. Sciens - knowing
37. Ubiquitous - omnipresent
38. Ubique - everywhere
39. Ubiquitous ice cream vendor, laughter greeted the press secretary i.e laughter was heard everywhere
40. Omnibus - for all who can pay
41. Omnibus legislative bill - all miscellaneous provisions
42. Carnelian - reddish gemstone, colour of red flesh
43. Carnival - carne vale - oh flesh farewell - now exuberant or riotous
44. Carnal - found in phrases - carnal pleasures, appetites - pleasure and appetites of flesh - sensual, lecherous, lascivious, lubricious
45. Carnage - great destruction of human life
46. Reincarnation - rebirth
47. Incarnate - in the flesh or body form - devil incarnate, evil incarnate -personification 
48. Clandestine - stealthy, sneaky, furtive
49. Surreptitious - synonym of clandestine
50. Clandestine or surreptitious meeting but only clandestine plan and surreptitious movements or action
51. Thanatopsis - view of death
52. Thanatology - science of death
53. Pheme- voice
54. Phanai -to speak
55. Phet, phec, phes 
56. Pro - before-hand - prologue, prognosis 
57. Prophet - one who foretells
58. Foretell - prophecy, prophesy
59. Nostopathy - mental illness due to past esp war veterans
60. Potentiate - drug that makes other drug powerful
61. Insectivorous - insect eating
62. Piscivorous - fish eating
63. Vulpicide - fox killing
64. Felicide - cat killing  
65. Ursicide - bear killing
66. Lupicide - wolf killing
67. Canaries - bird of canary island(canary - wild dog living)

1. Enervate  - exhaustion mentally, psychologically 
2. Castigate - somewhat synonym - censure severely, scold, rebuke, reprimand, berate - closer synonym - rail at, rant at, lash out at, tongue-lash
3. Self - abnegate - self denial
4. Recapitulate - summarise 
5. Vegetate - stagnant, no growth
6. Simulate - to pretend
7. Intimate - slight hint
8. Alleviate - reduce the pain
9. Commiserate - to sympathize
10. Vacillate - indecisiveness, irresolute(no resolution)
11. Ex - e - out
12. Nervus - nerve
13. Energy - en - in - ergon - work
14. Synergy - total greater than sum total
15. Ab - away - absent
16. Nego - to deny
17. Neg - not, no, aio
18. Negate - to deny truth or existence
19. Caput, capitis - head
20. Captain - head
21. Capital - head city
22. Decapitate - chop of someone's head
23. Capitulum - little head or heading
24. Recapitulate - go through chapter heading
25. Capitulate - arrange condition of surrender - reluctantly capitulated
26. Vegeto - to live and grow
27. Simulo - to copy
28. Smilis - like or similar
29. Simulation - copy real - Simulation of joy or simulated pearls
30. Dissimulation - hide true feeling by pretence of opposite feeling like sycophant
31. Dissemble - dissimulation
32. Intimus - innermost
33. Intimation - significant buried deep and only a hint, vague, indirect
34. Intimacy - sexual relationship
35. Levis - light or not heavy
36. Ad - al before l
37. Re - again
38. Relieve - to make light or easy again
39. E - ex
40. Elevate - to raise out
41. Levitation - rise in air
42. Levity - frivolity, flippancy, joking, lack of seriousness
43. Miser - wretched(poor, inciting pity)
44. Commiserate - sympathize
45. Con -com -with
46. Vacillo - swing back and forth
47. Ambivalence - vacillative
48. Oscillate - physical to and fro 
49. Oscillum - swing
50. Synagogue - lead together
51. Syn - together, with - b, m ,p
52. Con - together, with
53. Symbiosis - different organism living in close association
54. Symphony - sounds of all instrument sounds together
55. Symmetry - measurement together
56. Dromos - running
57. Syndrome - group of symptoms that occur together
58. Hippos - horse
59. Hippodrome - ancient Greece horse race but now theatre
60. Hippopotamus - pachyderm
61. Potamos - river

