corporan choose a dream name power vocab Flashcards
uncongenial
someone not pleasant to be around
the human condition
the self awareness that humans have that lets them analyze existential meanings
paranoic
someone diagnosed with paranioa
magnanimity
generous
contemtuous
hateful, scornful
illiterate
unable to read or write
freudian
relating to or influenced by freud ad his methods of psycoanalysis
tin lizzie
a cheap old or run down automobile
hypocrisy
claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which ones own behavior does not conform
repressed
restrained, inhibited or oppressed
retrospective
looking back on or dealing with past events or situations
falsification
the act of changing information so that it is false
comeuppance
a punishment or fate that someone deserves
patronizingly
condescendingly
malignant
malevolent, bad, like cancer, something that will grow become worse and will harm you
noblisse oblige
inferred responsibility of priviledge people to act with generosity and mobility to those less priviledged
colonialism
the policy or practice of acquiring political control over another country, occupying it w settlers and exploiting it economically
epithets
an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
slur
an insinuation about someone that is likely to insult them
radical
far reaching or affecting the fundaental nature of something
reconstruction
the act of rebuilding after being damaged or destroyed
heritage
a background from which one comes
derogatory
showing a critical or disrespectful attitude
ethnic
of or relating to a population subgroup w a common national or cultural tradition
power
the capacity to direct or influence the behavior of others
dominance
power and influence over others
mestizo
a person of mixed race, usually a spaniard or american indian
minority
the smaller number or part, less than half of the whole
majority
the bigger number or part, more than half of the whole
demographics
statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it
standard
a level of quality or attainment or something accepted as normal/avergae
priviladge
unearned right, advantage or immunity available only to a particular person or group of people
insensitivity
the opposite of caring and sympathetic