1100 Words You Need to Know Week 37 Day 4
1100 Words You Need to Know Week 37 Day 4
1100 Words You Need to Know Week 37 Day 4
New Words
Words in Context
Amateur Psychologists
The ideas of Freudian psychology have become part of our everyday life. Our language is replete* with clichés* that have their origin in Freud’s writings. There is a surfeit* of amateur psychologists who, with celerity,* analyze an individual’s problems from the slightest evidence. Despite their dubious* education and training in this field, they discuss symptoms and cures on a most erudite fashion. Should a person express a fear of height, this phobiais examined; events from childhood are considered germane to the problem. Is it possible he or she was dropped as an infant? Perhaps something in a dream is pertinent* to explain the feelings of vertigo that accompany height. For some reason, non-trained people find the Freudian approach to the workings of the human mind most conducive to their practicing as amateur psychologists.
The ideas of Freudian psychology have become part of our everyday life. Our language is replete* with clichés* that have their origin in Freud’s writings. There is a surfeit* of amateur psychologists who, with celerity,* analyze an individual’s problems from the slightest evidence. Despite their dubious* education and training in this field, they discuss symptoms and cures on a most erudite fashion. Should a person express a fear of height, this phobiais examined; events from childhood are considered germane to the problem. Is it possible he or she was dropped as an infant? Perhaps something in a dream is pertinent* to explain the feelings of vertigo that accompany height. For some reason, non-trained people find the Freudian approach to the workings of the human mind most conducive to their practicing as amateur psychologists.
Sample Sentences
Insert the new words in these sentences.
1. She could not countenance* the sight of a lethal* weapon; it was tantamount* to a phobia with her.
2. The erudite man was more than merely bilingual;* he spoke five languages.
3. I would never have the temerity* to walk across the steel girders high up on a new building; an onset of vertigowould surely follow.
4. The bedlam* in the study hall was not conducive to good work habits.
5. Epithets* are not germane when motivating* a child to a task.
1. She could not countenance* the sight of a lethal* weapon; it was tantamount* to a phobia with her.
2. The erudite man was more than merely bilingual;* he spoke five languages.
3. I would never have the temerity* to walk across the steel girders high up on a new building; an onset of vertigowould surely follow.
4. The bedlam* in the study hall was not conducive to good work habits.
5. Epithets* are not germane when motivating* a child to a task.
Definitions
Match the new words with their definitions.
6. erudite: very scholarly
7. phobia: persistent fear, strong dislike
8. germane: appropriate, in close relationship to
9. vertigo: dizziness
10. conducive: leading, helpful
6. erudite: very scholarly
7. phobia: persistent fear, strong dislike
8. germane: appropriate, in close relationship to
9. vertigo: dizziness
10. conducive: leading, helpful
Today’s Idiom
To upset the apple cart: to overturn or disturb a plan or intention
It was a bitter pill to swallow* when they upset the apple cart and elected a dark horse.*
It was a bitter pill to swallow* when they upset the apple cart and elected a dark horse.*
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