1. Obsequious - full compliance, subservient(instrumental), fawning(attempt to win favour, self-ingratiating(capable of winning favour)
2. Obsequies - funeral cortege(group following or procession)
3. Subsequent - one follows other
4. Sequel - novel or film follows other
5. Sequence - item following other  
6. Sequor - to follow
7. Querulous - nagging, harping, fretful(habitually complaining), petulant(easily irritate), whining
8. Queror - to complain
9. Supercilious - contempt, disdain(look down with contempt), sneering(expressive of arrogance) arrogance, overbearingly conceited(feeling of excessive pride or vanity) people
10. Super - above
11. Cilium - eyelid
12. Obstreperous - unruly(lacking discipline),boisterous(noisy, lacks restrain - boisterous crowd), 
13. Strepo - to make noise
14. Impecunious - always broke but not indigent, destitute
15. Pecus - cattle
16. Pecuniary - related to money  - pecuniary affairs, benefits 
17. Cheval - horse
18. Chivalrous - knightly attitude to women, gallantry(courtesy to women or valour)
19. Caballus - inferior horse
20. Cavalcade - procession on horseback
21. Cavalier - once mounted soldier but now haughty(arrogant superiority - haughty aristocrats), too offhand(inconsiderate or thoughtless), curt(rude - curt reply)  - cavalier refusal, treatment
22. Cavalry - horsed part of army
23. Noceo - to injure
24. Innocuous - innocent and cant injure anyone
25. Innocent - not guilty
26. Noxious - harmful, poisonous, unwholesome(immoral, not conducive character)
27. Bibo - to drink
28. Bibulous - drunkard but humorously, found propped(support against a solid) up the bar
29. Imbibe - in general drinking - he likes to drink - imbibe is also learning
30. Bib - apron like napkin to check drunken or eating from spilling over
31. Cado - to fall
32. Cadaverous - gaunt(very thin), haggard(very thin or burnt out), pale, sunken eyes 
33. Cadaver - corpse
34. Decadent - falling down - decadent state
35. De -down
36. Decline, descend 
37. Doleo - suffer or grieve
38. Dolorous - suffering and grieving, melancholy(feeling of thoughtful sadness)
39. Dolour - grief
40. Doleful - humorously exaggerated dismalness(causing dejection or gloomy), sadness or dreariness
41. Condole- grieve with - condolence
42. Non-Sequitur - it doesn't follow
43. Sequor, secutus - to follow
44. Consecutive - follow in order
45. Persecute - to follow through and hence to annoy
46. Prosecute - to follow before in order to complete - prosecute a campaign or legal proceeding - esp in official capacity
47. Pro - beforehand
48. Pre - through
49. Super - above
50. Superior - above in position or quality
51. Superficial - above surface
52. Superfluous - above what is necessary
53. Supernatural - above natural
54. Supervise - to oversee
55. Cado - to fall
56. Cadence - fall and rise of voice, rhythm or music
57. Occidental - western countries because sun falls
58. Oriental - eastern countries because sun rises
59. Orior - to rise
60. Orient - to adjust in place
61. Disorient - bewilder, confuse
62. Deciduous - falling down or trees whose leaves fall in autumn 
63. Incident - that fall upon or happen
64. Accident - that falls to or towards someone or thing
65. Ad - ac - to, towards
66. Coincident - two things fall together
67. Indolent - dislikes pain but actually lazy, dislike effort
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Comprehensive Fitness Guide

October 21, 2020 by BureaucratONE Leave a Comment Last Updated October 22, 2020

This comprehensive fitness guide is not meant for pro bodybuilders or Olympic level athletes. This is a guide for a common man by a common man. Just because I have undergone intensive military training since 6th grade and hold a 1st Dan black belt in karate doesn't mean I am always right throughout this guide. I am also not the ultimate authority of nutrition and fitness, the reason why I wrote a comprehensive guide instead of Ultimate guide. In fact, at the time of writing this article, I was almost 15kg overweight and never really work out, yet I want to make this for myself for a reference and for others.

This guide focuses on health, strength, endurance, flexibility, fitness, healthy eating and injury prevention and not on how to get aesthetics like an underwear model, gulping litres of protein shakes, six-packs and how to become a douche bags. So following it provides you with a long term result and not a quick result. The entire guide is centred around nutrition, inducement or exercise, hormones and rest or recovery. You need all the four to get the desired result and stay fit.

Avoiding Injury

The first priority in any training regime is to avoid injury because the purpose of fitness is to able to stay fit and not stay in ICU for treating an injury.

