The greek word morphe means form. which word probably means "shaped like a human"? answers:

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.