unit2 Flashcards
kleptomania
A mental illness in which a person has a strong desire to steal things.
dipsomaniac
A person with an extreme and uncontrollable desire for alcohol.
megalomaniac
A mental disorder marked by feelings of great personal power and importance.
egomaniac
Someone who is extremely self-centered and ignores the problems and concerns of others.
psyche
Soul, personality, mind.
psychedelic
(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.
psychosomatic
Caused by mental or emotional problems rather than by physical illness.
psychotherapist
One who treats mental or emotional disorder or related bodily ills by psychological means.
reception
(1) The act of receiving. (2) A social gathering where guests are formally welcomed.
intercept
To stop, seize, or interrupt (something or someone) before arrival.
perceptible
Noticeable or able to be felt by the senses.
susceptible
(1) Open to some influence; responsive. (2) Able to be submitted to an action or process.
confine
(1) To keep (someone or something) within limits. (2) To hold (someone) in a location.
definitive
(1) Authoritative and final. (2) Specifying perfectly or precisely.
finite
Having definite limits.
infinitesimal
Extremely or immeasurably small.
interject
To interrupt a conversation with a comment or remark.
conjecture
To guess.
projection
An estimate of what might happen in the future based on what is happening now.
trajectory
The curved path that an object makes in space, or that a thrown object follows as it rises and falls to earth.
traction
The friction that allows a moving thing to move over a surface without slipping.
retract
(1) To pull back (something) into something larger. (2) To take back (something said or written).
protracted
Drawn out, continued, or extended.
intractable
Not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled.
conducive
Tending to promote, encourage, or assist; helpful
deduction
(1) Subtraction. (2) The reaching of a conclusion by reasoning.
induce
(1) Persuade, influence. (2) Bring about.
seduction
(1) Temptation to sin, especially temptation to sexual intercourse. (2) Attraction or charm.
sequential
(1) Arranged in order or in a series. (2) Following in a series.
subsequent
Following in time, order, or place; later.
consequential
(1) Resulting. (2) Important.
non sequitur
A statement that does not follow logically from anything previously said.
