Chapter 7: Roots Of Empathy Flashcards
Arrange
to plan, prepare for, or organize something
The bodyguard of skater Tonya Harding, Eckardt had arranged to have thugs attack Nancy Kerrigan.
Thugs attack
a man who acts violently, especially to commit a crime
Archrival
the chief rival of a person, team, or organization.
Harding’s archrival for the 1994 woman’s Olympic figure skating gold medal.
Battered
hurt by being repeatedly hit
Kerrigan’s knee was battered.
Sidelining
If a sports player is sidelined they are prevented from playing or competing, and can only watch.
Sobbing
to cry noisily, taking in deep breaths
Mean-spirited
inconsiderate and unsympathetic.
Fault line
a problem that may not be obvious and could cause something to fail
Child molester
to touch or attack someone in a sexual way against their wishes
perpetrator
someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act.
Blot sth out
to stop yourself thinking about something unpleasant.
Inflict
to force someone to experience something very unpleasant
Inflict damage on victims
Precipitate
to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected
Perverted
considered strange and unpleasant by most people
Perverted fantasy of molesters…
Detachment
a feeling of not being emotionally involved
Emotional detachment on child,
Ensue
to happen after something else, especially as a result of it
Ensuing the plan…
Revulsion
a strong, often sudden, feeling that something is extremely unpleasant
Utter
Extreme or complete
Utter lack of empathy…
Devise
to use knowledge and imagination to think of or plan something:
Reenactment
If you re-enact an event, you try to make it happen again in exactly the same way that it happened the first time, often as an entertainment or as a way to help people remember certain facts about an event:
Reenactment of a crime
Perverse
strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy
… fight their perverse sexual urges…
Instill
to put a feeling, idea, or principle gradually into someone’s mind, so that it has a strong influence on the way that person thinks or behaves
Hope for instilling a sense of empathy in offenders…
Notorious
famous for something immoral or bad
Compassion
a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish to help them
Twinge of conscience
a sudden short feeling of physical or mental pain:
the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done or things you feel responsible for:
perplexing
confusing, often because you do not know how to solve something:
Glib
speaking or spoken in a confident way, but without careful thought or honesty
Glib liar…
Cynicism
the belief that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere.
Plausible
seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed
Plausible explanation
Intimidate
to frighten or threaten someone, usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want them to do
Ominous
suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen:
Ominous ways
Breed apart
more special than others of the same kind
Those athletes are a breed apart.
Scrambled
to put things such as words or letters in the wrong order so that they do not make sense
Decipher words that have been scrambled.
Shallowness
the fact of measuring only a short distance from the top to the bottom, or from where something is to the ground or surface
Callousness
behaviour that is unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people
Contend
to say that something is true or is a fact
