1. Psych Soul, mind Vocabulary words: Psyche Psychosomatic Psychotic

2. Psyche (n) The mind, especially as the center of a person’s being. The death of Greg’s mother had a tremendous damaging effect on his psyche.

3. Psychosomatic (adj) Having an effect on the body, but mental or emotional in origin. A recent study has revealed that heartburn is often a psychosomatic response to the dislike of a particular food.

4. Psychotic (adj) Having severe mental illness to the point of disconnection from reality. The local station frightened its audience by warning that a psychotic madman was on the loose.

5. Anima Soul, mind, life, spirit. Vocabulary words: Pusillanimous Animadversion Inanimate

6. Pusillanimous (adj) Timid or cowardly; not brave. The cartoon character, a pusillanimous panda, is so frightened when he meets another bear that he runs and hides.

7. Animadversion (n) Strong criticism or blame. The animadversion Sam heaped on Ike had never been said from one friend to another.

8. Inanimate (adj) Without life; unmoving. The students on the scavenger hunt had to collect a number of inanimate objects, including a curling iron and a football.