Watsons Ch. 4-6 Vocabulary

Watsons Ch. 4-6 Vocabulary

hypnotize

a state that resembles a trance or sleep

traitor

a person who turns against their companion

parachute

cloth canopy that fills with air to slow a fall

peon

 laborer who is obliged to do menial work / an unimportant person

mourning

state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

humiliate

cause to feel shame and embarassment

conscience

an inner feeling acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.

sympathy

sharing the feelings of others, especially sorrow or anguish

empathy

understanding and entering into another's feelings

essential

basic and fundamental / most important

characterization

the act of describing someone's essential (most important) features