  1. Before Exercise
    • Consume quick energy release light snack like dates and bananas.
    • Beetroot juice is the best natural pre-workout drink as it produces nitric oxides, Vasco dilators. It boosts blood flow, insulin sensitivity, energy in mitochondria. Nitric oxide is a noble prize-winning gas.
    • Bhramari Pranayama also increases nitric oxides by up to 15 times.
    • Do Stretching and gradually move to warm up.
  2. During Exercise - Catabolic state where cell tissues are broken down
    • Poor Form will cause Injury so learn them properly before starting
    • Lack of active warm-up before a heavy workout will cause injury
    • Lack of warm-down after a heavy workout will cause injury
    • Keep yourself hydrated with homemade electrolytes else you may get cramps.
    • Don't go for explosive training because even if your muscles can do, your tendons will fail. This is the reason for pain in the joints
    • Incorporate a variety of exercises for each body parts as variety decreases the chance for injury. Give sufficient rest for each body part to recover.
  3. After Workout - Anabolic state where you actually build broken down cells during a workout
    • Immediate recovery rituals
      • Shower
        • Never rush to shower immediately after a workout but wait until sweating stops and heartbeat comes back to normal
        • Hot water bath can increase the blood flow and can increase the inflammation at the joints, muscles ...etc so prefer a cold shower.
      • Ice Pack
        • A proper ice pack can enhance recovery after a workout as it reduces blood flow and hence the inflammation
        • Avoid warm pack in the injured area before 48 hrs of injury as it may increase blood flow and hence increase inflammation
      • Foam rolling injured part will also enhance recovery
    • Nutrients
      • Replenish body immediately with water + protein + pink salt / black salt + Carbs
      • Protein shall come from milk and eggs. Carbs can come from fruit and millets.
    • Sleep - You need 8-12 hours of sleep depending on an individual.
      • Sleep is better than steroids because it is the most anabolic state a body can be in.
      • If wake up energetic and alert then you are you had a good sleep.
      • If you are sleepy after you wake up then you need more sleep.
      • If you not sleepy but just tired after wake up then you need quality sleep
        • Sleep quality can be increased by lowering the room temperature.
        • Keeping bedroom clean non-cluttered
        • A high-quality mattress of your choice - you spend 1/3rd of your life in bed
        • Avoiding heavy meals
        • Reduce screen time
        • Melatonin is the sleeping hormone which can be recharged by removing artificial lights as much as possible and spending in sunlight as much as possible. Even diffused light through windows will work.
  4. General Tips
    • Workout without complete recovery will cause injury
    • Massage will help in recovery but don't work out for a day or two after a massage and don't massage immediately after workout as massage increases blood circulation and increase inflammation
    • Contrast treatment - Warm and ice treatment one after the other can also help in reducing inflammation but not everyone will respond positively
    • All the guidelines are general guidelines some may respond to a particular treatment and others don't. So listen to your body first and then stick to a plan

Nutrition

  • Hydration before, during and after the workout with a homemade electrolyte drink i.e water + lemon + honey. Beetroot juice as a pre-workout will boost performance.
  • Carbs
    • Complex carbs 4 hours before a workout like millets
    • Simple carbs 40minutes before a workout like banana
    • Body stores energy as glucose in blood and glycogen in the liver and muscles which is to be recharged before and after a workout with both complex carbs
    • Complex Carb-loading with sufficient protein helps in endurance exercise
    • Carbs help increase testosterone
  • Protein
    • Too much protein reduces testosterone and affects kidney and ends as expensive urine. Don't fall for steroid-induced affiliate marketer posing as fitness experts and selling you protein powders.
    • A moderate protein of 1 to 1.6 grams per kg of body weight is more than sufficient even for amateur bodybuilders.
    • Protein from a natural source is superior to factory-made
    • Despite my suggestions, if you need protein powders for whatever reason then go for unflavoured whey isolate or unflavoured Brown-rice isolate.
  • Fats
    • Healthy Fats like HDL's are the precursor to testosterone
    • So eat healthy fats like whole eggs, milk and avoid unhealthy fats from fried foods
  • Other Micro Nutrients
    • Eat natural food as much as possible.
    • Eat foods that can be eaten raw as much as possible like nuts, fruits and vegetables.
    • Eggs and Fish are also great sources of lean protein. But go for only free-range eggs and wild-caught fish. They contain Omega 3 fatty acids which are essential for your heart, eyes, testosterone production.
    • Meat can be consumed in moderation but ensure the meat is sourced from organic, grass-fed, cage-free, antibiotic-free sources. Avoid red meat like beef if you are predisposed to colon cancer.
    • Factory farmed animals like broiler chickens are to be avoided.
    • Prefer goat over lamb because goat meat is superior incase of nutrient profile and low on cholesterol.
    • Organ meats are a great source of most micronutrients
    • Bone broth is an excellent source of recovery food and strengthens tendons and bones.

