Modern Fiction
Vocabulary List #8
141) intolerable
in·tol·er·a·ble
adjective -incapable of putting up with
[in-tol-er-uh-buh l]
142) callus
cal·lus
[kal-uh s]
noun -a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin
143) replica
rep·li·ca
noun -a copy or reproduction
[rep-li-kuh]
144) rasp
rasp
verb -to utter in a grating voice
[rāsp]
145) hostility
hos·til·i·ty
[ho-stil-i-tee]
noun -the state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity
146) gurney
gur·ney
[gur-nee]
noun -a metal stretcher with wheeled legs, used for transporting patients
147) commence
com·mence
verb -to begin; to start
[kuh-mens]
148) billow
bil·low
verb -swelled out or bulged
[bĭl'ō]
149) embalmer
em·balm·er
[em-bahm-er]
noun -a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
160) sadistic
sa·dis·tic
[suh-dis-tik, sey-, sa-]
adjective -deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on another
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161) id
id
[id]
noun -In Freudian theory, the division of the psyche that is totally unconscious and serves
as the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of
primitive needs
162) ego
e·go
[ee-goh, eg-oh]
noun -In psychoanalytic theory, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most
immediately controls thought and behavior, and mediates between the person and
external reality
163) superego
su·per·e·go
[soo-per-ee-goh, -eg-oh]
noun -In psychoanalysis, the part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience
164) egomania
e·go·ma·ni·a
noun -obsessive occupation with the self
[ee-goh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh, eg-oh-]
165) ethereally
e·the·re·al·ly
[i-theer-ee-uh l-lee]
adverb -in a way characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangibly; highly
refined, delicate, heavenly
166) opiate
o·pi·ate
[oh-pee-it]
noun -a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicines for inducing sleep or
relieving pain
167) coiffure
noun -a hairstyle
coif·fure
[kwah-fyoo r]
168) juggernaut
jug·ger·naut
[juhg-er-nawt, -not]
noun -an overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its
path
169) matriarchy
ma·tri·ar·chy
[mey-tree-ahr-kee]
noun -a social system in which the mother is the head of the family
170) martyr
noun -a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion
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