Sex, Lies, and Vocabulary

*anecdotes - (ān'ĭk-dōt')
noun
1. A short account of an interesting or humorous incident.
2. pl. an·ec·dotes or an·ec·do·ta (-dō'tə) Secret or hitherto undivulged particulars of history or biography.
[French, from Greek anekdota]

*hierarchical - (hahy-uh-rahr-ki-kuhl)
adjective
1. classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers; "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first"
[Middle English ierarchie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin hierarchia, from Greek hierarkhiā, rule of a high priest, from hierarkhēs, high priest; see hierarch.]


*analogous - (ə-nāl'ə-gəs)
adjective
1. similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar"
2. corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
[From Latin analogus, from Greek analogos, proportionate : ana-, according to; see ana- + logos, proportion; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

*agonistic - (āg'ə-nĭs'tĭk)
adjective
1. combative; striving to overcome in argument.
2. straining for effect: agonistic humor.
3. of or pertaining to ancient Greek athletic contests.
4. Ethology. pertaining to the range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
[Greek agōnistikós, equiv. to agōnist]

*rapport - (rā-pôr', -pōr')
noun
1. Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.
[French, from Old French, from raporter, to bring back : re-, re- + aporter, to bring (from Latin apportāre : ad-, ad- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots).]