Unit 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

a mental illness in which a person has a strong desire to steal things

Answer 1

kleptomania

Question 2

a person with an extreme and uncontrollable desire for alcohol

Answer 2

dipsomaniac

Question 3

a mental disorder marked by feelings of great personal power and importance

Answer 3

megalomaniac

Question 4

someone who is extremely self-centered and ignores the problems and concerns of others

Answer 4

egomaniac

Question 5

soul, mind, personality

Answer 5

psyche

Question 6

of or relating to a drug that produces abnormal and often extreme mental effects such as hallucinations

Answer 6

psychedelic

Question 7

caused by mental or emotional problems rather than by psychical illness.

Answer 7

psychosomatic

Question 8

one who treats mental or emotional disorders by psychological means

Answer 8

psychotherapist

Question 9

to interrupt a conversation with a comment or remark

Answer 9

interject

Question 10

to guess

Answer 10

conjecture

Question 11

an estimate of what might happen in the future based on what happening now

Answer 11

projection

Question 12

the curved path that an object makes in space

Answer 12

trajectory

Question 13

to keep within limits

Answer 13

confine

Question 14

authoritative and final

Answer 14

definitive

Question 15

have definite limits

Answer 15

finite

Question 16

extremely small

Answer 16

infinitesimal

Question 17

the act of receiving

Answer 17

reception

Question 18

to stop, seize or interrupt before arrival

Answer 18

intercept

Question 19

noticeable or able to tell be felt by senses

Answer 19

perceptible

Question 20

open to some influence

Answer 20

susceptible

Question 21

friction

Answer 21

traction

Question 22

pull back

Answer 22

retract

Question 23

drawn out

Answer 23

protracted

Question 24

not easily handled

Answer 24

intractable

Question 25

rational and calm

Answer 25

Apollonian

Question 26

frenzied, orgiastic

Answer 26

bacchanalian

Question 27

unclear or confusing

Answer 27

Delphic

Question 28

frenzied, delirious

Answer 28

Dionysian

Question 29

jolly, good-natured

Answer 29

jovial

Question 30

mood swings

Answer 30

mercurial

Question 31

superior, lofty, and detached

Answer 31

Olympian

Question 32

STDs

Answer 32

venereal