equanimity mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation disconcerting disturbing to one's composure or self- possession; upsetting, discomforting, or confusing provincial Unsophisticated or narrow- minded; lacking refinement obscure Not clear; ambiguous, vague or uncertain/to conceal (physically or by confusing) imperturbable Unable to be annoyed or disturbed ungainly Awkward; clumsy rectify to put right; to correct heathen an unreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person; a savage/irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized incite encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior) didactic intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction demeanor an individual's outward behavior validate to make legally or formally truthful, just or well- founded; to officially approve longevity a long life, existence, or service threadbare Worn out from overuse; becoming thin and tattered with age; shabby verbose characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy credulous Gullible; willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper evidence prudent Showing good morals and values relic An object from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest fortuitous happening by accident or chance; lucky; fortunate admonish to caution, advise, or counsel against something; to scold, but in a mild and good-willed manner profane serving to debase or defile what is holy OR to treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect supercilious Behaving or looking as though one thinks he/she is superior to others; belittling or condescending Incentive a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something capitulate To surrender; to accept defeat spurious not being what it purports to be; false or fake crass lacking sensitivity or refinement; vulgar; insensitive formidable Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable concise Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words Adverse preventing successful development; harmful; unfavorable insurgent A person who rises in opposition to authority Stoic serious, unaffected by emotion expedite To make an action or process speed up or happen more quickly peerless Without equal; unrivalled ruthless Having or showing no pity or compassion for others; coldhearted proximity nearness in space, time or relationship ambivalent having mixed or contradictory feelings about someone or something expedient convenient; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances/a resource or means to an end result meager Deficient in quality or quantity tenacious Persistent; determined; strong- willed quixotic Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical deflate To reduce air or gas from something (balloon, tire, etc..); to depress or reduce (a person’s ego, hopes, spirits, etc..) cryptic mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous prodigious Extraordinary in amount, extent, degree, etc; marvelous; monstrous obsolete No longer produced or used; out of date ingratiate To bring (oneself) into the favor others untenable Not capable of being supported or maintained disposition A person’s overall outlook or mood stringent Rigorously binding, strict or severe altruistic showing a selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish officious Objectionably aggressive in offering one’s unwanted and unrequested help, advice or service sanction a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule OR give official permission or approval for something anonymity the condition of having one's identity unknown jargon A vocabulary or type of language spoken among a particular group of people that is usually hard to understand by outsiders austere Strict or severe in manner, appearance, or behavior; simple or unadorned meticulous Precise; paying close attention to detail resilient Able to recover, able to bounce back inherent Existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, talent, etc. Vilify to speak ill of or slander skeptical having or inclined to doubt or question about a particular subject; suspicious or doubtful mundane lacking interest or excitement; dull egregious Outstandingly and obviously bad; extraordinary in a bad way garner Gather or collect (something, especially information or approval) elucidate To make something clear; to explain rescind To revoke or cancel; take back (usually a law, order, or agreement) incisive Intelligently analytical or clear thinking vitriolic Filled with bitter criticism or malice Accolade an award or honor; a mark of acknowledgement or praise integral necessary to the completeness of the whole; important, extremely vital or necessary animosity A feeling of hatred/hostility among people condone to approve, allow, or sanction (something), especially with reluctance substantiate To provide evidence to support or prove the truth of; confirm dissipate to disappear or cause to disappear; to drive away Terse brief and to the point; blunt Rebuff to reject or refuse unkempt Having an untidy or messy appearance furtive taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secretive, sly or shifty expunge to erase or remove completely meander To wander aimlessly; to take an indirect course or path coherent logical, clear, consistent converge To meet at a point, time or place; to tend to a common result or conclusion dismantle To take apart Instigate to provoke or urge into action manifest Display or show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate colloquial pertaining to casual or conversational language or slang; not formal pariah A person who has been outcast by society or a group illicit Not permitted for moral or ethical reasons; unlawful aberration the act of departing or deviating from the normal, or usual course; a deviation from the