English 10 LOTF Vocab
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dandegrace12 on January 26, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 tumult | violent outburst |
| hiatus | break or interruption |
| gesticulate | to make gestures while speaking |
| diffident | lacking self confidence |
| obsequious | Eager to please |
| contemptuous | scornful |
| surmount | to surpass in quality or attainment |
| strident | commanding attention loudly |
| appease | to pacify or make calm |
| incredulous | not willing to believe or accept truth |
| indignant | angered at something unjust or wrong |
| laconic | expressing a lot with few words |
| blatant | obvious |
| abyss | middle of no where |
| reverence | respect |
| indolent | lazy |
| superego | doing the right thing because it is right |
| id | doing something regardless of the outcome |
| ego | doing the right thing for fear of punishment |
| neurosis | storing up negative emotions that come out in a bad way |
| transference | transferring emotions from one to the other |
| Freudian slip | unfiltered thoughts |
| Oedipal complex | desire to possess mother sexually and exclude the father |
| Electra complex | desire to possess father sexually and exclude the mother |
| unconscious mind | bulk of which the of mind, thoughts, desires, and impulses occur which we are unaware of |
| phobia | An extreme, irrational fear of an object or situation. |
| hysteria | mental illness with physical effects |
| repression | to force painful ideas or impulses into the subconscious |
| defense mechanism | an unconscious way of protecting oneself from emotional and physical harm. |
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