Ayesha A.

Tale
DOXI exercise

Word: Acquisitive
D: Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.
O: A word to describe someone greedy, who acquires/pursue money or material things without
setting a boundary on when to stop.
X: Acquisitive thoughts manifest when a man is deprived of luxurious possession in his
childhood.
I: A man who spends way too much money on things he doesn’t need because growing up he
didn’t have what kids his age normally had like toys or money for flashy things and snacks. So
now, he purchases things like new released cars even when he can only drive one.
Word: Bias
D: Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in
a way considered to be unfair.
O: When someone or a group disregards/validates the opinion or right to be equal of a person
because of personal views.
X: A relationship in a group of three, one is biased and favors his/her favorite friend among the
two.
I: When a fight breaks out between three bestfriends. Friend A is most like to believe the side of
friend B even if friend B is the one who is wrong because friend A likes friend B more than
friend C.
Word: Bigot
D: A person who is obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction,
especially one who is prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people on the basis of
their membership of a particular group.
O: Someone who invalidates a person’s beliefs, opinion or choice because their ideas don’t align.
X: Maxi’s bigoted family accused her of being Satan’s spawn.
I: Maxi told her family that she is no longer believe in god and declares to be an atheist. Ever
since then, her opinions and actions are no longer tolerated by her family and no one listens to
her anymore.
Word: Bully
D: A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.
O: Someone who takes his insecurities out on people weaker than him.
X: Someone bullying a guy with glasses.
I: The bully calls the guy with names like “four eyes”, “nerd” and so on because the bully knew
that he is inferior to guy’s intelligence and wants to bring him down by bullying him.
Word: Callous
D: Feeling or showing no sympathy for others : HARD-HEARTED
O: Someone who is numb or cold to feelings and lacks sympathy.
X: A guy pursues a callous girl who constantly rejects him.
I: Tom fell for Jerry and expresses his feelings through his action, but Jerry who is callous to his
actions unconsciously rejected him over and over again.
Word: Chauvinistic
Aggressively and blindly devoted to a certain system of beliefs, especially patriotism or
nationalism:
Word: Cheat
D: Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game or
examination.
O: An act of doing something wrong for the sake of achieving a goal or satisfyingly one self.
X: Doggy cheated on Cat because of an argument.
I: Doggy and Cat had a misunderstanding, because Doggy is hurt so much he wanted Cat to feel
the same way so he cheated on her to satisfy himself.
Word: Egocentricity
D: having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things: having little or no
regard for interests, beliefs, or attitudes other than one's own; self-centered:
O: Regarding one’s self as higher than everyone, therefore puts their opinions and beliefs higher.
X: Dora thinks that the topic exist because of her and constantly makes it about her.
I: Dora interrupts Boots and Swiper whenever they talk and somehow Dora always turns the
topic back to her.
Word: Terrorize
D: Create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror.
O: To scare someone to the extreme by using things against them.
X: A guy terrorizes the city by threatening to activate a bomb.
I: Markiplier threatens the people that if they don’t hand him money, he will activate the timer
and the bomb will explode.