typical way of something Duplicity the contradictory doubleness of thought; word of act; deceptiveness iconoclast A person who attacks cherished beliefs or traditions. Exonerate to remove from blame or responsibility equanimity mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation disconcerting disturbing to one's composure or self- possession; upsetting, discomforting, or confusing provincial Unsophisticated or narrow- minded; lacking refinement obscure Not clear; ambiguous, vague or uncertain/to conceal (physically or by confusing) imperturbable Unable to be annoyed or disturbed ungainly Awkward; clumsy rectify to put right; to correct heathen an unreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person; a savage/irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized incite encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior) didactic intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction demeanor an individual's outward behavior validate to make legally or formally truthful, just or well- founded; to officially approve longevity a long life, existence, or service threadbare Worn out from overuse; becoming thin and tattered with age; shabby verbose characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy credulous Gullible; willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper evidence prudent Showing good morals and values relic An object from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest fortuitous happening by accident or chance; lucky; fortunate admonish to caution, advise, or counsel against something; to scold, but in a mild and good-willed manner profane serving to debase or defile what is holy OR to treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect supercilious Behaving or looking as though one thinks he/she is superior to others; belittling or condescending Incentive a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something capitulate To surrender; to accept defeat spurious not being what it purports to be; false or fake crass lacking sensitivity or refinement; vulgar; insensitive formidable Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable concise Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words Adverse preventing successful development; harmful; unfavorable insurgent A person who rises in opposition to authority Stoic serious, unaffected by emotion expedite To make an action or process speed up or happen more quickly peerless Without equal; unrivalled ruthless Having or showing no pity or compassion for others; coldhearted proximity nearness in space, time or relationship ambivalent having mixed or contradictory feelings about someone or something expedient convenient; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances/a resource or means to an end result meager Deficient in quality or quantity tenacious Persistent; determined; strong- willed quixotic Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical deflate To reduce air or gas from something (balloon, tire, etc..); to depress or reduce (a person’s ego, hopes, spirits, etc..) cryptic mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous prodigious Extraordinary in amount, extent, degree, etc; marvelous; monstrous obsolete No longer produced or used; out of date ingratiate To bring (oneself) into the favor others untenable Not capable of being supported or maintained disposition A person’s overall outlook or mood stringent Rigorously binding, strict or severe altruistic showing a selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish officious Objectionably aggressive in offering one’s unwanted and unrequested help, advice or service sanction a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule OR give official permission or approval for something anonymity the condition of having one's identity unknown jargon A vocabulary or type of language spoken among a particular group of people that is usually hard to understand by outsiders austere Strict or severe in manner, appearance, or behavior; simple or unadorned meticulous Precise; paying close attention to detail resilient Able to recover, able to bounce back inherent Existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, talent, etc. Vilify to speak ill of or slander skeptical having or inclined to doubt or question about a particular subject; suspicious or doubtful mundane lacking interest or excitement; dull egregious Outstandingly and obviously bad; extraordinary in a bad way garner Gather or collect (something, especially information or approval) elucidate To make something clear; to explain rescind To revoke or cancel; take back (usually a law, order, or agreement) incisive Intelligently analytical or clear thinking vitriolic Filled with bitter criticism or malice Accolade an award or honor; a mark of acknowledgement or praise integral necessary to the completeness of the whole; important, extremely vital or necessary animosity A feeling of hatred/hostility among people condone to approve, allow, or sanction (something), especially with reluctance substantiate To provide evidence to support or prove the truth of; confirm dissipate to disappear or cause to disappear; to drive away Terse brief and to the point; blunt Rebuff to reject or refuse unkempt Having an untidy or messy appearance furtive taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secretive, sly or shifty expunge to erase or remove completely meander To wander aimlessly; to take an indirect course or path coherent logical, clear, consistent converge To meet at a point, time or place; to tend to a common result or conclusion dismantle To take apart Instigate to provoke or urge into action manifest Display or show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate colloquial pertaining to casual or conversational language or slang; not formal pariah A person who has been outcast by society or a group illicit Not permitted for moral or ethical reasons; unlawful aberration the act of departing or deviating from the normal, or usual course; a deviation from the typical way of something Duplicity the contradictory doubleness of thought; word of act; deceptiveness iconoclast A person who attacks cherished beliefs or traditions. Exonerate to remove from blame or responsibility
