vocabularies

Question 1

personality disorder: in psychiatry, a personality disorder characterized by the patient’s overestimation of his or her own appearance and abilities and an excessive need for admiration.
In psychoanalytic theory, emphasis is placed on the element of self-directed sexual desire in the condition.

Answer 1

narcissism

He went to the gym every day, driven purely by narcissism

Question 2

driven by an irresistible inner force to do something / adj

Answer 2

compulsive

a compulsive liar/ a help group for compulsive overeaters /

Question 3

somebody whose actions are driven by a usually irrational psychological force
 ///....behaviour is very difficult to stop or control, and is often a result of or a sign of a mental problem → obsessive

Answer 3

Compulsive
compulsive gambling/overeating/spending etc:
Compulsive overspending in these days of credit cards has become more common.

Question 4

closely involved or associated —usually used with with

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bound up
his life was bound up with the town’s history
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Question 5

a statement that seems impossible because it contains two opposing ideas that are both true

Answer 5

paradox
:a potentially serious conflict between quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity known as the information paradox

from Greek, from paradoxis “opposite to what is expected”

Question 6

are a type of unsaturated fat that occur in small amounts in nature, but became widely produced industrially from vegetable fats for use in margarine, snack food, packaged baked goods and frying fast food starting in the 1950s.

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Trans fats

or trans-unsaturated fatty acids, trans fatty acid

Question 7

bacterial toxin: a toxin produced within some bacteria that is released only when the bacteria disintegrate

Answer 7

endotoxin

Question 8

if something …….. a liquid, it takes the liquid into itself

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soak sth up

He used a towel to soak up the blood.

Question 9

relates to learning through feeling such as a sense of body position, muscle movement and weight as felt through nerve endings. /adj

Answer 9

Kinaesthetic

Question 10

a friendly relationship

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Rapport
The law of connection states that when two ppl are in rapport they will have a better connection.
He quickly developed a good rapport with the other teachers.
There is a lack of rapport between the members of the group.
She works hard to build rapport with her patients.

Question 11

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Answer 11

Calibrating

carefully calibrate the dosage of a medicine