unit2

Question 1

kleptomania

Answer 1

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

Question 2

dipsomaniac

Answer 2

A person with an extreme and uncontrollable desire for alcohol.

Question 3

megalomaniac

Answer 3

A mental disorder marked by feelings of great personal power and importance.

Question 4

egomaniac

Answer 4

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

Question 5

psyche

Answer 5

Soul, personality, mind.

Question 6

psychedelic

Answer 6

(1) Of or relating to a drug (such as LSD) that produces abnormal and often extreme mental effects such as hallucinations. (2) Imitating the effects of psychedelic drugs.

Question 7

psychosomatic

Answer 7

Caused by mental or emotional problems rather than by physical illness.

Question 8

psychotherapist

Answer 8

One who treats mental or emotional disorder or related bodily ills by psychological means.

Question 9

reception

Answer 9

(1) The act of receiving. (2) A social gathering where guests are formally welcomed.

Question 10

intercept

Answer 10

To stop, seize, or interrupt (something or someone) before arrival.

Question 11

perceptible

Answer 11

Noticeable or able to be felt by the senses.

Question 12

susceptible

Answer 12

(1) Open to some influence; responsive. (2) Able to be submitted to an action or process.

Question 13

confine

Answer 13

(1) To keep (someone or something) within limits. (2) To hold (someone) in a location.

Question 14

definitive

Answer 14

(1) Authoritative and final. (2) Specifying perfectly or precisely.

Question 15

finite

Answer 15

Having definite limits.

Question 16

infinitesimal

Answer 16

Extremely or immeasurably small.

Question 17

interject

Answer 17

To interrupt a conversation with a comment or remark.

Question 18

conjecture

Answer 18

To guess.

Question 19

projection

Answer 19

An estimate of what might happen in the future based on what is happening now.

Question 20

trajectory

Answer 20

The curved path that an object makes in space, or that a thrown object follows as it rises and falls to earth.

Question 21

traction

Answer 21

The friction that allows a moving thing to move over a surface without slipping.

Question 22

retract

Answer 22

(1) To pull back (something) into something larger. (2) To take back (something said or written).

Question 23

protracted

Answer 23

Drawn out, continued, or extended.

Question 24

intractable

Answer 24

Not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled.

Question 25

conducive

Answer 25

Tending to promote, encourage, or assist; helpful

Question 26

deduction

Answer 26

(1) Subtraction. (2) The reaching of a conclusion by reasoning.

Question 27

induce

Answer 27

(1) Persuade, influence. (2) Bring about.

Question 28

seduction

Answer 28

(1) Temptation to sin, especially temptation to sexual intercourse. (2) Attraction or charm.

Question 29

sequential

Answer 29

(1) Arranged in order or in a series. (2) Following in a series.

Question 30

subsequent

Answer 30

Following in time, order, or place; later.

Question 31

consequential

Answer 31

(1) Resulting. (2) Important.

Question 32

non sequitur

Answer 32

A statement that does not follow logically from anything previously said.