Pigman chapter 1 &2

paranoia

a psychosis marked by delusions and irrational suspicion

compassion

sympathy, mercy

epic

a long poem in elevated style narrating the deeds of a hero - a hero who has died

Gestapo

secret state police

incandescent

adj. brilliant, giving off light or heat

phony

fake, marked by empty pretension

commemorative

intended to recall an event

thrombosis

the formation of a clot in a blood vessel

distorts

twists the truth, to give a false impression

sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening

infantile

childish