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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Assuaged | to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: |
| Taciturn | inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation. |
| Predilection | a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: |
| Fractious | refractory or unruly: |
| Disapprobation | disapproval; condemnation. |
| Auspicious | promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable |
| Inordinately | not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: |
| Ingenious | characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: |
| Innate | existing in one from birth; inborn; native: |
| Guilelessness | free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank. |
| Tentative(ly) | of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental |
| Rudiments | the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything |
| Melancholy | a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression. |
| Tranquil | free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm: |
| Frivolous | characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: |
| Formidable | causing fear, apprehension, or dread |
| Edification | to instruct or benefit, esp. morally or spiritually; uplift: |
| Infallible | absolutely trustworthy or sure: |
| Ominous | portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious |
| Oblivious | unmindful; unconscious; unaware |
| Elucidate | to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain |
| Corroborating | to make more certain; confirm: |
| Acrimonious | caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc. |
| Complacently | pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: |
| Impudent | improperly forward or bold; |
| Unmitigated | not softened or lessened; |
| Temerity | reckless boldness; rashness; fearless; |
| Impertinence | unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence. |
| Recluse | withdrawn from society; a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation. |
| Irascible | easily provoked to anger; very irritable: |
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