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mental calmness, composure, and evenness
of temper, especially in a difficult situation
disturbing to one's
composure or self-possession;
upsetting, discomforting,
or confusing
Unsophisticated or narrow-minded;
lacking refinement
Not clear; ambiguous, vague or uncertain/to conceal
(physically or by confusing)
Unable to be annoyed
or disturbed
Awkward; clumsy
to put right; to correct
an unreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person; a
savage/irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized
encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior)
intended to teach, particularly in having moral
instruction
an individual's outward behavior
to make legally or formally truthful,
just or well-founded; to officially
approve
a long life, existence, or service
Worn out from overuse; becoming
thin and tattered with age; shabby
characterized by the use of many or
too many words; wordy
Gullible; willing to believe or trust too readily, especially
without proper evidence
Showing good morals and values
An object from an earlier time, especially
one of historical or sentimental interest
happening by accident or chance; lucky;
fortunate
to caution, advise, or
counsel against something;
to scold, but in a mild and
good-willed manner
serving to debase or defile what is holy OR to
treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect
Behaving or looking as though one thinks
he/she is superior to others; belittling or condescending
a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something
To surrender; to accept defeat
not being what it purports to be; false or fake
lacking sensitivity or refinement; vulgar;
insensitive
Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large,
powerful, intense, or capable
Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few
words
preventing successful development; harmful; unfavorable
A person who rises in opposition to authority
serious, unaffected by emotion
To make an action or process speed up or happen more
quickly
Without equal; unrivalled
Having or showing no pity or compassion for
others; coldhearted
nearness in space, time or relationship
having mixed or contradictory
feelings about someone or something
convenient; fit or suitable for the purpose;
proper under the circumstances/a resource or
means to an end result
Deficient in quality or quantity
Persistent; determined; strong-willed
Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
To reduce air or gas from something (balloon, tire, etc..); to
depress or reduce (a person’s ego, hopes, spirits, etc..)
mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous
Extraordinary in amount, extent, degree, etc; marvelous;
monstrous
No longer produced or used; out of date
To bring (oneself) into the
favor others
Not capable of being supported or maintained
A person’s overall outlook or mood
Rigorously binding, strict or severe
showing a selfless concern for the well-being of others;
unselfish
Objectionably aggressive in offering
one’s unwanted and unrequested
help, advice or service
a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or
rule OR give official permission or approval for something
the condition of having one's identity
unknown
A vocabulary or type of language
spoken among a particular group of
people that is usually hard to understand by outsiders
Strict or severe in manner, appearance,
or behavior; simple or unadorned
Precise; paying close
attention to detail
Able to recover, able to bounce back
Existing in someone or something as a
permanent and inseparable element, quality, talent, etc.
to speak ill of or slander
having or inclined to doubt or
question about a particular subject;
suspicious or doubtful
lacking interest or excitement; dull
Outstandingly and obviously bad;
extraordinary in a bad way
Gather or collect (something,
especially information or approval)
To make something clear; to explain
To revoke or cancel; take back
(usually a law, order, or agreement)
Intelligently analytical or clear thinking
Filled with bitter criticism or malice
an award or honor; a mark of acknowledgement or praise
necessary to the completeness of the whole;
important, extremely vital or
necessary
A feeling of hatred/hostility among people
to approve, allow, or sanction (something), especially
with reluctance
To provide evidence to support or
prove the truth of; confirm
to disappear or cause to disappear; to drive
away
brief and to the point; blunt
to reject or refuse
Having an untidy or messy
appearance
taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously
or by stealth; secretive, sly or shifty
to erase or remove completely
To wander aimlessly; to take an indirect course or path
logical, clear, consistent
To meet at a point, time or place; to tend to a
common result or conclusion
To take apart
to provoke or urge into action
Display or show
(a quality or feeling) by one's
acts or appearance; demonstrate
pertaining to casual or conversational language or slang; not formal
A person who has been outcast by society
or a group
Not permitted for moral or ethical reasons; unlawful
the act of departing or deviating
from the normal, or usual
course; a deviation from the
typical way of something
the contradictory doubleness of thought; word of act; deceptiveness
A person who attacks cherished beliefs or traditions.
to remove from blame or responsibility
