012: Vocabulary.

Haitian Zombies:
"...virtually all social scientists would agree that the impact of bereavement may be profound and manifest itself in unusually nonsensical behavior."
Words: Nonsensical, Bereavement

Nonsensical

Def. 1:absurd: incongruous;inviting ridicule
Def. 2:crazy; ridiculous

Bereavement
Def. 1:the state or fact of being bereaved; especially : the loss of a loved one by death
Def. 2:intense mourning of a lost dead loved one.

"Metraux, who talks about “how hard is the life of the average peasant and worker. Isolation, economic stagnation, administrative fecklessness, ignorance—all help to explain the misery which is to be found among the masses” (Metraux 1959: 60)."
Words: Stagnation, Fecklessness

Stagnation
Def. 1:a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
Def. 2:inactivity in one way, shape or form

Fecklessness
Def. 1:*Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
*Careless and irresponsible.
Def. 2:insufficient

"...as long as they may be labeled as servile laborers, a tag with which the once-enslaved Haitians are quite familiar."
Word: Servile

Servile
Def. 1: *1. Abjectly submissive; slavish.
*2.a. Of or suitable to a slave or servant.
*2b. Of or relating to servitude or forced labor.
Def. 2: having the attributes of a slave.

"Hundreds of thousands of slaves were imported from West Africa and subjugated to extremely harsh treatment in Saint-Dominque."

Word: Subjugated
Def. 1:*1. To bring under control; conquer.
*2. To make subservient; enslave.
Def. 2: to make submissive and enslave

Bereft
Source: Indeed, it is not simply grieving individuals but the nation as a whole that is bereft
Definition 1:v.
A past tense and a past participle of bereave.
adj.
1.
a. Deprived of something: They are bereft of their dignity.
b. Lacking something needed or expected: "Today's graduates seem keenly aware that the future is bereft of conventional expectations" (Bruce Weber).
2. Suffering the death of a loved one; bereaved: the bereft parents.
Definition 2: Intense Need or lack of something

From Freud Wiki:

1)Caul
Source Sentence: Freud was born with a caul, which the family accepted as a positive omen.[3]
Def.1: A portion of the amnion, especially when it covers the head of a fetus at birth. Also called pileus.
Def. 2: something that covers the part of a fetus' head.

2)catalytic
Source Sentence: [Jean Martin Charcot] was later to remember the experience of this stay as catalytic in turning him toward the practice of medical psychopathology...
Definition: Of, involving or acting as a catalyst.
Definition 2: being a part of the catalyst

3)Amnion
(see caul definition)
Def 1: A thin, tough, membranous sac that encloses the embryo or fetus of a mammal, bird, or reptile. It is filled with a serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended.
Def 2: The sac that covers the baby inside of a animal, lizard or bird.

4) Serous
(from amnion definition)
def 1: Containing, secreting, or resembling serum.
def 2: Looks, feels, leaks serum.

Vocabulary from ON A DARKLING PLAIN, Edited by Ivan Ward
Source for all: "Narcissism By Jeremy Holmes"

"...If selfishness' persists into adult life, it is maladaptive and liable to be frowned upon. Here consideration for others and altruism are contrasted...."

Maladaptive:
Def. 1: Marked by faulty or inadequate adaptation
Def. 2: Unable to change

Altruism:
Def. 1: Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness.
Def. 2: Generous to the human race

"...disregard for others, preoccupation with personal relationships...and lack concern about social cohesion."

Cohesion;
Def.1: the act or state of cohering; tendency to unite
Def.2: Coming together as one unit.

"People so described (no doubt not without a streak of puritanical envy) might be the 'me generation' ..."

Puritanical:
Def.1: Rigorous in religious observance; marked by stern morality.
Def.2: Strict guidelines to oneself.

"Ronald Britton calls this state of psychic withdraw into the self 'libidinal narcissism'."

Libidinal:
Def.1: Manifestation of the sexual drive.
Def.2: Revolving or based around sexual energies or drives.

"...Self-love and object-love not as lying on a continuum, but as two distinct developmental lines..."

Continuum:
Def.1: A continuous extent, succession, or whole, no part of which can be distinguished from neighboring parts except by arbitrary division.
Def.2: A forever, blending section.