Terms
Credit(s): https://Dictionary.Cambridge.org/
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Persecute | To treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or to annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone. |
| Oppress | To govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and freedom. |
| Subjugate | To defeat people or a country and rule them in a way that allows them no freedom. |
| Abet | To help or encourage someone to do something wrong or illegal. |
| Arrogant | Unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people. |
| Catalyst | Something that makes a chemical reaction happen more quickly without itself being changed. |
| Covert | Hidden or secret. |
| Coward | A person who is not brave and is too eager to avoid danger, difficulty, or pain. |
| Criminal | Someone who commits a crime. |
| Dialogue | Formal talks between opposing countries, political groups, etc. |
| Deceive | To persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage. |
| Devious | Devious people or plans and methods are dishonest, often in a complicated way, but often also clever and successful. |
| Ego | Your idea or opinion of yourself, especially your feeling of your own importance and ability. |
| EQ | Emotional Quotient: A measurement of a person's Emotional Intelligence (e.g. their ability to understand their own feelings and the feelings of others). |
| Evil | Morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant. |
| Illicit | Illegal or disapproved of by society. |
| Indictment | Something that shows a policy, system, society, etc. is bad or wrong. |
| Injustice | (An example of) A situation in which there is no fairness and justice. |
| Innocent | (Of a person) Not guilty of a particular crime. |
| Insidious | (Of something unpleasant or dangerous) Gradually and secretly causing harm. |
| Integrity | The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change. |
| IQ | Intelligence Quotient: A measure of someone's Intelligence found from special tests. |
| Justice | Fairness in the way people are dealt with. |
| Mediation | To talk to two separate people or groups involved in a disagreement to try to help them to agree or find a solution to their problems. |
| Minority | Any small group in society that is different from the rest because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or a person who belongs to such a group. |
| Overt | Done or shown publicly or in an obvious way and not secret. |
| Terrorism | (Threats of) Violent action for political purposes. |
| Terrorist | Someone who uses violent action, or threats of violent action, for political purposes. |
| Vile | Unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable. |