2nd Bachillerato Vocabulary: Bullying

Ángela Ruiz 2010-11

I shall remember forever and will never forget

Monday: my money was taken.
Tuesday: names called.
Wednesday: my uniform torn.
Thursday: my body pouring with blood.
Friday: it’s ended.
Saturday: freedom.

The final diary pages of thirteen-year-old Vijay Singh.

He was found hanging from the banister rail at home.

ABUSE n cruel or violent treatment of someone

ATTACK n an act of violence that is intended to hurt a person or damage a place
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of
BEAT UP v
aggression
BEHAVE v to do things that are good, bad, sensible etc
BEHAVE
v to not do things that annoy or offend people
YOURSELF
BEHAVIOUR n the things that a person or animal does (good / bad behaviour)
BULLY v to threaten to hurt someone or frighten them, especially someone smaller or weaker
someone who uses their strength or power to frighten or hurt someone who is
BULLY n
weaker
BULLYING n the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
BRAVE adj dealing with danger, pain, or difficult situations with courage and confidence
BYSTANDER someone who watches what is happening without taking part
when people use unpleasant words to describe someone in order to insult or upset
CALL NAMES v
them
COWARD adj someone who is not at all brave:
DECEIVE v to make someone believe something that is not true
EXTORTION v obtain something by force
FAULT n a mistake in the way that something was made
to make someone's life unpleasant, for example by frequently saying offensive things
HARASS
to them or threatening them
HIT v to touch someone or something quickly and hard with your hand, a stick etc
HURT v to injure yourself or someone else
not feeling at all confident about yourself, your abilities, or your relationships with
INSECURITY n
people
INTIMIDATE v to frighten or threaten someone into making them do what you want
LOOK AWAY v to turn one’s side away
LOUSY adj very bad, stinking
MILD adj not serious
MAKE FUN v ridicule
a sudden strong feeling of fear or nervousness that makes you unable to think clearly
PANIC n
or behave sensibly
PRETEND v to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not, in order to deceive
people or for fun
QUIET adj not making much noise, or making no noise at all
when you regard something or someone as important and are careful not to harm
RESPECT n
them, treat them rudely etc
SCARE v to make someone feel frightened
SCARED adj frightened of something, or nervous about something
nervous and embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people, especially
SHY adj
people you do not know
SHUN v to deliberately avoid someone or something
SPREAD
v to extend some information from one person to another which may not be true
RUMOURS
STAND BY v not act or do anything
TARGET n something that you are trying to achieve, such as a total, an amount, or a time
to laugh at someone and make jokes in order to have fun by embarrassing them,
TEASE v
either in a friendly way or in an unkind way
TOLERATE v to be able to accept something unpleasant or difficult, even though you do not like it
TRUST v to believe that someone is honest or will not do anything bad or wrong
VICTIM n someone who has been attacked, robbed, or murdered
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Ángela Ruiz 2010-11

WRONG adj not correct, and not based on true facts

OTHER USEFUL EXPRESSIONS:

Give somebody a bad time
Take possessions
Damage personal belongings
Social exclusion

Try to study the vocabulary by reading the

definition in English. If you find it hard, translate
the words into your language, but TRY IT FIRST!!!