Vocabulary Eleven1
This word means the act of making someone feel very ashamed or extremely embarrassed.
Humiliation
This word means the act or process of treating someone or something poorly and/or without respect.
Degradation
A noun that refers to the lessening of punishment or chore
leniency
An example of this word would be a student earning 100% on a biology test - or any assessment in school
Mastery
This word means the painful feeling that is a mix of regret, self-hate, and dishonor.
Shame
This word is used when something has lost its power, prestige, or worth.
Diminished
This word means feeling or showing acceptance that something unpleasant will happen or will not change.
Resigned
A verb that is often used when a negative situation has improved significantly
Subsides
This word typically means an unfair preference
bias
This word means when you are morally or legally bound to a something
Obligations
This word is used for someone or something that is easily hurt or likely to succumb to temptation
Vulnerable
People who "let things happen" can be described this way.
Passive
The opposite of rewarded
Penalized
While technically it can mean a disagreement over the best movie, it usually involves a disagreement of important ideas
Controversy
This word means a tendency to believe that some people or ideas are better than others usually results in treating people unfairly.
Bias
This word contains the Latin root meaning wound
vulnerable
This word describes feeling like a bad person and regretting something you did. It can also mean it's sad or a pity.
Shame
Responsibility and duty are synonyms
obligations
This word comes from the Latin prefix meaning down and the Latin verb meaning side
Subsides
This word describes when someone is very concerned about something.
Anxious
This word contains the root meaning least or smallest.
diminished
This word has the prefix meaning "down/away" and the root meaning "step".
degradation
The Latin root of this word means father
Patron
This word is often used in association with someone or something that has power over someone/thing else.
Leniency
Something that causes suffering and unpleasantness
hardships