We Need to Talk About Kevin Glossary

By Connie Skibinski · Edited by Jessica Jones · Last reviewed March 22, 2016

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Written by Connie Skibinski

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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