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| psychology | n. Science dealing with the mind and with mental and emotional problems |
| tangible | adj. That can be understood; definite; objective |
| refute | v. Prove (an argument or statement) to be false by argument or evidence |
| illiteracy | n. Inability to read or write |
| obscure | v. Conceal or hide |
| syndromes | n. A number of symptoms occurring together and characterizing a specific disease or condition |
| introspective | adj. Inward looking; thoughtful |
| Rorschach test | n. a psychological test involving inkblots that the subject describes. |
| motivation | n. The desire to work hard and achieve a goal. |
| IQ | n. Intelligence quotient. A way of measuring human intelligence. |
| neurosurgeons | n. Doctors who operate on the nervous system, including the brain and spine. |
| motivation | an inner drive or impulse that causes one to act |
| subconscious | mental activites a person is not aware of |
| consciousness | awareness of one's thoughts |
| marooned | isolated on an island without means of escape |
| opportunist | someone who takes advantage of a situation |
| petition | formal written request |
| inferiority complex | a strong sense of being less able to do something |
| cowered | to shrink away or cringe usually in abject fear of something menacing or domineering and sometimes from cold |
| vacuous | vacancy of mind : the state or fact of being temporarily or characteristically free of ideas, reflections, cares : mental emptiness or inactivity |
| smirk | to smile in an affected or conceited manner |
| infuriated | to make furious : ENRAGE, MADDEN |
| principle | a comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption on which others are based or from which others are derived |
| impaired | diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength |
| accelerated | to hasten the ordinary progress or the development of |
| coordination | the functioning of parts in cooperation and normal sequence |
| amnesia | loss of memory sometimes including the memory of personal identity due to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness or sometimes induced by anesthesia |
| irritable | easily excitable; likely to become impatient, angry, or disturbed |
| senility | showing the characteristics of old age |
| applicability | fit, suitable, having relevance |
| regressed | backward movement; to go back |
| deterioration | to make or become worse |
| hypothesis | an unproved theory |
| instability | lack of firmness or determination |
| dissection | to cut apart piece by piece, as a body for purpose of study |
| introspective | looking into one's own mind or feelings |
