Hana Lee Friends/ The Help Flashcards

(30 cards)

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Neurotic

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Emotionally unstable or excessively anxious

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Skeptical

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Doubting or questioning

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Codependent

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Emotionally reliant on another person

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Impulsive

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Acting without thinking

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5
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Insecure

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Lacking self confidence

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6
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Pretentious

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Attempting to impress with greater importance than warranted

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings

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Melodramatic

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Exaggerated in emotions or reactons

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Domineering

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Assertive in an arrogant way

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Vindictive

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Seeking revenge

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Perceptive

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Quick to notice or understand things

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Disheveled

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Messy in appearance

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Whimsical

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Playfully and quaint

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14
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Pessimistic

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Expecting the worst

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15
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Hindrance

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something that delays progress

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Subjugation

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The act of bringing someone under dominant control

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Condescension

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An attitude of patronizing superiority

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Defiance

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Open resistance

19
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Stigmatization

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The act of describing ore regarding someone as worthy of disgrace

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Vindication

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The action of clearing someone of blame or suspicion

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Institutionalize

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Established in practice or custom, often in unjust systems

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Marginalization

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Pushing a group to the edge of society by not allowing them a voice or identity.

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Patronize

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To treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority.

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Resilience

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The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

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Hypocrisy
Claiming to have moral standards to which one's own behavior does not conform.
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Dehumanization
Depriving a person or group of human qualities
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Complicity
Involvement with others in wrongdoing
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Articulate
Able to express ideas clearly and effectively
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Allegory
A symbolic narrative in which characters and events represent broader ideas
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pretense
A false display intended to deceive