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ENG COMP: Vocab 6-3
Vocabulary List 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| commentary | literally, the exercise of using the mind to remember and then to talk or write about an event remembered; notes or remarks presented in connection with an event and offered as a brief analysis |
| dementia | progressive and permanent deterioration of the mental powers caused by an organic brain disorder; insanity; madness |
| mentality | the total of a person's intellectual capacity; the particular cast of an individual's mind |
| mentation | the act or process of thinking; use of the mind; mental activity |
| psyche | the mind, viewed as the functioning center of virtually all human behavior; the soul or spirit, as distinct from the body |
| psychedelic | causing dramatic changes in the conscious mind; producing hallucinations or delusions |
| psychic | pertaining to the human mind, especially in the sense of the mind's power to perform extrasensory perception or mental telepathy; a person who can do such things |
| psychosomatic | related to physical problems and illnesses that arise from the mind or the emotions |
| sophisticated | wise in the ways of the world; complex, as a piece of machinery; cultured |
| sophomoric | literally, like a wise fool; characteristic of the immature arrogance arising from a little learning; over confident with knowledge, yet poorly informed |
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