Supplements

  • Supplements are to be treated as supplements and not as meal replacements.
  • Supplements are synthetic products and thus doesn't absorb easily into our body
  • The human body is the most sophisticated system in the world that can't be manufactured even with any bleeding-edge technology. Thus human body feeds on the next sophisticated system in the world like plants, vegetables, fruits, honey and animal products. Even if you have all the ingredients of an Apple, even Apple can't manufacture a real Apple
  • So any synthetics foods are not an ideal food for humans. Don't feed a diesel engine with vegetable oil even if diesel engine can run.
  • Most of the multivitamins are just expensive urines due to low absorption
  • Excessive protein may help build muscles quicker but will definitely affect kidney and liver and also protein powder powered muscles doesn't last for long i.e you will lose them once you stop working out or stop taking them. Thus don't get obsessed with thumb rules like 2 grams of protein per Kg of bodyweight. I personally think 1 to 1.6 grams per Kg of body weight a day is more than sufficient for a healthy lifestyle. If you don't exercise you can even consume even lower than 1gram a day per Kg of bodyweight
  • Supplements are to be used only when you are deficient of certain nutrients.
  • Supplements are to be supplemented only for a limited period of time till your deficiency is addressed and not through the year.
  • Supplement Recommendation
    • For pre-workout
      • The best pre-workout that is as good as creatine without any side effects of creatine is any food that produces nitric oxide like beetroot juice, vegetable juices, pomegranate and citrus juices.
      • Also, do Bhramari Pranayama before a workout as it increases nitric oxide by 15 times.
      • And also load your blood with glucose from healthy carb sources like oranges and bananas.
      • Even then if you want a pre-workout recommendation, then go for creatine. Creatine does produce a quick result but only until you keep consuming them.
    • For protein
      • The best source of protein is nuts, millets, A2 Milk, fish protein, goat protein and egg protein. For supplements prefer protein isolate or brown rice isolate without any sucralose or other artificial sweeteners or flavours. There is nothing wrong in protein concentrate if you can digest lactose. Pea protein and Rice protein is also ok if you can get hold of one that is genuine.
        • For flavours - You can add your own essences like natural Vanilla or Cocoa powder or Cofee powder - These are better than the synthetic version added in protein powders.
        • For sweetness, you can use cane sugar or palm sugar or stevia instead of white sugar or aspartame or sucralose. Compensate the excess calories in cane sugar with excess cardio. Sucralose may not contain any calories but are bad for your health.
    • For vitamins and minerals drink
      • Organ meat, Lemon honey water, tender Coconut, fruits, vegetables and whole free-range eggs. Yes, fruits, honey are high on calories but these are the food our human body is designed to consume. Again this is not a guide on how to attain 3% body weight or how to start a fitness channel like a steroid-induced fitness affiliate marketers on YouTube.
      • Still, if you want multivitamin tablets, then go for plant-based non-synthetic multivitamin tablets because the bioavailability of synthetic version is close to nill, the reason why Doctors prescribe these with over a month dosage
      • Pharmaceutical-grade fish liver oil capsules like sea cod or seven seas. Don't buy these from supplement companies even if they give triple strength for half the price.
  • Steroids, GH, synthetic testosterones are not supplements period. Just because it is produced naturally in the body doesn't mean you can take them. Even HCL is produced in the stomach, why don't you drink HCL as it helps in digestion.
  • Creatine, that tine and this tine are also mere chemicals even if it is found naturally in red meat. Even cyanide is present naturally in apple seeds, why don't you buy and consume cyanide.

