Cuckoo's Nest Vocab List #1 Review

What does "apathy" mean?

• Indifference, a lack of feeling or interest

• Complete composure, poise

• Defiance or disobedience to authority

• Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

Which word describes "complete composure, poise"?

• Aplomb

• Brooding

• Ornery

• Trite

What is the meaning of "brooding"?

• Dwelling gloomily in thought

• Measured or doled out

• Strong in a tough, stringy way

• Indifference to pleasure or pain

What does "curtail" mean?

• To impose a restriction; to reduce in quantity

• To putrefy, to rot

• To hang loosely, drooping

• To be bad-tempered, combative

What is the definition of "fester"?

• To putrefy, to rot; to cause increasing irritation or bitterness

• To impose a restriction; to reduce in quantity

• To be loosely and awkwardly built

• To be indifferent to pleasure or pain

What does "gangly" mean?

• Loosely and awkwardly built, lanky

• Bad-tempered, combative

• Hackneyed, boring from overuse

• Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

In psychoanalytic theory, what is the "id"?

• The part of the mind that manifests primary and instinctive impulses

• The part of the mind that is self-critical and reflects

• Indifference to pleasure or pain

• A strong, stringy way of being

What does "infernal" refer to?

• Irritating and tiresome; refers to that which is hellish

• Measured or doled out

• Belonging to an early stage of development

• Getting pleasure from inflicting pain

What is "insubordination"?

• Defiance or disobedience to authority

• Complete composure, poise

• Indifference, a lack of feeling or interest

• Awkward and uncultivated in appearance

What is a "lobotomy"?

• An operation in which nerve fibers in the frontal part of the brain are cut to treat a mental disorder

• A strong, stringy way of being

• A bad-tempered, combative attitude

• A hackneyed, boring expression