AP Literature Vocabulary Unit 2 Flashcards

10886210710	Mania	in Latin, means madness	0
10886216251	KLeptomania	a mental illness in which a person has a strong desire to steal things	1
10886237267	Dispomaniac	a person with an extreme and uncontrollable desire for alcohol	2
10886261194	Megalomaniac	a mental disorder marked by feelings of great personal power and importance	3
10886271492	Egomaniac	someone who is extremely self-centered and ignores the problems and concerns of others	4
10886283267	Psych	comes from the Greek word psyche, meaning breath, life, soul	5
10886301583	Psyche	soul, personality, mind	6
10886306411	Psychedelic	of or relating to a drug such as LSD that produces abnormal and often extreme mental effects such as hallucinations; imitating the effects of psychedelic drugs	7
10886333069	Psychosmatic	caused by mental or emotional problems rather than by physical illness	8
10886341091	Psychotherapist	one who treats mental or criminal disorder or related body ills by psychological means	9
10886357493	Cept	comes from the Latin verb meaning take, seize	10
10886376598	Perception	the act of receiving; a social gathering where guests are formally welcomed	11
10886386782	Intercept	to stop, seize, or interrupt someone or something before arrival	12
10886563722	Perceptible	noticeable or able to be felt by the senses	13
10886580438	Susceptible	open to some influence; responsive; able to be submitted to an action or process	14
10886594918	Fin	comes from the Latin word for end or boundary	15
10886603413	Confine	to keep someone or something within limits; to hold someone in a location	16
10886619279	Definitive	authoritative and final; specifying perfectly and precisely	17
10886629489	Finite	having definite limits	18
10886634187	Infinitesimal	extremely or unmeasureably small	19
10886651690	Ject	comes from jacere, the Latin verb meaning throw or hurl	20
10886657674	Interject	to interrupt a conversation with a comment or remark	21
10886664593	Conjecture	to guess	22
10886669128	Projection	an estimate of what might happen in the future based on what is happening now	23
10886680458	Trajectory	the curved path that an object makes in space, or that a thrown object follows as it rises and falls to the earth	24
10886694114	Tract	comes from trajere, the Latin verb meaning drag or draw	25
10886703588	Traction	the friction that allows a moving thing to move over a surface without slipping	26
10886719908	Retract	to pull back something into something larger; to take back something said or written	27
10886729763	Protracted	drawn out, continued, or extended	28
10886739355	Intractable	not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled	29
10886746566	Duc/Duct	from the Latin verb ducere, to lead	30
10886754255	Conducive	tending to promote, encourage, or assist; helpful	31
10886763470	Deduction	subtraction; reaching of a conclusion by reasoning	32
10886777031	Induce	persuade; influence; bring about	33
10886782652	Seduciton	temptation to sin, especially temptation to sexual intercourse; attraction or charm	34
10886795012	Sequ	comes from the Latin verb sequi, meaning to follow	35
10886808196	Sequential	arranged in order or in a series	36
10886816522	subsequent	following in time, order, or place; later	37
10886829856	Consequential	resulting; important	38
10886833418	Non Sequitar	a statement that does not follow logically from anything previously said	39
10886854833	Appolonian	harmonious, ordered, calm, rational	40
10886858127	bacchanalian	frenzied, orgiastic	41
10886864172	Delphic	unclear, ambiguous, or confusing	42
10886877168	Dionysian	frenzied, delirious	43
10886881791	Jovial	jolly, good-natured	44
10886886656	Mercurial	having rapid and unpredictable changes of mood	45
10886892847	Olympian	lofty, superior, and detached	46
10886899500	Venereal	having to do with sexual intercourse or diseases transmitted by it	47