Isometric Training

  • Muscle Contraction Exercises without the full range of motion - that is hold in any position for 6 seconds like stay in pull up position or dips
  • Yielding Isometric Exercises - Hold a weight until giving out
  • Explosive Isometric - Push the wall suddenly or Push each other hands suddenly
  • It will only strengthen you and not build muscles
  • Overcoming Isometric Exercises - Moving something that doesn't budge like pushing against the wall - to be done to only 6 seconds and max 3 sets
    • Bruce Lee uses it
    • People with superhuman strength use it
    • It enables the body to recruit more muscle fibre than other people. An average person can only recruit 20-50% of muscles
    • Use it before the starting other exercises as it is very tiresome

Tendon Training

  • Constantly working physically can strengthen tendons - Children don't get tendon injury because they constantly run here and there
  • Myostatin inhibitors or deficiency will also cause tendon Injury
  • High Frequency, High Volume and low weight Workout like pump workout increases blood flow to tendons
  • Prefer higher volume and lighter weight program
  • Rock Climbers have thicker tendons and leopards have longer tendons that give them an explosive power.
  • Slow eccentrics(elongation) can also help i.e lift heavy and slowly bring it down or pull up and slowly come down - Use only Lightweight
  • Lift heavy partials

Calisthenics

To be Updated

Weight Training

Weight and strength training helps in building muscles, loosing fat and increasing overall body strength. The result of weight training can have varied results.

  • You can be fat yet strong like most strong man competitors Eddie Hall and Brain Shaw
  • You can be lean muscular without much muscles yet be strong - Many Olympic female weight lifters
  • You can be hugely muscular like most pro-body builders. But their strength is not proportional to their muscle size. They training regime is to built size and not strength
  • Finally you can have a combination of all these three - Most amateurs try this and succeed as well - Many Olympic Weight Lifters, Wrestlers, Sprinters....etc

There are many ways of training when it comes to weight training. They are

  • Bro Split - One Muscle group once a week - Max intensity and min frequency
  • Full Body Every Day - Max frequency and min intensity
  • Upper and Lower Split - Somewhere in between

Every way has its own pros and cons but a common recommendation is to try all and stick to one that suits well.

There are also many styles in weight training based on the set goals.

  • For size - Low rep high weight - 8 - 12 Rep Range
  • For endurance - High Reps Low weight - 24+ Reps
  • For Strength - Very low rep and Very High Weight - 6 - 8 Reps

Nevertheless, I will list the workout names below

Triceps

  • Standing overhead Bar triceps extension
  • Standing overhead Single and double hand dumble tricep extension
  • Pully press and Overhead
  • Bench Dips
  • Tricep pushup or Diamond Pushups

Biceps

  • Only heavyweight will give result because of type 2 muscles in biceps
  • Chinups
  • Concentration curl
  • Standing Barbell Curl - front and reverse grip
  • Standing Single and double dumble Curl
  • Standing single and double Hammer Curl

Chest

  • Flat bench press and dumble press
  • Inclined bench press and inclined dumble press
  • Steep inclined and dumble
  • Butterfly Machine
  • Fly with dumbles
  • Pullover - advanced so need some practice

Back

  • Pull-ups
  • Chin-ups
  • Deadlift
  • Lat pull down front and back
  • Seated Cable Rowing
  • Bent-Over Barbell Row - hand like pull up
  • Chest supported Dumbbell or Barbell row
  • Bent Over Dumble rowing
  • Closed hand lat pulldown
  • Scapular pull up - back activation

Shoulders

  • Barbell Overhead shoulder Press - front and back
  • Dumble Overhead Should press with rotation
  • Bent-Over Dumbbell Lateral Raise
  • Seated Bent-Over Dumbbell Lateral Raise
  • Alternating dumbbell front rise
  • Seated and bent front up
  • Dumbbell Lateral Raise
  • Standing Barbell Shrugs

Leg - Quads and Hamstring + Calf

  • Squats
  • Weighted squat
  • Machine front and back
  • Walking lunges with weight
  • Calf raises - Two legs and Individual legs

Weight Training Specific natural Supplement Stack

  • Testofen® Fenugreek Extract (Trigonella foenum-graecum; 50% fenusides, 50% Saponins)
  • Avena Sativa Extract (Oat Straw 100:1)
  • Tongkat Ali Extract (Eurycoma Longifolia Jack 100:1)
  • Maca Root (6% Extract)
  • Bulgarian Pro-Tribulus™ Terrestris Extract (90% Sapongenins + 40% protodioscin)
  • Stinging Nettle (95% Extract) (Urtica Dioica)
  • L-Arginine
  • Zinc + Copper

Disclaimer - These are based on random scientific studies conducted on small sample size. So neither the efficacy nor safety is tested by me. So I leave it to the wisdom of the reader.

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