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WorksheetsCuckoo's Nest Vocab List #1 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
What does "lolling" mean?
Hanging loosely, drooping
Measured or doled out
Indifference to pleasure or pain
Awkward and uncultivated in appearance
What does "meted" mean?
Measured or doled out
Bad-tempered, combative
Belonging to an early stage of development
Getting pleasure from inflicting pain
What does "ornery" mean?
Bad-tempered, combative
Indifference to pleasure or pain
Hackneyed, boring from overuse
Awkward and uncultivated in appearance
What is the meaning of "primitive"?
Belonging to an early stage of development, crude, rudimentary
Indifference to pleasure or pain
Hackneyed, boring from overuse
Awkward and uncultivated in appearance
What does "sadistic" mean?
Getting pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others
Indifference to pleasure or pain
Hackneyed, boring from overuse
Awkward and uncultivated in appearance
What does "sinewy" mean?
Strong in a tough, stringy way, such as the fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone
Measured or doled out
Bad-tempered, combative
Belonging to an early stage of development
What is "stoicism"?
Indifference to pleasure or pain, impassiveness
Complete composure, poise
Defiance or disobedience to authority
Awkward and uncultivated in appearance
In psychoanalytic theory, what is the "superego"?
The part of the mind that is self-critical and reflects
The part of the mind that manifests primary and instinctive impulses
Indifference to pleasure or pain
A strong, stringy way of being
What does "trite" mean?
Hackneyed, boring from overuse
Measured or doled out
Bad-tempered, combative
Awkward and uncultivated in appearance
What does "uncouth" mean?
Awkward and uncultivated in appearance, rugged
Complete composure, poise
Defiance or disobedience to authority
Indifference, a lack of feeling or interest
