Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Students by David Olsen & Michelle Bevilacqua & Justin Cord Hayes & Burton Jay Nadler

Author:David Olsen & Michelle Bevilacqua & Justin Cord Hayes & Burton Jay Nadler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F+W Media

NOUNS

dementia (dih-MEN-shuh). A mental illness characterized by loss of reason.

Owing to the deceased’s DEMENTIA at the time the will was signed, there was considerable legal wrangling over the estate.

imbecility (im-buh-SILL-ih-tee). Foolishness; simplemindedness.

Although he disdained the IMBECILITY of mainstream television, Arnie was not above an occasional viewing of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

megalomania (meg-uh-lo-MAY-nee-uh). A psychopathological condition in which a person is obsessed with fantasies of riches, grandeur, or authority; a condition that causes people’s ambitions and sense of self-importance to become overblown.

Some have interpreted the tycoon’s purchase of the old castle as an uncharacteristically bad real estate deal; I see it as pure MEGALOMANIA.

quirk (KWIRK). A peculiarity of one’s personality or manner.

One of the most omnipresent QUIRKS of the nouveau riche is that they still ask the price of a luxury item, rather than simply offering to purchase it.

sociopath (SO-see-uh-path). A person who, because of mental illness, lacks restraint or moral responsibility toward fellow members of society.

Although motion pictures and popular fiction have shown an unending fascination with serial killers, the fact is that such SOCIOPATHS are quite rare.

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