Comprehension
& Analysis
& Analysis
This is when one feels guilty despite the fact that he knows he has done nothing wrong. *NOTE: The answer is not SURVIVOR guilt.
What is subjective guilt?
This word means happening by or depending on chance.
What is flukish?
"After I missed the shot, I wanted to take another _________________ one."
What is redemptive?
This is a statement that is contrary to fact.
What is a counterfactual?
Example "I thought I did a bad job at the audition, but that was counterfactual because I ended up getting a part."
This word means to be relieved or cleared from responsibility, obligation, accusation, or blame.
What is exonerated?
Example: "The criminal was exonerated after the court hearing."
This is the type of guilt a person feels if one has acted to deliberately harm someone or could have knowingly prevented harm but didn’t.
What is objective guilt?
This word means making a bad or unpleasant thing or person better or more acceptable; serving to make up for something bad or for some wrongdoing.
What is redemptive?
Example: "When I apologized for hitting him in the face, it showed my redemptive side."
"It was great when my mom was _______________ from her 3-month jury duty assignment."
What is exonerated?
This word is the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions.
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What is empathy?
This root means "feeling" and comes from the Greek word the means feeling or suffering.
What is -path-?
The following is an example of this type of guilt:
A man feels guilty after surviving a mass shooting when his wife who was standing next to him didn’t.
*NOTE: The answer is not SURVIVOR guilt.
What is subjective guilt?
This word means not embarrassed or ashamed about openly expressing strong feelings or opinions.
What is unabashed?
Example: Some of my friends were embarrassed to sing at the concert, but I sang loudly (and horribly) in an unabashed way.
The _______________ landing on my name in the wheel was unfortunate.
What is flukish?
This word means the state or act of being faithless or disloyal.
What is perfidy?
WRONG: "I was perfidy when I lied to my parents." "I think you are being perfidy." (perfidious) "I perfidy my friends."
CORRECT: "My friend lied to me, and all I could think about was her perfidy."
"Because of my friend's perfidy, I couldn't trust her."
This word means in a brief or temporary way.
What is fleetingly?
AS AN ADJECTIVE: "I saw a fleeting glimpse of a rainbow."
"Making varsity gave me a fleeting moment of fame."
The following is an example of which type of guilt?
A mother feels guilty after yelling at her son and upsetting him.
What is objective guilt?
This refers to a situation (such as a game or relationship) in which a gain for one side involves a corresponding loss for the other side.
What is zero-sum?
Example: "It was a zero-sum situation when it came to running against my best friend for a student council position."
What is unabashed?
This word means responsibility; being worthy of blame or wrongdoing
What is culpability?
Example: "The gas company needs to claim culpability for the recent gas explosions."
This word means in an obviously or seriously bad way.
What is egregiously?
Examples: "I was egregiously late."
The following involves this feeling--something the English philosopher Bernard Williams described in his work.
a baseball player whose bat flew into the stands and injured a woman after being at bat and hitting the ball
What is agent-regret?
This word means providing an easy and quick way to solve a problem or do something (even though it might be unethical).
What is expedient?
"I was ___________ for failing my quiz because I didn't study."
*NOTE: This is the adjective form of the word that Sherman used in her article.
What is culpable?
This word means something that is necessary and not to be avoided; an obligatory act or duty.
What is an imperative?
EXAMPLE: The imperative of studying is well-known among high school students.
What is the verb form of the adjective redemptive?
What is redeem?
Example: "I once failed a quiz, but I redeemed myself on the next quiz when I got an A.