english vocabulary

Cards (40)

  • hierarchy - a system of organisiing people into different ranks or levels of importance
  • deumanise - treat someone as less than human
  • empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
  • discriminate against sb/sth - to unfairly treat somebody differently because they belong to a particular group, especially one that is not equal with others.
  • diversity - the state of having people who are different races or who have different cultures in a group or organization.
  • discrimination - treating someone unfairly because they belong to a particular group, especially one that is traditionally treated differently from other groups.
  • prejudice - an unfavourable opinion or feeling formed without adequate knowledge or reasoning.
  • subservient - you do whatever someone tells you to do
  • duplicitous - someone who lies and is two faces
  • malcontent - always unhappy with a situation and want it to change
  • animalise - treat somone less than human
  • alien - not normal or expected
  • alienate - make somone feel outsside of a system or group
  • malevolent - deliberately causes evil or harm
  • impervious to - not changed by things
  • controlled - stop themselves from behaving badly
  • disgraceful - very bad behaviour
  • demeanor - the way someone acts, especially when they are angry
  • despicable - extremely unpleasant person
  • vindictive - wanting revenge on people
  • banal - boring and dull
  • trivial - small and unimportant
  • credulous - they are ready to believe what people tell them and are gullible
  • shrewd - clever and perceptive , they can understand things quickly and easily
  • expose - you show it
  • repress - you push it downor hide it
  • constrain - limit its freedom
  • banal - dull and boring
  • trivial - small and unimportant
  • liberate - to liberate is to free
  • imprison - to imprison is to trap
  • proximity to - your proximity to something or someone is your closeness or nearness to it
  • dispassionate about - someone who is dispassionate about someting is not affected by emotions
  • compassion for - someone who shows compassion for someonewho is suffering shows sympathy and unnderstanding
  • compassionate - someone who is compassionate towards someone who is sufferign shwos sympathy and understanding
  • enchanted - if you are enchanted by something , it is like you are under a spell. you are transfixed or bewitched
  • repulsed - if you are repulsed bysomething , you think that it is horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid it
  • altruistic - someone who is altruistic is generous and cares about the happiness of others rather than themseves
  • glamourise - if you glamourise something , you make it seem glamourous , impressive and desirable
  • egotistcal - someone egotistical is selfish , they think only of themselves and not of others