Vocabulary 4 Flashcards
tenant
(noun, verb)
a person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.
“council-house tenants”
a person in possession of real property by any right or title.
occupy (property) as a tenant.
“the house was tenanted by his cousin”
psychosis
(noun)
a severe mental condition in which thought and emotions are so affected that contact is lost with external reality.
“the symptoms of psychosis”
automaton
(noun)
a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being.
“a collection of 19th century French automata: acrobats, clowns, and musicians”
a machine which performs a range of functions according to a predetermined set of coded instructions.
“sophisticated automatons continue to run factory assembly lines”
used in comparisons to refer to a person who seems to act in a mechanical or unemotional way.
“like an automaton, she walked to the door”
phenomenology
(noun)
the science of phenomena as distinct from that of the nature of being.
an approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience.
noetic
(adjective)
relating to mental activity or the intellect.
“the noetic quality of a mystical experience refers to the sense of revelation”
Noology/Noölogy
(noun)
derives from the ancient Greek words νοῦς, nous or “mind” and λόγος, logos. Noology thus outlines a systematic study and organization of thought, knowledge and the mind.
paramount
(adjective)
more important than anything else; supreme.
“the interests of the child are of paramount importance”
having supreme power.
“a paramount chief”
concise
(adjective)
giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.
“a concise account of the country’s history”
contradistinction
(noun)
distinction made by contrasting the different qualities of two things.
“such a process is known as induction, in contradistinction to the deduction process”
deluxe
(adjective)
luxurious or sumptuous; of a superior kind.
“a deluxe hotel”
opulent
(adjective)
ostentatiously costly and luxurious.
“the opulent comfort of a limousine”
wealthy.
“his more opulent tenants”
sumptuous
(adjective)
splendid and expensive-looking.
“the banquet was a sumptuous, luxurious meal”
atrium
(noun)
a central hall in a modern building, typically rising through several stories and having a glazed roof.
“plans call for a new atrium to be built behind the facade”
each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body, the left atrium oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein.
proverbial
(adjective)
(of a word or phrase) referred to in a proverb or idiom.
“I’m going to stick out like the proverbial sore thumb”
well known, especially so as to be stereotypical.
“the Welsh people, whose hospitality is proverbial”
stupor
(noun)
a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility.
“a drunken stupor”
dwam
(noun)
a state of semi-consciousness or reverie.
“lying in bed, in the dwam before sleep”
rumination
(noun)
a deep or considered thought about something.
“philosophical ruminations about life and humanity”
the action of chewing the cud.
“cows slow down their rumination”
dysphoria
(noun)
a state of unease or generalized dissatisfaction with life.
“adolescents with depression, dysphoria, mania, and anxiety disorders”
brood
(noun, adjective)
a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth.
“a brood of chicks”
(of an animal) kept to be used for breeding.
“a brood mare”
brood
(verb)
think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried.
“she had brooded over the subject a thousand times”
(of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them.
“the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them”
