1100 Words You Need to Know Week 37 Day 3
1100 Words You Need to Know Week 37 Day 3
1100 Words You Need to Know Week 37 Day 3
New Words
Words in Context
The Mind’s Secrets
The study of the human mind and behavior has had many prominent practitioners, but no one is more revered* than Sigmund Freud. An Austrian physician, he is said to be the father of psychoanalysis. He taught that man has a subconscious mind in which he keeps repugnant* memories that come to the surface surreptitiously* and motivate behavior. Man often tries to rationalize his actions, when, in reality, they are really the result of suppressed memories coming to the surface. Freud’s approach to the disturbed person was to attempt therapy by examining the dreams that make cognizant* what the cause of the illness might be. Only with the airing of deleterious, buried emotions can the person move from the nascent stage to that of full health. Freud was considered an iconoclast in the field of psychology when his ideas first appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century.
The study of the human mind and behavior has had many prominent practitioners, but no one is more revered* than Sigmund Freud. An Austrian physician, he is said to be the father of psychoanalysis. He taught that man has a subconscious mind in which he keeps repugnant* memories that come to the surface surreptitiously* and motivate behavior. Man often tries to rationalize his actions, when, in reality, they are really the result of suppressed memories coming to the surface. Freud’s approach to the disturbed person was to attempt therapy by examining the dreams that make cognizant* what the cause of the illness might be. Only with the airing of deleterious, buried emotions can the person move from the nascent stage to that of full health. Freud was considered an iconoclast in the field of psychology when his ideas first appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Sample Sentences
Insert the new words in these sentences.
1. The iconoclast was in favor of jettisoning* one of the traditions that had become an intrinsic* part of his life.
2. In order to complete the therapy, the doctor said a trip to a warm, dry climate was mandatory.*
3. Complacent* people are difficult to motivate to altruistic* actions.
4. It is pathetic* the way some citizens rationalize their apathy* during election years.
5. His beard was in its nascent state; it would soon be a hirsute* masterpiece.
1. The iconoclast was in favor of jettisoning* one of the traditions that had become an intrinsic* part of his life.
2. In order to complete the therapy, the doctor said a trip to a warm, dry climate was mandatory.*
3. Complacent* people are difficult to motivate to altruistic* actions.
4. It is pathetic* the way some citizens rationalize their apathy* during election years.
5. His beard was in its nascent state; it would soon be a hirsute* masterpiece.
Definitions
Match the new words with their definitions.
6. motivate: inspire, stimulate, provoke
7. rationalize: use or give a reason other than the real one
8. therapy: healing or curing process
9. nascent: beginning to exist or develop
10. iconoclast: image-breaker, attacker of beliefs
6. motivate: inspire, stimulate, provoke
7. rationalize: use or give a reason other than the real one
8. therapy: healing or curing process
9. nascent: beginning to exist or develop
10. iconoclast: image-breaker, attacker of beliefs
Today’s Idiom
A square peg in a round hole: an able man in the wrong job
It was a bitter pill to swallow* when they had to fire him because he was a square peg in a round hole.
It was a bitter pill to swallow* when they had to fire him because he was a square peg in a round hole.
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