The Laramie Project Glossary

The Laramie Project Glossary

Compassion

To have sympathy, empathy, or understanding

Mortified

To be completely embarassed

Fallacy

the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning

Consuming

To be completely overcome by something, such as emotion

Scrutiny

To pay particular attention to; critical observation or examination

Partisan

a committed member of a political party

Distort

to pull or twist out of shape

Recurring

Something that occurs again and again

Falter

to be weak or hesitant about something

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