The Metamorphosis

Neurosis n

A mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, accompanied by various physical, physiological, and mental disturbances (such as visceral symptoms, anxieties, or phobias)

Psychosis n

a psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions (such as schizophrenia)

Fretsaw n

a saw with a narrow blade stretched vertically on a frame, for cutting thin wood in patterns

Foyer n

a large entrance or reception room or area: a vestibule

Addle v

To throw into confusion: to confound; to become rotten: to spoil

Scarab n

Any of stout-bodied beetles (such as a dung beetle) with lamellate or fan-shaped antennae

Disparity n

A noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity

Immanent adj

Indwelling, inherent; being within the limits of possible experience or knowledge

Boa n

A long fluffy scarf; a long snake (such as a python)

Navel n

A depression in the middle if the abdomen that marks the point of former attachment of the umbilical cord: belly button; the central point: middle

Ell n

a former English unit of length equal to 45 inches; an extension at right angles to the length of a building; an elbow in a pipe or conduit