The Gran Torino Vocabulary

A formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime.

An area of short, regularly mown grass in the garden of a house or park

A thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively.

The opposite of "hostility"

• prejudice

• kindness

• xenophobic

• awareness

An act or ritual that a person must perform in order to be officially recognized as having joined a group or organization or as having achieved a new status

• teaching sb a lesson

• mourning

• sacrifice sth

• initiation rite

Fairness in the way people are dealt with is called...

Which word is not directly connected to the term "racism"?

• prejudices

• Xenophobia

• mourning

• stereotypes

Another term for feeling content and calm about oneself is...

• to take responsibility

• to be at peace

• to sacrifice

• to quit

To convince one to avoid some unwanted behavior in the future through the inflicting of some form of punishment or harm is called....

• to teach sb a lesson

• to take responsibility

• to sacrifice sth for sb

How would you define the term "respect"?