We Need to Talk About Kevin Glossary

We Need to Talk About Kevin Glossary

Subject

To force someone to do something they don't want to do

Anguish

Intense sadness and grief

Conscience

A sense of right and wrong

Sever

Cut away

Horrified

Shocked and disgusted

Conceit

Excessive self pride; vanity

Kid ourselves

Trick ourselves into believing something untrue

Gullible

Falling for things very easily

Discriminate

To see a difference between two things

Infamy

Being well known for doing something bad

Consoles

Comforts

Apathy

Having very little interest or enthusiasm

Liberation

Freedom

Commonplace

Normal or widely accepted

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