Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
a mental illness in which a person has a strong desire to steal things
kleptomania
a person with an extreme and uncontrollable desire for alcohol
dipsomaniac
a mental disorder marked by feelings of great personal power and importance
megalomaniac
someone who is extremely self-centered and ignores the problems and concerns of others
egomaniac
soul, mind, personality
psyche
of or relating to a drug that produces abnormal and often extreme mental effects such as hallucinations
psychedelic
caused by mental or emotional problems rather than by psychical illness.
psychosomatic
one who treats mental or emotional disorders by psychological means
psychotherapist
to interrupt a conversation with a comment or remark
interject
to guess
conjecture
an estimate of what might happen in the future based on what happening now
projection
the curved path that an object makes in space
trajectory
to keep within limits
confine
authoritative and final
definitive
have definite limits
finite
extremely small
infinitesimal
the act of receiving
reception
to stop, seize or interrupt before arrival
intercept
noticeable or able to tell be felt by senses
perceptible
open to some influence
susceptible
friction
traction
pull back
retract
drawn out
protracted
not easily handled
intractable
rational and calm
Apollonian
frenzied, orgiastic
bacchanalian
unclear or confusing
Delphic
frenzied, delirious
Dionysian
jolly, good-natured
jovial
mood swings
mercurial
superior, lofty, and detached
Olympian
STDs
venereal
