Othello vocab 1 Flashcards
Othering
To other a group of people or an individual is to treat them as inferior.
Entrance
If something or someone entrances you, they cause you to feel delight and wonder, often so that all your
attention is taken up and you cannot think about anything else.
Belonging
To belong means to feel accepted and part of a group or society.
Duplicitous
Someone who is duplicitous lies and is two-faced.
Malevolent
A malevolent person deliberately tries to cause harm or evil.
Credulous
If you describe someone as credulous, they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are
gullible.
Benevolent
If you describe a person as benevolent, they are kind and fair.
Impervious to
If you are impervious to someone’s actions, you are not changed by them.
Affected by
If you are affected by someone’s actions, you are changed by them
Dehumanise
If you dehumanise someone, you treat them as less than human.
Defer to
If you defer to someone, you follow them because you respect them or their authority.
Stabilise
If you stabilise someone or something, you make it stable.
Destabilise
If you destabilise someone or something, you make it unstable.
Subservient
If you are subservient, you do whatever someone wants you to do.
Hierarchy
A hierarchy is a system of organising people into different ranks or levels of importance
Animalistic
If you describe a person or their behaviour as animalistic, you mean that they behave like an animal.
Alien
If something is alien to you, it is not normal or expected.
Malcontent
You can describe people as malcontents if they are unhappy with a
situation and want it to change.
Alien
(noun)
An alien is an insulting word for someone who is not familiar to you.
Controlled
(adjective)
Someone who is controlled stops themselves from behaving badly or strangely.
Subvert
To subvert something like a rule or expectation means to destroy its power by going against it.
Subversion
Subversion is the attempt to weaken or destroy a system.
Deceptive
If something or someone is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
Fascination
A feeling of fascination is a feeling of being greatly interested by something.
