Domestic violence Flashcards
behave in a way that expresses your confidence, importance, or power and earns you respect from others. She very quickly {…} her authority over the class.
assert
to form or make something. Women {…} about ten percent of Parliament.
constitute
power to influence people and get the results. emotional {…} to get their victim to do what they want.
leverage
to reduce or be reduced in size or importance.
diminish
an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in the future.
anxiety
doctor
clinician
the fact that one person or thing is better, stronger, etc. than another.
superiority
a violent attack. men sexually {…} women.
assault
to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something.
perceives
able to be trusted.
trustworthy
to find. Abusers aren’t easy to {…}.
spot
likely to do, get, or suffer from something. {…} to jealousy
prone
to try to persuade someone to support you or to use your business.
to woo
to put a feeling, idea, or principle gradually into someone’s mind, so that it has a strong influence on the way the person lives. {…} fear in the victim
Instill
the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats. Insults, threats, emotional abuse, and sexual {…} all constitute domestic violence.
coercion