| Term | Definition |
| acumen | keen insight |
| adament | firm |
| anomaly | out of the ordinary; unusal |
| antipathy | dislike of, hatred for |
| apathy | lack of feeling no emotion |
| assiduous | constant persistant |
| autonomous | independent of outside control |
| banal | uninspired |
| candor | frank outspoken |
| caprice | unmotivated decision |
| castigate | criticize |
| chicanery | trickery |
| depraved | evil |
| discursive | rambling on |
| dour | sour sullen gloomy |
| embullient | bubbling with energy |
| dissonance | unharmonious effects |
| ecstatic | overpowered with delight ; happy |
| enervate | deprived of nervous energy; weak |
| engender | cause or produce |