| Term | Definition |
| neurosurgeon | brain surgeon |
| psychiatrist | doctor who specializes in mental health |
| psychologist | person trained to test others' mental health |
| Rorschach test | uses inkblots to test perception |
| patience | steady perseverence; even-tempered |
| obscure | not clear or plain; ambiguous |
| refute | to prove to be false |
| introspective | to look into one's own mind! |
| pompous | showy |
| stimulus | something that incites action |
| affront | a personally offensive act or word |
| paradoxical | an opinion or statement contrary to accepted opinion |
| vacuous | empty; lacking in ideas or intelligence |
| avert | turn away or aside |
| animated | full of life |
| platonic | purely spiritual; not physical |
| interim | in the meantime |
| depraved | corrupt; wicked |
| euphemism | substitution of a mild expression for one more harsh |
| illiteracy | lack of ability to read or write |